В Европе и Америке День победы празднуют сегодня.
8 мая 1945 года в 22:43 по среднеевропейскому времени был подписан второй акт о полной и безоговорочной капитуляции Германии.
В Москве было уже девятое мая.
On Tuesday May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe Day marked the formal end ofthe Second World War. After years of misery and terror the announcement was metwith scenes of jubilation and outpourings of emotion throughout Britain andthroughout the world.
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n May 8, known asVictory in Europe Day, or V-E Day, spontaneous celebrations erupted all overthe Allied countries, including now-famous victory parties in New York’s TimesSquare and London’s Trafalgar Square.
In London, “American sailors and laughinggirls formed a conga line down the middle of Piccadilly and cockneys linkedarms in the Lambeth Walk,” wrote New Yorker columnist MolliePanter-Downes. “Itwas a day and night of no fixed plan and no organized merriment. Each groupdanced its own dance, sang its own song, and went its own way as the spiritmoved it.”