Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history. V-E Day is also haunted by the specter of current-day conflict.

Cities from London to Moscow are holding events this week as the world observes Thursday’s 80th anniversary of Victory in ...

Truman designated May 8 as VE Day and the western allies followed suit, according to the museum. However, the Soviet Union ...

May 8, 1944, is a day Bob Russell remembers well. A fighter/bomber pilot with the U.S. Army Air Corps in Europe, he was in a ...

NPR's Joe Henandez spoke to veteran Harry Miller on his memories of the day Nazi Germany surrendered in World War II.

is the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. It was on the Day of Vesak two and a half millennia ago, in the year 623 B.C., that the Buddha was born. It was also on the Day of ...