    victory in europe day, generally known as v-e day, ve day, or simply v day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 may 1945 (7 may in commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the allies of world war ii of nazi germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.the formal surrender of the german forces occupying the channel islands did not occur until the following day, 9 may 1945. it thus marked the end of world war ii in europe. on 30 april, adolf hitler, the nazi leader, committed suicide during the battle of berlin. germany's surrender, therefore, was authorized by his successor, [[
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