Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on May 7, 1945, as Germany surrenders in Rheims, France. Editor’s note: This story was ...

On this date in 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender to end the European stage of World War Two, triggering wild celebrations in cities around the world. The signing took place at General ...

U-977 was still at sea when Germany surrendered, but instead of immediately turning herself over, commander Heinz Schäffer took the submarine toward Argentina. Using her snorkel, the U-boat reportedly ...

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.

LONDON (AP) — Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day — the day Nazi Germany ...

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 school house in ...