The fact that troops from the Soviet Union captured Berlin on May 2, 1945, and planted the Soviet flag on the roof of the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the leaders of China and Brazil to commemorate the anniversary. Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of ...

Army veteran Harry Miller was stationed in Germany when the Nazis surrendered. Upon hearing the news, he recalls that ...

Great Britain, the United States, and other Allied nations celebrated Victory in Europe Day as World War II came to an end in ...

Thursday marks 80 years since Victory in Europe Day, when the Allies accepted Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender. The day ...

AP reporters and photographers chronicled the Nazis' historic defeat 80 years ago this week. Allied forces brought World War ...

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

Rhode Island played a key role in WWII through deception ... Washington state and Rhode Island to intercept German radio transmissions. The FCC leased a site near Chopmist Hill in Scituate ...

Parades and memorials across Europe marking 80 years since Nazi Germany's surrender at the end of World War II.

Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter of ...

The Channel Islands, which is marking Liberation Day on Friday and Saturday, were the only part of the British Isles to be ...

May 7th is a date that carries a remarkable tapestry of historical events, spanning centuries and continents, reflecting ...