Eisenhower’s Allied headquarters in Reims on May 7, 1945. Mere weeks after assuming the office, President Harry Truman said in his address to the nation, "the flags of freedom fly over all Europe," ...

headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet since 1783. Now, all eyes swivel to Moscow’s Red Square and Mr. Putin’s effort to overlay the Soviet Union’s World War II victory on his lackluster military ...