The war ended with the surrendering of Germany first and later, after dropping the atomic bombs on them, Japan surrendered. This brought the war to an end.

The following video highlights the memories of soldiers from Minnesota as they remember the end of the war. Below, discuss the what events led to the end of the war.

Album - Victory Comes At A Steep Price

Minnesota Studies by the Minnesota Partnership for Collaborative Curriculum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.