Churches and cathedrals are playing a big part in this week's 80th anniversary commemorations of Victory in Europe - or VE - Day which marked the end of World War II in Europe in 1945.

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War.

Apple TV's movie about the Blitz after the Battle of Britain sheds light on the British people's struggles, but how many died from the Blitz?

The bodies of hundreds of thousands of victims of unlawful killings remain buried in mass graves across Iraq. The graves contain the bodies of victims of successive conflicts, including Saddam ...

A vigil was held in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral to commemorate 83 years since the blitz. Around 100 people gathered on Tuesday evening to light candles and hear prayers in memory.

A mass grave dating back to 1862 was recently found at Colonial Williamsburg. The grave is located within the walls of the Powder Magazine, a structure built in 1715.

A TOUCHING ceremony was held to unveil a memorial stone commemorating the nine St John volunteers who lost their lives during the Blitz Air Raids. The event was organised by the Coventry and ...

A TOUCHING ceremony was held to unveil a memorial stone commemorating the nine St John volunteers who lost their lives during the Blitz Air Raids. The event was organised by the Coventry and ...

Two sites have been located, believed to hold thousands of bodies of Syrians killed in detention centers administered by President Bashar al-Assad’s government during the civil war.

And yet Coventry bounced back. Read more: The World War II Blitz in colour Unbowed by the Blitz, the city’s people rose up, and within weeks the city’s factories were back producing the aircraft parts ...

While looking for evidence of an infamous "massacre," archaeologists discovered a mass World War II grave in a once Nazi-occupied area of Poland. Above, the barbed wire fence of the Auschwitz Nazi ...