In the final months of World War II, the 14th Waffen SS Galicia Division fought desperate battles across Slovenia and Austria, clashing with Tito’s partisans and resisting Soviet forces near Graz.
TOKYO — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the ...
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 ...
Updated May 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM CDT 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 ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending the World War II, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! National Archives curator Jessie Kratz gave C-SPAN's American History TV an exclusive look at the Japanese Instrument of Surrender that secured an ...
Branded as Hitler’s teenage division, the 12th SS Panzer shocked Allied troops with their brutal effectiveness in Normandy.