Germany Surrenders

V-E Day celebrations, Bay Street, Toronto
May 7, 1945, Photographer: John H. Boyd
City of Toronto Archives

On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at the Allied headquarters in Reims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II.

After more than five years of fighting, the war, at least in Europe, was finally over.