On the 7th of May 1945, the German General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany at the Allied ...

May 8 marks 80 years since the close of the European theater in World War II, when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies. The fighting in Europe stopped when the Chief of Staff of the German Armed ...

In World War II, both Germany and Japan surrendered unconditionally. As the World War I armistice was being negotiated, Germany won small concessions, but the allies generally imposed their will, an ...

“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 ...

LONDON — Eighty years ago, the Allies announced they had accepted Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender. What became known as Victory in Europe Day marked the end of World War II in Europe, prior to ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on May 7, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On May 7, 1945, Nazi Germany signed an unconditional ...

At 102, Graziano vividly remembers what he saw that day, when it was unclear whether the Germans would sign the surrender document. “I saw a lot of straight faces,” he told CNN. “Germans were at the ...