A Nazi captain gave artwork, which depicts an intimate Roman romance, to a civilian. When he died, his heirs decided to ...

An mosaic panel on travertine slabs from the Roman era has been returned to Pompeii after being stolen by a Nazi German ...

Italy entered World War II with big ambitions but quickly ran into serious problems on every front. In this video, we explore why Italy’s military campaigns so often failed - from poor planning and ...

Armed with Gloster Gladiators—an aircraft already considered obsolete—RAF pilots over Malta repelled Axis air raids for days.

Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ...

An intricate mosaic panel looted from Italy during World War II has been repatriated to Pompeii after some 80 years, Italian ...

In World War II, the Greeks, supported by British Commonwealth military forces, firmly resisted Italy’s efforts to invade from Albania. Germany redirected some of its troops there and helped ...

Banned during World War 2 by the fascist regime, Italian expats, mainly from Down Under, kept the cricketing flame burning ...

Set 100 miles southeast of Berlin in Poland, the 900 guards of Stalag Luft III oversaw 10,000 or so prisoners, all Allied ...

The U.S. has launched a partnership with Italian authorities to renew efforts to recover the remains of American soldiers that went missing during World War II. (Embassy of the United States of ...

Abandoned places around the world have always attracted attention from tourists. These located have been left in disarray for ...

An ancient erotic mosaic showing a sensual scene, stolen by a Nazi officer during World War II, has been returned to Pompeii ...