VE Day, May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe, WW2 Germany Surrender; Swastika Blow Up Nuremberg 🧨

V-E Day: The War Ends in Europe (1945 Newsreel). 3:49 mins. 'Nazis Give Up.'
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- V-E Day: Victory in Europe, National WW2 Museum. - On May 8, 1945, thousands of people took to the streets in cities around the world to celebrate news of Germany's surrender and the end of World War II in Europe.
In the Spring of 1945, Allied forces were converging on Germany from East and West. As they crossed into Germany, advancing soldiers encountered fierce resistance, cities devastated by bombing, and horrific evidence of Nazi crimes. Seeing the looming collapse of his regime, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler took his own life on April 30, 1945.

Within days, his successors surrendered unconditionally to Allied forces. On May 7, 1945, the Chief of Staff of the German Armed Forces High Command, Alfred Jodl, surrendered at General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Allied headquarters in Reims. At the ceremony in which Jodl signed the Act of Military Surrender were representatives of the major Allied powers who also signed: France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States..
- VICTORY IN EUROPE American President Harry Truman, who had only assumed the presidency weeks prior following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, addressed the nation by radio to announce Germany's surrender. "General Eisenhower informs me that the forces of Germany have surrendered to the United Nations. The flags of freedom fly over all Europe," Truman said...
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/v-e-day-victory-europe


WATCH. '75 Years Ago, April 22, 1945, the U.S. Blew Up a Giant Swastika in Nazi Germany and it's Still so Satisfying to Watch,' HNN, April 8, 2020.
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One of the most striking images from WW II is a massive swastika being detonated in Nuremberg, Germany, symbolizing the end of the bloody European conflict. The explosion happened on April 22, 1945, a few weeks before the Nazis surrendered to Allied Forces on May 7, 1945. The massive marble swastika had huge significance for the Nazis as it overlooked Zeppelintribüne, Adolf Hitler's most powerful pulpit at the Nazi party rally grounds. The pulpit was located within Zeppelinfeld stadium, which was built in 1934 by Nazi architect Albert Speer...
https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/75-years-ago-the-us-blew-up-a-giant-swastika-in-na