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V-E Day: 8 May 1945

Reflections on V-E Day Plus 57

Listen to a RealAudio clip of a live report from Edward R. Murrow of CBS News. He is reporting from Piccadilly Circus in London amidst a crowd of jubilant Britishers celebrating the end of the war.

What is V-E Day?

On May 7, 1945, in Reims, France, at 2:41 a.m. local time, German general Alfred Johl signed the unconditional surrender of all German forces, ending the war in Europe. General Dwight Eisenhower accepted the surrender for the Allies. The surrender was official at 11:01 p.m. the next day, May 8, 1945, which became known as Victory in Europe (or V-E) Day.

"V-E 303" has been gouged in the ground at Molesworth Air Station. The view is from a 303rd Bomb
Group B-17 coming in for a landing on May 8, 1945.

V-E DAY OVER ENGLAND

While Londoners wave Union Jacks, "out of work" American bombers
return to their English base on May 8, 1945.

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