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To: ansel12
blah blah blah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin

Battle of Berlin

Result: Soviet victory

• Death of Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi officials
Unconditional surrender of German garrison in Berlin on 2 May
Capitulation of Germany on 8 May
End of World War II in Europe

The unconditional surrender of the German garrison in Berlin happened over two months before the arrival of the U.S. Army.

V-E day is celebrated on May 8th, when Germany capitulated to the Soviets.

Eisenhower became the Commander of the Alied Expeditionary Force in 1944. The Soviet Union was not part of the AEF.

The U.S. took the surrender of Japan.

217 posted on 04/29/2024 10:14:48 PM PDT by woodpusher
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To: woodpusher

Post 213 is accurate, and you respond with blah, blah, blah?


219 posted on 04/30/2024 3:58:59 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: woodpusher

You leave out the fact that the Germans surrendered to the Allies at Rheims, France on May 7. The Germans on the Italian front surrendered even earlier.

By the way, although I personally use Wikipedia as a quick source of information, I would never cite it as a resource.


223 posted on 04/30/2024 5:50:49 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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