what date did the wwii end?
The Allies accepted Germany's surrender on 8 May 1945. Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945. The surrender was officially signed on board the battleship U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, on 2 Sept. 1945. German forces surrendered in Italy on April 29 1945, and in Western Europe on May 7, 1945. On the Eastern Front, Germany surrendered to the Soviets on May 8, 1945. A German Army Group Centre resisted in Prague until May 11, 1945. On July 11, 1945, the Allied leaders met in Potsdam, Germany.