No American will think it wrong of me if I proclaim that to have the United States at our side was to me the greatest joy… So we had won after all!

The crossing of the Rhine in March 1945 was followed by the final German collapse On 3 May, more than half a million soldiers surrendered to Montgomery Another million followed: on...

VE Day Celebrations (1945) A Day that Shook the World The war in Europe is declared over as celebrations break out across Britain A Day That Shook The World is the classic...

Only a few days after Churchill’s return from Yalta, British bombers attacked Dresden Between 13 and 15 February 1945, the RAF and US Army Air Forces launched a series of devastating raids...

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Churchill waves to jubilant crowds from the balcony at the Ministry of Health, Whitehall, London copyright: IWM (H 41849)...

This is the transcript of Churchill’s impromptu speech in the late afternoon of 8 May 1945 to the enormous crowds outside the Ministry of Health in Whitehall You can download the transcript...

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This is the transcript of Churchill’s second impromptu speech to the crowds gathered in the London streets outside the Ministry of Health You can download the transcript here...