V-E Day
Europe's liberation day
V-E Day is Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945—the date marking Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender and the end of World War II in Europe.
The term appears in historical contexts and anniversary commemorations: My grandfather was in Times Square on V-E Day.
The war continued in the Pacific until V-J Day in August.
- Nazi GermanyHitler's fascist dictatorship
- Red ArmySoviet ground forces
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- liberationRelease from constraint
- Potsdam Conference1945 summit reshaping Europe
victory parades · remembrance ceremonies · war crimes trials · armistice · unconditional surrender · Reims · national holidays · European theater · Berlin · Allied Powers · Truman · Allied victory · France · World War II · homecoming · welcome home · soldiers · Greatest Generation
- holidaysChristmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, New Year
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- World War IIAllies, Nazi, Hitler, Axis, Third Reich
- WWIIPearl Harbor, Normandy, Hiroshima, Holocaust, atomic bomb
- commemorationscommemoration, remembrance, memorial service, centennial, bicentennial
- historic momentsturning points, heroic act, triumphs, sacrifice, victories