ABSTRACT
V-E DAY The end of the war in Europe is known as V-E Day-Victory in Europe. It came when representatives of Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Berlin on May 7, 1945, and Allied leaders proclaimed the following day, May 8, as V-E Day. That was less than a month after President Franklin Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage and a week after Adolf Hitler committed suicide. Russian allies had taken Berlin on April 20, and Italian freedom fi ghters killed their fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, on April 28. From then on, all the world knew that it was just a matter of days before the remaining Nazis leaders had to give in. But, because victory was in sight and yet not real, there were numerous premature announcements and celebrations.
