Adolf Hitler, the Nazi dictator whose war of conquest plunged Europe into catastrophe, committed suicide on this day ...

FILE - A view taken from a Cub artillery observation plane on July 10, 1945, shows vast areas of destruction in Berlin, after repeated Anglo-American air raids on the German capital. Seen on the left, ...

In the last days of April 1945, Berlin became the site of a brutal final battle. Soviet forces advanced relentlessly through the city as German command collapsed and SS units fought on in desperation.

Wartime artifacts were recovered from forested terrain around Berlin, ground contested during the Battle of Berlin in April–May 1945. These areas saw intense fighting between defending German forces — ...

Life in Berlin in 1945 before, during and after the battle of Berlin seen through the eyes of those who were there at the time from common Berliners to Allied troops.

Eager soldiers pull copies of the Stars and Stripes newspaper from the press of the London Times at 9 p.m. on May 7, 1945, when an extra edition was put out to announce the news of Germany's surrender ...

For three years, the Minneapolis Institute of Art has been planning “Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-1945: ...

“Dictators thrive not on love but on indifference,” said Kevin Peraino in The New York Times. That’s the underlying message of Ian Buruma’s “crisply told and uncomfortably relevant” new history of ...

People walk in front of the Reichtag Building, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) BERLIN (AP) — Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied ...

BERLIN — Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the capital in May 1945. After decades of division and its revival as the ...