As World War 1 ended and the British people were slowly returning to their regular lives, the European powers signed an ...

Actually, historians remind us Germany surrendered twice that week. The military surrendered to the Western Allies in Rheims.

REIMS, France — When Allied forces brought World War II in Europe and the Holocaust to an end 80 years ago this week, AP reporters and photographers were there, chronicling the Nazis’ historic defeat.

“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 ...