How did World War II end? In Europe, the war ended following the fall of Berlin to Soviet troops, Adolf Hitler’s suicide, and Germany’s unconditional surrender on May 8.

In 1945, 19-year-old Princess Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women's branch of the British Army.

How did World War II end? In Europe, the war ended following the fall of Berlin to Soviet troops, Adolf Hitler’s suicide, and Germany’s unconditional surrender on May 8.

The Battle of Okinawa, among the bloodiest of World War II, did not end in American victory until June 22, 1945—a month-and-a-half after the date Trump asserts marked the end of the war.

L ast week, President Trump announced plans to officially designate May 8, the date when the Germans signed the articles of surrender to end World War II in Europe, as “Victory Day.” He ...

Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signing the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht, May 8, 1945. The commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe are ...

Allied intelligence confirmed that Nazi Germany was developing “vengeance” weapons, including the V-2 long-range rocket, at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea.

An East End boy remembers the end of World War II in Europe . May 1, 2025 at 11:11 pm . By . DANICA KIRKA. The Associated Press. LONDON (AP) — John Goldsmith was too young to fight in World War ...

Unlike World War I, which is generally agreed to have ended with the armistice signed on November 11 1918, different ‘theatres’ of conflict came to an end at different times.

Parades and memorials across Europe marking 80 years since Nazi Germany's surrender at the end of World War II. Eighty years ago today, Britons gathered around their radios. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...