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United States Army Second Lieutenant William Robertson and Soviet Red Army Lieutenant Alexander Sylvashko Embrace at Elbe River

Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy K. Zhukov and General Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower in Leningrad

Soviet Red Army Marshal Georgy K. Zhukov Conveys the Order of Victory on United States Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower and United Kingdom Royal Army Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery

Front Page of the New York Times

United States Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower Views Looted Artwork at Merkers Mine

Aerial View of the Arc de Triomphe on Victory in Europe Day

Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel Signs the Instrument of Surrender

Crowds Celebrating Victory in Europe Day in New York City’s Times Square

Canadian Royal Army Lieutenant General Charles Foulkes Meets with Nazi German Officers, Including Johannes A. Blaskowitz, Oberbefehlshaber Nordwest, to Sign the Surrender of Heeresgruppe H

Parisians Wave Allied Flags at the Arc de Triomphe on Victory in Europe Day

Representatives of the Allied Commission for Austria United States Army General Mark W. Clark; Soviet Red Army Colonel General Aleksei S. Zheltov; French Army General Antoine Béthouart; and United Kingdom Royal Army Lieutenant General Sir Richard Loudon McCreery visit the Berghof at Berchtesgaden

Winston Churchill and the Royal Family Greet Crowds at Buckingham Palace on victory in Europe Day

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