V-E Day
V-E Day, May 8, 1945, the day proclaimed by President Harry S. Truman to mark Germany's surrender in World War II. V-E stands for "Victory in Europe." The surrender document was signed at General Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters at Reims, France, at 2:41 A.M. (local time). Colonel General Alfred Jodl signed for Germany and Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith for the United States and Great Britain. Soviet and French officers also signed. On May 9, a similar document was signed by German and Soviet authorities in Berlin.