In the final days of World War II, U.S. and German soldiers fought side by side—not against each other, but against the SS.

The Ukrainian National Guard and other military units have reportedly liberated 200 hectares (494 acres) of forest near the settlement of Liptsy in the northern Kharkiv region, pushing Russian troops ...

He fought in the Battle of Berlin in 1945 and was subsequently promoted to major. He remained in Germany until 1950 before returning to Moscow, where he served in the Red Army until 1968.

FILE - A view of the burned-out ruins of the German Reichstag in Berlin in this photo from August 1945, three months after the Nazis surrendered to the Allied Powers on May 8, 1945. (AP Photo, file) ...

FILE - A view of the burned-out ruins of the German Reichstag in Berlin in this photo from August 1945, three months after the Nazis surrendered to the Allied Powers on May 8, 1945. (AP Photo, file) ...

AP Photos A view of the burned-out ruins of the German Reichstag in Berlin in this photo from August 1945, three months after the Nazis surrendered to the Allied Powers on May 8, 1945. BERLIN (AP) — ...

The military surrender of Berlin on May 2, 1945, wasn’t quite the end of the war. Hitler’s successor, Grand Adm. Karl Dönitz, tried to fight on but was quickly forced to negotiate Germany’s ...

Berlin, the epicenter of Adolf Hitler’s power, was the ultimate prize as the Allies closed in from east and west on the disintegrating German defenses in the final stage of World War II. The final ...

Berlin still bears scars 80 years after pivotal battle that sealed the defeat of Nazi GermanyAP1945 FILE - A view taken from a Cub artillery observation plane on July 10, 1945, shows vast areas of ...