Mere weeks after assuming the office, President Harry Truman said in his address to the nation, "the flags of freedom fly over all Europe," according to the National World War II Museum. Start the ...

May 8 marks 80 years since the close of the European theater in World War II, when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies.. The fighting in Europe stopped when the Chief of Staff of the German ...

After the devastation of World War II, Germany faced massive destruction, economic collapse, and social upheaval. Yet, within a few decades, it rose to become Europe’s greatest economic power, a ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday criticised Russia’s “historical lies” over the Ukraine war, as he marked the Nazi defeat that ended World War II in Europe 80 years ago.

Thursday is the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. As leaders of countries that suffered greatly during and after the war, we attach great importance to this date.

May 8, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. After the D-Day landings in Normandy, France – codenamed Operation Overlord – on June 6, 1944, it took almost ...

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 current-day ...

Antisemitism Exposed Eisenhower’s great-grandson warns Holocaust denial is rising 80 years after WWII in Europe ended On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany formally surrendered to the Allied powers ...

The president’s proclamation came a week after he said he also wanted to rename Veterans Day as “Victory Day for World War I.” It was unclear if either would be an official holiday.

From the ashes of World War II, President Harry Truman helped create global institutions that have defined international order. President Trump is moving aggressively to scale back that U.S. role.

Thousands of people lined the roads around London as British and allied troops paraded to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.

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 current-day ...