The horrific human atrocity of World War II ended aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as Japan formally signed documents of surrender on this day in history, Sept. 2, 1945. The ceremony lasted just ...
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 ...
Eighty years after the lights were plugged into a humming Army generator, the spirit of the “greatest celebration in American ...
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 ...
A letter sent from an American soldier to his mother in Massachusetts has been delivered 76 years after it was sent, CBS Boston reports. Army Sgt. John Gonsalves, 22 at the time, wrote to his mother ...
In the midst of a world pandemic, Britain stopped Friday to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe, tuning in to a televised speech by Queen Elizabeth II that recalled dark days of ...
This American former soldier who fought in Italy during World War II before going on to become a New York City cop is on a quest to find these schoolchildren he photographed in 1945. "I held the rank ...
HOUSTON – The Lone Star Flight Museum and the Commemorative Air Force collaborated to put on a special experience for a WWII veteran and Purple Heart recipient. This comes after 2020 marked the 75th ...