Allied Operation Anvil-Dragoon in action: troops of the 1st Airborne Task Force parachute into southern France during World War Two, circa August 1944. FPG / Staff / Getty Images Key Takeaways ...

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LONDON (AP) — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter ...

World War II brought the strands of world history together. It is not enough to remember the dead, many of whom were deliberately rendered nameless by their killers. For those who survived, the ...

Trump had previously declared May 8 as America's "Victory Day for World War II" and November 11 as "Victory Day for World War I." ... which took part in successful Allied campaign to take France back.

Eighty years on, few people are alive who remember World War II. Anne Frank would have turned 96 this June; Senator Bob Dole, a veteran of the Italian campaign in 1945, died four years ago.

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LONDON (AP) — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter ...

Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter of current-day ...

Europe is marking one of its most joyous days as it honors the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. V-E Day is also haunted by the specter of current-day conflict in Ukraine.