Eight decades after American soldiers sailed across the Rhine under gunfire to break through German defenses, U.S. soldiers gathered again at the banks of the river, joining veterans and German ...

Tanks from the 4th Armored Division, 7th Army drive through Nuremberg after the surrender of German forces on April 20, 1945. Eight decades ago, U.S. Army soldiers raised the American flag in the ...

“The world’s triumvirate” of America, Britain and the Soviet Union met in Yalta to weigh the “ last stages of the war and the first steps of the peace ”. “Mussolini is dead. So, according to general ...

FILE - Pfc. Clarence K. Ayers of Evansville, Ind., reads the news of V-E Day as newly arrived German prisoners stand of a New York City pier, May 8, 1945. (AP Photo/John Rooney, File) John Rooney / AP ...

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 current-day ...

LONDON -- Thursday's 80th anniversary of V-E -- Victory in Europe -- Day was celebrated with parades in towns across Europe while even the leaders of erstwhile mortal enemies are bonding again.

Territorial concessions used to be common after wars. The formation of the UN after WWII was meant to put an end to this.

Eight decades ago, U.S. Army soldiers raised the American flag in the center of Nuremberg. They stood atop a bunker adorned with Nazi symbols, now in the hands of Allied forces after five days of ...

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 current-day ...

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 of ...