A landscaper working on a historical film about the Battle of Okinawa uncovered human remains last summer on Ie Shima.

The famed Soviet general of the Red Army, Georgi Zhukov described this battle as “one of the most difficult of the war”. After the decisive battle of Stalingrad in 1943 ... Museum in Moscow showcases ...

The World War II Battle of Okinawa left an estimated 240,000 people killed or missing — and 80 years later, their bones are still being unearthed by dedicated volunteers. Japan’s southernmost ...

looking to turn up the remains of people who hid in caves like this one during the World War II Battle of Okinawa. This is the life’s work of the bone digger, Takamatsu Gushiken. He spends much ...

80 years ago, the battle of Iwo Jima came to an end on 26 March 1945. After 36 days of fighting, nearly 7,000 US Marines had been killed and another 20,000 injured. Don is joined by historian ...

The casualties included hundreds of civilians who killed themselves during the chaos of the battle. The prefecture estimates more than 560 islanders died by mass suicides. Some used hand grenades ...

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history buffs. British, Canadian and American forces took off mostly from Essex ...

As the Germans advanced towards Stalingrad in the Summer of 1942, the war came to the locals of the city and evacuation was slow to the speed of the Wehrmacht’s advancement. Film star Val Kilmer ...

Archive film shows the bitter fighting between Nazi German and Soviet troops at Stalingrad. It was the bloodiest battle of World War Two, involving about 2.2 million troops. Fighting raged from ...