VE+Day



**Significance of VE Day ** The significance of VE day is that it marked the end of WWII and created the beginning of the Cold War. There were tons of reasons for the Cold War beginning. It mostly all had to do with the relationship between the USA and Russia. Russia wanted to spread communism to protect themselves from possible future German attacks. The United States wanted to prevent the spread of Russian communism. Lastly, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb and did not let Russia in on the secret.


 * Primary Source **

Information VE day or victory in Europe day took place on May 8 1945 and that was the day the Germany surrendered and marked the end of World War II. Before that day, Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945 by shooting himself in his Berlin bunker. On May 1, Italy made secret negotiations with the western allies and all German forces in Italy were forced to cease hostilities and sign a surrender document which made them surrender unconditionally to allies on May 2. On that same day the battle of Berlin ended, and the commander of the Berlin Defense surrendered to the general of the soviet army, Vasily Chuikov. On May 8th the islanders were informed by the German authorities that the war was over. The radio broadcast was made by the British prime minister. That day, celebration erupted all throughout Europe. The Americans declared May 8th as V - E Day. The Russians consider that day on May 9th because that’s when the surrender on the east of Germany became effective.

Winner

The winner of this was Europe. They had the victory because of them surrendering.

MLA Citation

"End of World War II in Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia //. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2011. .

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