Animated map showing the advances of Allied troops during the Second World War in Europe from July 1, 1943 to May 8, 1945, by 15-day intervals and showing the main cities liberated. VIDEOGRAPHIC ...

So how did the war come to an end, and why does the US mark a different date to Europe?. Here is all you need to know. Experience VE Day 1945 as it happened with Metro’s live blog ...

Immediately after the Second World War, how did six exhibitions attempt to make sense of the atrocities? In a new show, The Deutsches Historisches Museum explores how institutions in cities across ...

By the end of the Second World War Europe lay in ruins, with swathes of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific also engulfed in flames. Featured Video.

The front page on May 8, 1945, declares ‘War in Europe Over – Announcement will be made today.’ A World War II Spitfire plane on the lawn at Belfast City Hall marking VE day celebrations ...

Countries across the world will be celebrating the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender in World War II. But this year’s events may be more bittersweet than in the past.

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 ...

But as the world marks 80 years since the end of the war in Europe, an increasingly unstable geopolitical climate — and an administration in Washington bent on fighting a trade war with much of ...

T HE SECOND WORLD WAR sparked decades of scholarship. By one count, 70,000 books had already been published by 1989. The 80th anniversary of the end of the war , both in Europe and Asia, is ...

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 ...