In the United States, the event coincided with President Harry Truman's 61st birthday. Later, Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and her sister Princess Margaret were allowed to wander incognito among the crowds and take part in the celebrations. Bevin said, "No, Winston, this is your day", and proceeded to conduct the people in the singing of " For He's a Jolly Good Fellow". Everyone, man or woman, has done their best.Ĭhurchill then asked Ernest Bevin to come forward and share the applause. In our long history, we have never seen a greater day than this. Churchill went from the palace to Whitehall, where he addressed another large crowd: In London, crowds massed in Trafalgar Square and up the Mall to Buckingham Palace, where King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by their daughters and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, appeared on the balcony of the palace before the cheering crowds. More than one million people celebrated in the streets throughout the UK to mark the end of the European part of the war. Upon the defeat of Germany, celebrations erupted throughout the Western world, especially in the United Kingdom and in North America. German Instrument of Surrender, Article 2 The end of all combat actions was specified as 23:01 Central European Time, which was already 9 May in eastern Europe, and thus several former Soviet bloc countries including Russia and Belarus, as well as some former Yugoslav countries like Serbia, celebrate Victory Day on 9 May.
In the UK it is often abbreviated to VE Day, or V-E Day in the US, a term which existed as early as September 1944, in anticipation of victory.
Several countries observe public holidays on the day each year, also called Victory Over Fascism Day, Liberation Day or Victory Day. Russia and some former Soviet countries celebrate on 9 May, marking the end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front. Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday. Victory over Japan Day, Victory Day (9 May) and Europe Day
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