world war 2

By stormyzlett420

  • american forces meet up with their russian allies at the elbe river in germany

    american forces meet up with their russian allies at the elbe river in germany
    On 12 April 1945, the day of President Roosevelt's death and eighteen days before the Russians took Berlin, Ninth U.S. Army units crossed the Elbe River near Magdeburg, some fifty miles from the German capital.They established a second bridgehead farther south on the following day.

  • victory in europe (v-e) day

    victory in europe (v-e) day
    Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.