German authorities sign an unconditional surrender in Reims, France, instituting an armistice between Allied and Axis forces in Europe. The surrender did not include the Soviet Union; on the following day, Germany would surrender in Berlin to American, British, French, and Soviet officers.
Year
1945
Date of Event
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