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An American soldier in London reads the news of the German surrender at the end of World War II, May 7, 1945.
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A wounded American serviceman during a ticker tape parade in New York following press reports of the unconditional surrender of Germany on May 7, 1945.
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Mrs. Pat Burgess of Palmer's Green, north London, is thrilled to get the news that her husband will soon be home for good from Germany on May 7, 1945.
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On VE Day, 7th May 1945, in London, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill leaves 10 Downing Street by the back entrance to avoid the large crowds awaiting his appearance.
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Former French prisoners of war, political prisoners who had been incarcerated by the Germans as forced labour and refugees of all nationalities returning home on a road west of Berlin on 8th May 1945 near Berlin, Germany.
Fred Ramage/Keystone/Picture dated of May 8, 1945 showing Parisians buying the newspaper saying "Capitulation" as Parisians celebrate the unconditional German capitulation in the streets of Paris, at the end of the second World War.
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A group of women wearing dresses representing flags of the Allied powers (left to right: the USA, France, Britain and the Soviet Union) outside the Eglise de la Madeleine on VE Day in Paris, 8th May 1945.
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Inhabitants of the town of Schwerin digging graves for the victims of the nearby concentration camp of Wobbelin on May 8, 1945, supervised by the American military administration.
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American soldiers listening to Winston Churchill's radio broadcast on VE Day, May 8, 1945.
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American President Harry S Truman reading the text of his announcement of the unconditional surrender of Germany to news reporters, a few minutes before he broadcast it to the American people, Washington DC, 8th May 1945.
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Crowds in Piccadilly Circus climb lampposts and the Eros statue's protective container, on VE Day May 8, 1945.
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Crowds on the Champs Elysees celebrate Victory in Europe at the end of World War II with a joyful procession on May 8, 1945.
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Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) , driving through Trafalgar Square in a service vehicle during the VE Day celebrations in London, 8th May 1945.
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