Reims in eastern France is where the coronations of French ... it felt as if you were transported back in time to World War II. On the wall was a huge map of Europe detailing the locations of ...

You can of course find objects and uniforms documenting the Second World War in France and especially in Reims," she said. "But the most important thing to see here is this war room because it is ...

Haunted by the ghosts of WWI and an uncertain Communist future, Allied forces decided to cover all their bases. American troops celebrate Germany's first unconditional surrender effective May 8, 1945.

REIMS, France, May 7 ... on a sheet of foolscap in a map-lined 30-by-30 foot room at 2:41 a.m. European time today and ended World War II in Europe. In a ceremony exactly 20 minutes long, Col.

May 8 marks 80 years since the close of the European theater in World War II, when Nazi Germany surrendered ... Eisenhower’s Allied headquarters in Reims on May 7, 1945. Mere weeks after ...

The fighting on World War II’s Eastern Front was some of the ... Eisenhower's headquarters in Reims, France. By then, German Adm. Karl Dönitz had succeeded HItler as head of state, and he ...

World War II took place from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers — Germany, Italy and Japan — and the Allies — mainly France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States.