But when Kennedy learned German officials had announced the surrender in a radio broadcast from Flensburg – a city in Allied ...

Known as Victory in Europe Day, May 8 marks the date that Germany surrendered to Western powers after Adolf Hitler and other ...

In a ceremony exactly 20 minutes long, Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl, chief of staff of Admiral Doenitz' government and long-time close friend of Adolf Hitler, surrendered all German armed forces on land ...

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The lessons from World War II are critical for understanding how to restore and maintain long-term peace and security in ...

German soldiers of WWII to the grave during a funeral service at a memorial site for fallen soldiers in Halbe, Germany, ...

Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th ...

A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 ...

following the suicide of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in his bunkerImage: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa/picture alliance Ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II are being held ...

European countries, including Germany, are commemorating the end of World War II on the continent. Europe's deadliest war came to an end 80 years ago. Ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of ...

World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects ... 1941, and the German dictator Adolf Hitler declared war on the United States a few days later. Russian President Vladimir Putin ...