80 years ago World War II in Europe was over. Celebrating V-E Day is now tinged with some dread

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Dear Sir, Amid the 80th anniversary celebrations of the official end of the war in Europe, it’s sobering to think of the fact that racism, which…

World War II ended in Europe 80 years ago

Hitler's Nazi Germany surrendered after a half-decade of invading other European powers and propagating racial hatred that led to the Holocaust.

80 years ago World War II in Europe was over. Celebrating V-E Day is now tinged with some dread

Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history. The 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on the continent was on Thursday.

On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany capitulated and World War II came to an end, at least in Europe (the Japanese front remained).The world remembers on this date the surrender of the Third Reich and the end of an annihilating war as it was never seen: half Europe was in ruins.This ended the Nazi nightmare, the unprecedented plan of mass extermination that intoxicated the Germans with the rise to power of Adolf Hitler.At the beginning of 1945 the Europ…

This May we commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of the most momentous moments in our history. During World War II, nations around the world allied themselves against Nazi Germany in a fight and sacrifice that forged a lasting link between the United States and Europe.

The little-known rebel who broke rules to announce Germany's WW2 surrender

Kennedy was waved off when he told military censors that he could not continue to hold the story (Picture: ASSOCIATED PRESS) ‘This is Ed Kennedy in Paris. The war is over, and I am going to dictate: Germany has surrendered unconditionally.’ These are the words that ended World War II in the West, but they ruined the life of the man who spoke them. ‘That’s official. Get it out,’ the then 39-year-old journalist concluded, instructing his colleague…