Today, Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Yet another war ... The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.

War can be a potent catalyst for social change back home, WWII also taught us. New technologies like jets, computers, ...

Today, Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Yet another war ... MAYNES: Well, you know, if last year was a fairly stripped-down ...

Eighty years ago this week, Americans and Europeans exhaled a collective sigh of relief as Allied forces toppled Adolf Hitler’s brutal regime in Nazi Germany ... World War II was America’s ...

Cities from London to Moscow are holding parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world observes Thursday’s 80th ...

HALBE, Germany (AP) — In a forest near Berlin ... as the soldiers who died in one of the last large World War II battles fighting for Adolf Hitler’s army got their final resting place.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Walter Isaacson about the world America made after World War II. Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First ...

Across Europe, in forests, fields and beneath old farmland, the remains of German soldiers are still being found, exhumed and ...

The end of World War II in Europe. It became known as Victory in Europe, or VE Day. On this 80th anniversary ... The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.