<Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 7 / 8 May 1945 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related to </Th> <Td> Victory over Japan Day, Victory Day </Td> </Tr> <P> Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day, was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces . The formal surrender of the German forces occupying the Channel Islands did not occur until the following day, 9 May 1945 . It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe . </P> <P> The term VE Day existed as early as September 1944, in anticipation of victory . On 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader, committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin . Germany's surrender, therefore, was authorised by his successor, Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz . The administration headed by Dönitz was known as the Flensburg Government . The act of military surrender was signed on 7 May in Reims, France and on 8 May in Berlin, Germany . </P>

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