Back نهاية الحرب العالمية الثانية في أوروبا Arabic Avropada İkinci dünya müharibəsinin sonu Azerbaijani Завяршэнне Другой сусветнай вайны ў Еўропе Byelorussian Край на Втората световна война в Европа Bulgarian Fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Europa Spanish پایان جنگ جهانی دوم در اروپا Persian Fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Europe French Akhir Perang Dunia II di Eropa ID Fine della seconda guerra mondiale in Europa Italian 欧州戦線における終戦 (第二次世界大戦) Japanese
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The end of World War II in Europe occurred in May 1945. Following the suicide of Adolf Hitler on the 30 April, leadership of Nazi Germany passed to Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz and the Flensburg Government. Soviet troops conquered Berlin on 2 May, and a number of German military forces surrendered over the next few days. On 8 May, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signed the German Instrument of Surrender, an unconditional surrender to the Allies, in Karlshorst, Berlin. This is celebrated as Victory in Europe Day, while in Russia 9 May is celebrated as Victory Day.
Some battles continued on the Eastern Front such as the Courland Pocket in western Latvia surrendering on 10 May, and the Prague offensive in Czechoslovakia ending on 11 May.
Following the conclusion in the European theatre, the war continued in the Pacific theatre.