Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Eighty-one years ago, the Normandy beaches witnessed a pivotal moment in World War II. D-Day marked the start of Operation ...

Less than a year before the end of World War II, then US Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau drew up a nightmarish plan to punish postwar Germany. After the serial 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian ...

In the build-up to World War II, Germany annexed Austria ... After the war, Austria was also divided into different zones of Allied occupation as Germany was, in punishment for its complicity ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO’s eastern flank and declared Thursday that “the security of our Baltic allies is ...

Truman designated May 8 as VE Day and the western allies followed suit, according to the museum. However, the Soviet Union recognizes its Victory Day on May 9 after having a second set of surrender ...

On this day 80 years ago, Long Islanders celebrated victory as German forces ended fighting in Europe by surrendering unconditionally to the allies ... six years of World War II, the celebrations ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier makes a statement on his decision to dissolve the German Bundestag in accordance with Article 68 of the Basic Law on December 27, 2024. ZUMAPRESS.com Less ...