may 8, 1945 - V-E Day
Description:
Victory in Europe Day: "the Allies insisted upon an unconditional surrender, and this was signed at Reims on May 7, 1945, to take effect at midnight May 8–9. With the unconditional surrender, Hitler’s “Thousand-Year Reich” ceased to exist, and the responsibility for the government of the German people was assumed by the four occupying powers—the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France."-Britannica
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Date:
may 8, 1945
Now
~ 80 years ago