German surrender
Reich's final collapse
The German surrender refers to Nazi Germany's unconditional capitulation ending World War II in Europe, signed May 7-8, 1945.
The phrase also describes Germany's armistice ending World War I on November 11, 1918.
More generally, any German military capitulation: The German surrender came after months of Allied advances.
- Operation OverlordWWII cross-channel assault codename
- Allied victorySuccessful end for partners
- signing ceremonyFormal document endorsement occasion
- VE DayEuropean theater's end
- D-Day1944 Normandy invasion
Yalta Conference · Battle of Stalingrad · Holocaust remembrance · Reims · white flag · Munich Agreement
- Paris LiberationLiberation Day, Charles de Gaulle, French Resistance, resistance fighters, insurrection
- Surrenderscapitulation, white flag, laying down arms, Appomattox, giving up
- WWII 1945V-E Day, V-J Day, VE Day, VJ Day, Hiroshima
- Interwar EraLeague of Nations, Weimar Republic, Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Trianon, Versailles Treaty
type of war termination
German surrenderarmistice
Agreement to cease hostilities
peace treaty · truce · ceasefire · ceasefire agreement · negotiated settlement
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