The Biggest Party: Victory Day Celebrations Around The World In 1945
The Biggest Party: Victory Day Celebrations Around The World In 1945
Historic photos capture the joy that erupted throughout Allied countries after Nazi Germany surrendered in the spring of 1945, ending the horror of World War II in Europe.
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A woman breaks into song in central Moscow. In the Soviet Union, the party got started in earnest on May 9.
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A British sergeant being thrown into the air by a crowd of youngsters in Moscow. The Soviet Union celebrated one day after most Allied countries because Germany’s high command signed a second surrender document, as demanded by Josef Stalin, late on May 8. Due to time-zone differences, the signing in Berlin took place in the small hours of the following morning in Moscow.
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Londoners, including a man with his nostrils stuffed with Hitler-like bristles, gleefully sink beers in a pub in the Lambeth part of London.
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Women dressed in the flags of the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union during celebrations in central Paris.