Information Agency: 8 May in Poland is celebrated Victory Day. Although speculation about the end date World War II are different, it is officially for the anniversary celebrations adopted 2 dates. On May 8, they besides celebrate triumph Day Czech Republic, Slovakia, France and the United Kingdom. On May 9, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Georgia.
30 April 1945, during the siege of Berlin by the Allied troops, against the inevitability of the 3rd Reich defeat, Hitler He and his wife Eva Braun committed suicide.
It is assumed that he did so by shooting a weapon in the temple and at the same time chewing a cyanide vial in an underground shelter under the Old Reich Chancellery in Berlin. any historians question the dictator's suicide and believe Hitler was shot by his aide. The body of the dictator and Eva Braun were burned by SS men from the sideguard. Hitler's death was a clear signal of the agony of Nazi Germany and was the announcement of the end of the war.
Only on 7 May at 02.41 am, Germany, in the office of General Eisenhower's Allied Expeditionary Forces in Reims, France – capitulated before army representatives USA and United Kingdom and ZSRS.
Under the act of surrender, General Walter Bedell Smith signed from the Allied side as a typical of General Eisenhower's Chief Expeditionary Army Commander and artillery general Ivan Susłoparow representing the highest russian command. On behalf of Nazi Germany, they signed Gen. Alfred Jodl, Gen. Wilhelm Oxenius and Adm. Hans-Georg von Friedeburg. The German delegation had the authority of the Chief Commander of the Wehrmacht, al. An interesting fact is that the French General François Sevez invited at the last minute – the host typical was a witness during this ceremony, not a party.
The act of surrender referred to the cessation of all armed forces under German command on 8 May at 23.01 CET. It was a ‘first’ surrender Germanybut not the last.
Stalin wasn't happy with the turn of things. On his categorical request on 8 May late in the evening, according to Moscow time it was already on 9 May, the signing of the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht and another 3rd Reich armed forces was repeated in the office of Marshal Żukov. The records add up to the fact that the surrendering troops give weapons to local coalition commanders. The surrender was repeated before representatives of the 3 Allied powers – Association of Socialist russian Republics, USA and United Kingdom.
General Carl Spaatz (USA), British Air Marshal Arthur Tedder and russian Marshal Gieorgiy Żukov signed as the next act of surrender. Charles de Gaulle sent General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny to the ceremony, who threatened to kill himself if he was denied the right to sign the paper and put up the French flag. German field marshal Wilhelm Keitel commented on the presence of de Tassigny in specified a way that he should sign on both sides – making and receiving the surrender. In the end, after the protocolical shuffle, the place for the French signature was...
World War II continued in Asia. 3 months later 6 and 9 August 1945. Americans dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which accelerated Japan's surrender, which was yet signed on September 2, 1945. Is this the last act of planet War II? In Poland, war actions conducted by Soviets and satellites of the Polish People's Army against guerrilla troops will proceed in the coming years. “Cursed Soldiers”. 1 can meet with an opinion, at the end of the Second War it is only possible to accept 1989 erstwhile russian domination over the countries of Central and east Europe ends.
Information Agency, Culture EST 06.05.2020Act 4.05.22
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