Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th ...

The military parade marking the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany was intended to impress allies and tap into Russia’s deep ...

Russia has celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, with President Vladimir Putin ...

Invading the Soviet Union was “probably not Hitler’s best ... Italy where British Field Marshal Harold Alexander accepted the surrender of German and Italian forces in Italy and western ...

However, the Soviet Union recognizes its Victory Day on May 9 after having a second set of surrender documents signed by German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel on May 8, 1945. Fighting in the Pacific ...

Hardly any other country marks the end of World War II with the same fanfare and fervor as Russia, for which the victory over ...

May 2: Soviet forces complete their conquest of Berlin as the last defenders surrender. — May 4: British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery accepts the surrender of German forces in northwestern ...

The upcoming film, based on a book from Pulitzer Prize-winning author David E. Hoffman, stars Russell Crowe, Tony Goldwyn, ...

As we approach a major anniversary – 80 years since the defeat of fascism – a strange silence hangs over my country, ...

Putin’s Victory Day speech on Red Square was one of the shortest in years, maybe ever. It was heavy on the usual tropes: the ...

The Russian president is seeking to use the event to depict himself as a global leader despite Western efforts to isolate him and a failure to win the war in Ukraine.