Victory Day In Europe 2020: Significance Of The Day When Nazi Germany Surrendered In World War II

Team Latestly May 08, 2020 02:00 PM IST

Victory Day in Europe, also known as VE Day in the United Kingdom or V-E Day in the United States, is a day celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was on May 8, 1945 that Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allied Forces in WWII. Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30 during the Battle of Berlin following which his successor Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz authorised Germany's surrender.

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