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  2. End of World War II in Europe - Wikipedia

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    VE-Day: Following news of the German surrender, spontaneous celebrations erupted all over the world on 7 May, including in Western Europe and the United States.As the Germans officially set the end of operations for 2301 Central European Time on 8 May, that day is celebrated across Europe as V-E Day.

  3. Timeline of the surrender of Axis forces at the end of World ...

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    Ethnicity/nationality Approximate number of soldiers surrendered Japanese 9,779,248 Germans 4,889,905 Italians 429,600 Russians 70,000 (including 50,000 Cossacks)

  4. Victory in Europe Day - Wikipedia

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    Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front, with the last known shots fired on 11 May.

  5. Zero hour (1945) - Wikipedia

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    It marked the end of World War II in Europe and the start of a new, non-Nazi Germany. [2] It was partly an attempt by Germany to dissociate itself from the Nazis. [ 2 ] Denazification was encouraged by the Allies occupying Germany.

  6. World War II - Wikipedia

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    World War II began in Europe on 1 September 1939 [1] [2] with the German invasion of Poland and the United Kingdom and France's declaration of war on Germany two days later on 3 September 1939. Dates for the beginning of the Pacific War include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] or the earlier Japanese ...

  7. Potsdam Agreement - Wikipedia

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    The "Big Three": Attlee, Truman, Stalin. The Potsdam Agreement (German: Potsdamer Abkommen) was the agreement among three of the Allies of World War II: the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union after the war ended in Europe that was signed on 1 August 1945 and it was published the next day.

  8. End of World War II - Wikipedia

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    End of World War II in Europe; End of World War II in Asia; Aftermath of World War II This page was last edited on 10 December 2024, at 04:22 (UTC). Text is ...

  9. History of Germany (1945–1990) - Wikipedia

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    At the end of World War II, there were some eight million foreign displaced people in Germany, [1] mainly forced laborers and prisoners. This included around 400,000 survivors of the Nazi concentration camp system, [2] where many times more had died from starvation, harsh conditions, murder, or being worked to death