Europe is marking one of its most joyous days as it honors the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. V-E Day is also haunted by the specter of current-day conflict in Ukraine.

World War II began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and secret protocols to it between the Soviet Union and the Third ...

The North Africa campaign was the first major U.S. offensive in World War II, taking place in Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia. Operation Torch, launched in November 1942, involved ...

London — 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 ...

Parades and memorials across Europe marking 80 years since Nazi Germany's surrender at the end of World War II. Eighty years ago today, Britons gathered around their radios. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

World War II in Europe ended on May 8, 1945, though the war against Japan continued in the Far East. World War I ended on Nov. 11, 1918, with an armistice between Germany and the Allies, though ...

What You Need To Know. Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history; The 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on the continent was on Thursday.

Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signing the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht, May 8, 1945. The commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe are ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...