WW2 · TURNING POINT ·
German surrender and VE Day (1945)
On the WW2 map as “Unconditional surrender”
7–9 May 1945 — Germany surrenders at Reims and Berlin. VE Day: the war in Europe is over.
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- End of WW2 in Europe (chapter 13 of WW2)
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- The War Room — WW2, 1936–1945
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