Headline "Nazi War Over, Reich Gives Up" from the Cumberland Evening Times, 05/07/1945

Full front page of the Cumberland Evening Times, 05/07/1945

US soldiers in Massina during World War 2

Secret weapons of World War 2 - robot bomb, rocket glider bomb, midget tank, one man torpedo, rocket packing beau-fighter, rocket landing craft, flail tank, two man torpedo, and hamilcar glider.

Two member of the French Resistance with captured German in 1945

General Mark touring Rome in a jeep, 1945

Long article about the fall of the German Reich from the Cumberland Evening Times, 05/07/1945

Full page V E photo-spread containing pictures of soldiers and events across Europe

20th Century, Newspapers, World War II

Nazi War Over Reich Gives Up – Cumberland Evening News 05/07/1945

Headline: “Nazi War Over, Reich Gives Up – Surrender By Foes Unconditional”
From the Cumberland Evening Times, 05/07/1945

This special Extra edition from V-E day covers the total Allied victory in Europe. It features a strong headline in unusual font, with huge “V E” superimposed over the front page.

Photos and full page articles.

Images in the image gallery include:

full front page of this newspaper
U.S. soldiers watch for snipers while moving through Messina, Sicily
photos of the latest weapons to come out of the end of the war “rocket bombs”, which I think we would call today “missiles”
photos of the “top secret” weapons of the war, from both the Allied and Axis sides: “robot” bomb, “rocket glider” bomb, midget tank, one man torpedo, rocket packing beau-fighter, “rocket landing craft”, flail tank, two man torpedo, and Hamilcar glider
Two member of the French Resistance hold a captured ragged German at gunpoint
General Mark Clark triumphantly touring Rome in a jeep
long, detailed article chronicling the fall of the Reich
back page photo spread looking back at major events of the war