YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Red poppy flowers were dropped onto soldiers, politicians and onlookers from across the world who gathered Tuesday in western Belgium for a ceremony to commemorate the end of ...

On Advance Britannia: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1942–1945, by Alan Allport.

On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri. At then-Camp McCoy, Wis., the thousands of ...

SHEBOYGAN – More than 100 years ago this week, the city held a celebration marking the end of the war that was said to "end all wars." Sheboygan celebrated with gusto. Armistice Day began on the 11th ...

November 11, 1918 - At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the armistice to end World War I was signed. Reports of negotiations between the U.S. and Germany led people to believe an end ...

Eighty years ago, a Dawson, Minnesota, man was aboard the USS Missouri when Japan surrendered and signed a peace treaty, essentially marking the end of World War II. "I tell you, I joined the Navy ...

Red poppy flowers were dropped onto soldiers, politicians and onlookers from across the world gathered in western Belgium on Tuesday to commemorate the end of World War I. They laid wreaths at a newly ...