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'''V-E Day''' celebrates the '''Victory in Europe''' over [[Nazi Germany]] in the United States and Great Britain. The day is celebrated on May 8 when the document giving the unconditional surrender of [[Germany]] was signed with [[Angelo-American]] forces in France in 1945. In [[Russia]], '''Victory Day''' is celebrated on May 9 when German forces surrendered to Russian forces in [[Berlin]].
'''V-E Day''' celebrates the '''Victory in Europe''' over [[Nazi Germany]] in the United States and Great Britain. The day is celebrated on May 8 when the document giving the unconditional surrender of [[Germany]] was signed with [[Angelo-American]] forces in France in 1945. In [[Russia]], '''Victory Day''' is celebrated on May 9 when German forces surrendered to Russian forces in [[Berlin]].
Upon the death of [[Hitler]] and [[Goebbels]], Grand Admiral [[Karl Dönitz]] was appointed Chancellor (the short lived Flensburg government). Dönitz immediately opened up negotiations with the [[Western Powers]] to offer Germany's unconditional surrender. The Western Powers had previously agreed with their [[Soviet]] allies not to accept a separate peace.
Upon the death of [[Hitler]] and [[Goebbels]], Grand Admiral [[Karl Dönitz]] was appointed Chancellor (the short lived Flensburg government). Dönitz immediately opened up negotiations with the [[Western alliance|Western Powers]] to offer Germany's unconditional surrender. The Western Powers had previously agreed with their [[Soviet]] allies not to accept a separate peace.
On May 7, Dönitz authorized General Alfred Jodl, to sign the unconditional surrender of German forces in [[the West]] to the American and British forces in [[Reims]]. On May 9, shortly after midnight Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signed the surrender document to the Russian forces.
On May 7, Dönitz authorized General Alfred Jodl, to sign the unconditional surrender of German forces in [[the West]] to the American and British forces in [[Reims]]. On May 9, shortly after midnight Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signed the surrender document to the Russian forces.