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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.]]
'''Victory Day''' commemorates the victory over [[Nazi Germany]] and its [[European]] allies by the [[Soviet Union]] in 1945. In [[Russia]], Victory Day remains the largest national holiday celebrated since German forces surrendered on May 9, shortly after midnight ([[Moscow]] time}. Field Marshal [[Wilhelm Keitel]] signed the surrender document to the Russian forces in the German capital of [[Berlin]].
'''Victory Day''' commemorates the victory over [[Nazi Germany]] and its [[Anti-Comintern pact]] [[European]] allies by the [[Soviet Union]] in 1945. In [[Russia]], Victory Day remains the largest national holiday celebrated since German forces surrendered on May 9, shortly after midnight ([[Moscow]] time}. Field Marshal [[Wilhelm Keitel]] signed the surrender document to the Russian forces in the German capital of [[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 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.
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.