James Holland has written about nearly every major battle of World War II, from Burma to Berlin. So it makes sense that in “Victory ’45: The End of the War in Eight Surrenders” he and his co-author, ...

‘This is Ed Kennedy in Paris. The war is over, and I am going to dictate: Germany has surrendered unconditionally.’ These are the words that ended World War II in the West, but they ruined the life of ...