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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. Dönitz authorized General [[Alfred Jodl]] to sign an unconditional surrender before midnite on May 8 to American and British forces in [[Reims]], France. The Western Powers had previously agreed with their [[Soviet]] allies not to accept a separate peace. During the [[Cold War]], '''V-E Day''' or '''Victory in Europe''' day was marked as May 8 in [[the West]]. Gen. [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] however, Commander of Allied Forces in France, recognized the May 9 Berlin surrender as the authentic surrender date and 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. Dönitz authorized General [[Alfred Jodl]] to sign an unconditional surrender before midnite on May 8 to American and British forces in [[Reims]], France. The Western Powers had previously agreed with their [[Soviet]] allies not to accept a separate peace. During the [[Cold War]], '''V-E Day''' or '''Victory in Europe''' day was marked as May 8 in [[the West]]. Gen. [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] however, Commander of Allied Forces in France, recognized the May 9 Berlin surrender as the authentic surrender date and document.
May 9 has been a national holiday in the [[Russian Federation]] since its formation 1991. May 9 became a non-working holiday in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1963 and only two years later in the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic in 1965.
May 9 has been a national holiday in the [[Russian Federation]] since its formation in 1991. May 9 became a non-working holiday in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1963 and only two years later in the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic in 1965.
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