VICTORY IN EUROPE - GERMANY
SURRENDERS
VE Day finally
arrived on May 8, 1945 after
fierce efforts by the allied
forces. The previous year
British, Canadian, and U.S.
ftroops invaded Normandy, and
began to drive the Nazis out of
France. At the same time, the
Soviets were launching their own
counter-offensive. They pushed
the German army completely out of
Europe. Seizing their advantage,
the Soviets advanced into Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Hungary and
Romania.
By 1945, the
German defenses had begun to
collapse. The Soviet army
occupied the eastern one-third of
Germany. Eventually, the allies
surounded Berlin. On April 30,
Adolf Hitler commited suicide.
Germany surrendered soon after.
This clip is a
live report from Edward R. Murrow
of CBS news. He is reporting from
Piccadilly Circus in London
amidst a crowd of jubilant
Britains celebrating the end of
the war.
Click
on the headphones to hear the
report. 
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