Newly released letters between spies reveal the end of the Second World War. To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, ...

The family of a Normandy veteran from Burnley have discovered a piece of history among his possessions. A neatly folded ...

As the country marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, look back at our unique blog to relive the key events and images from ...

Although it is now widely credited with galvanising the nation ahead of the invasion of the German Luftwaffe ... following Germany's surrender in WW2. But how did Britain plan for one of the ...

Several factors such as the collapse of Eastern Front, pressure from West, Hitler’s health, depletion of resources, and the ...

Gustav Jodl, chief of staff of Admiral Doenitz' government and long-time close friend of Adolf Hitler, surrendered all German armed ... are four copies of the surrender document, and in addition ...

At 102, Graziano vividly remembers what he saw that day, when it was unclear whether the Germans would sign the surrender document. “I saw a lot of straight faces,” he told CNN. “Germans ...