As World War II wound to a conclusion in Europe in 1945, a world assessed the damage.

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Germany invades Poland, leading Great Britain and France to declare war against Germany. May 15, 1940 In the first large scale “bombing war,” Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) bombs the Ruhr area of ...

The Potsdam Conference shaped the diplomacy of the end of World War II. And on this day in history, July 17, 1945, following Nazi Germany's surrender in the war, President Harry S. Truman, British ...

On this day in history, May 8, 1945, President Harry Truman announced to the American people that Nazi Germany's forces had surrendered in World War II — and that "the flags of freedom fly all over ...

Here's a look at World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945. Causes of World War II:The Peace of Paris - The treaties worked out in Paris at the end of World War I satisfied few. Germany, Austria, ...

THE ROAD from the Third Reich to modern Germany began in a field of rubble. The second world war had left behind enough of it to form a mountain 4,000 metres high, if it were piled up on the Nazi ...

Contrary to much popular belief, all art is not political. But in the first half of the 20th century—when Germany was experiencing rapid industrialization and militarization; the rise of nationalism ...

Northern Minnesota is enjoying a tourism boom like never before this year. In Duluth, tourism tax revenue is up 9.4 percent over the same period last year. Winona and the Rochester A’s won their ...