Who Said it (5/4/2015)

The flags of freedom fly all over Europe.

President Harry S. Truman
(Photo: Truman Library)

“This is a solemn but glorious hour. General Eisenhower informs me that the forces of Germany have surrendered to the United Nations. The flags of freedom fly all over Europe.” 

–President Harry S. Truman, “The President’s Press Conference on V-E Day” (May 8, 1945)

Source: Harry S. Truman: “The President’s News Conference on V-E Day,” May 8, 1945. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. 

Read more about the Fall of Berlin and the end of World War II in THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF AMERICA AT WAR: Untold tales from Yorktown to Fallujah

The Hidden History of America At War-May 5, 2015 (Hachette Books/Random House Audio)