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 ...
On the 7th of May 1945, the German General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany at the Allied ...
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 May 8, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced on radio that Nazi Germany’s forces had surrendered. “This is a solemn but glorious hour,” said Truman. “General Eisenhower informs me that the ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: On May 7, 1945, AP Paris bureau chief Edward Kennedy broke one of the biggest stories of that century: the unconditional surrender of Germany to the Allies at a former schoolhouse in ...
Gen. Alfred Jodl, German chief of staff under the Doenitz Regime, signs the document of “Unconditional Surrender” under which all remaining forces of the German army are bound to lay down their arms ...
“Our rejoicing is sobered and subdued by a supreme consciousness of the terrible price we have paid to rid the world of Hitler and his evil band. Let us not forget, my fellow Americans, the sorrow and ...