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[[File:Depiction of Soviet flag over the Reichstag.jpg|right|415px|thumb|V-E Day depiction of the Soviet flag raised over the [[Reichstag]]. The original black and white photograph had been touched with color added by Soviet artists.]]
[[File:Depiction of Soviet flag over the Reichstag.jpg|right|415px|thumb|V-E Day depiction of the Soviet flag raised over the [[Reichstag]]. The original black and white photograph had been touched with color added by Soviet artists.]]
'''V-E Day''' celebrates the '''Victory in Europe''' over [[Nazi Germany]] in the United States and Great Britain. The day is commemorated in [[the West]] 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]]. Gen. [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] recognized the May 9 Berlin surrender as the authentic surrender document.
'''V-E Day''' celebrates the '''Victory in Europe''' over [[Nazi Germany]] in the United States and Great Britain. The day at one time was commemorated in [[the West]] 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]]. Gen. [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] recognized the May 9 Berlin surrender as the authentic surrender document.
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.
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.