The Victory Day (День Победы) or the 9th of May (Девятое мая) marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War (also known as the Great Patriotic War). It was first inaugurated in the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union, following the signing of the surrender document late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (9 May by Moscow Time).
The term Great Patriotic War (Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́) is used in Russia and some other states of the former Soviet Union to describe the World War II from June 22, 1941, to May 9, 1945, against Nazi Germany and its allies in the Eastern Front. It is a patriotic and symbolic term. During this period 6.8 million Soviet soldiers were killed and 4.4 million died in captivity. The Soviet Union lost 26.6 million men and women in total, more than any other country in human history
LAST DAYS OF THE WAR
In april 1945 Soviet army was close to Berlin. The German army was preparing the defense and got ready to the street fight in the city.
On the 29 of April the battle for Reichstag started. The defense of the building was around 1,000 people. After several attacks by Soviet 171 and 150 RIFLE division, the Reichstag was captured already at night. Early in the morning on the 1st of May lieutenant Alexey Berest and sergeants Meliton Kantaria and Mikhail Egorov put the flag of 150 Rifle division over the Reichstag.
On the 7st of May in Reims the act of capitulation of Germany was signed. From Soviet part the act was signed by general Ivan Susloparov, who didn't get the approval from Moscow, that's why the next day there was so called 'ratification' which was approved by Soviet Union, it happened on the 8th of May at 22:43 or on the 9th of May at 0:43 (Moscow time).
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