Our northern neighbors played the dominant role in expelling Nazi forces from the Netherlands.

Namibia organized national commemorations for the genocide committed by German colonizers for the first time. The new ...

LONDON (AP) — Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks ...

Namibia organised national commemorations for the genocide committed by German colonisers for the first time. The new ...

An air war on civilians is the only means Putin currently has to pressure Ukraine. But history shows this tactic rarely ends ...

April 29: British Field Marshal Harold Alexander accepts the unconditional surrender of German and Italian forces in Italy and western Austria in a ceremony at the Palace of Caserta, north of Naples.

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, sea and in the air. The surrender is ...

Eisenhower insisted on an unconditional surrender to all the Allies ... Part of the reason for the demand was to ensure the German people knew its armed forces were defeated on the battlefield ...

April 29: British Field Marshal Harold Alexander accepts the unconditional surrender of German and Italian forces in Italy and western Austria in a ceremony at the Palace of Caserta, north of Naples.

REIMS, France (AP) — When Allied forces brought World War II in Europe and the Holocaust ... EDITORS' NOTE: On May 7, 1945, AP's Edward Kennedy witnessed the German surrender in a French schoolhouse, ...

Truman designated May 8 as VE Day and the western allies followed suit, according to the museum. However, the Soviet Union recognizes its Victory Day on May 9 after having a second set of surrender ...