New Yorkers shout their joy at hearing reports of Germany's unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945. (Fox Photos/Getty Images) Facts and summary, V-E Day, also written VE Day: V-E Day stands for ...

The Potsdam Conference shaped the diplomacy of the end of World War II. And on this day in history, July 17, 1945, following Nazi Germany's surrender in the war, President Harry S. Truman, British ...

On this day in history, May 8, 1945, President Harry Truman announced to the American people that Nazi Germany's forces had surrendered in World War II — and that "the flags of freedom fly all over ...

This horrific and fascinating study of the Anglo-American air assaults on German cities during World War II, which was published a few years ago in Germany, requires a very strong stomach: Reader ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Aerial view of bomb-damaged buildings after an Allied air attack on ...

Germany invades Poland, leading Great Britain and France to declare war against Germany. May 15, 1940 In the first large scale “bombing war,” Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) bombs the Ruhr area of ...

The last eight months of World War II were the war's worst. Even when the result seemed inevitable, the death camps worked to a frenzy, and the allied campaign acquired a brutality all its own, as ...

THE ROAD from the Third Reich to modern Germany began in a field of rubble. The second world war had left behind enough of it to form a mountain 4,000 metres high, if it were piled up on the Nazi ...

Armchair Historian Germany's last ditch 1945 units (uncensored version) Posted: July 5, 2026 | Last updated: July 5, 2026 ...