U.S. Africa Command is launching airstrikes in Somalia at a record-setting pace as the military seeks to counter an influx of ...

VE Day celebrations continue into the night with a star-studded concert in London's Horse Guards Parade to mark the 80th ...

The fighting in Europe stopped when the Chief of Staff of the German Armed Forces High Command, Alfred Jodl, surrendered at General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Allied headquarters in Reims on May 7 ...

Exclusive: As we mark 80 years since Victory in Europe was officially announced, Express columnist and historian Leo ...

The red-bricked school in the eastern city of Reims was the "centre of the world" for one night, said veteran filmmaker Wenders, recalling when the German High Command first signed its ...

the representative of the German High Command, and Grand Admiral Doenitz, the designated head of the German State, signed the act of unconditional surrender of all German Land, sea, and air forces ...

Today it is exactly eight decades since the German High Command surrendered to the Allies. This special milestone has given a unique resonance to the week’s VE celebrations, which reach their ...

The war officially ended on May 8, 1945 when the German High Command issued orders for all German military to cease operations at 23.01 Central European Time. Due to the time difference this was ...