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		V-E Day
    V-E Day    (8 May 1945)    This abbreviation stands for Victory in Europe Day, the date when German authorities signed preliminary, unconditional terms of surrender to the Allies at Reims. The Berlin government formally ratified the surrender the next day. On 5 June, Germany was divided into US, British, French, and Soviet occupation zones. 
	 
	
	
		
			
	
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								Chicago: 
								Thomas L. Purvis, "V-E Day," A Dictionary of American History in  A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed November 3, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HDVLG4D5KKUGBIQ.
								
							 
							
								MLA: 
								Purvis, Thomas L. "V-E Day." A Dictionary of American History, in  A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 3 Nov. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HDVLG4D5KKUGBIQ.
								
							 
							
								Harvard: 
								Purvis, TL, 'V-E Day' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in  1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 3 November 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HDVLG4D5KKUGBIQ.
								
							 
						 
					 
				 
				
			
	 
	
 
	
	
	
						
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