Monuments and fields of white crosses mark the cost of victory in Europe. Majestic today, the cemeteries were in a much different state 75 years ago.

As the war wound down in Europe, the Allied combined bomber offensive launched a mission of salvation for starving Dutch civilians.

Entertainer Bob Hope performed his regular radio show in front of a military audience at the US Naval Training Facility in Oceanside, California on May 8, 1945. The next day he played a central role in the Victory broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Service. These performances both took a more somber tone than usual.

Four months after Pearl Harbor, and at only 15 years old, Joe Crain joined the US Navy. In this Oral History clip, he explains his involvement on Omaha Beach in 1944.

Seventy-five years ago, in final days of World War II in Europe, Czech citizens and members of its resistance launched a final assault against the Nazis. The Prague Uprising lasted for five days, and came to represent a symbol of Czech resistance in World War II.