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Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front, with the last known shots fired on 11 May.
23 June 1945, the day of the dress rehearsal of the first atom bomb test [8] nowadays it is sometimes used informally to mean "Quality Day", or the first day of the calendar quarter. R-Day The unnamed day on which redeployment of major combat, combat support, and combat service support forces begins in an operation. (US) S-Day
Popular German dieting practice which recommends eating only half of what one would usually eat during a typical day. Fressen is a verb normally reserved for animals; used of people, it implies gorging oneself. DW F.f., Forts. f. Fortsetzung folgt: to be continued L, T Ffm. Frankfurt am Main: T FKK Freikörperkultur: Free Body Culture
May 8 marks VE (Victory in Europe) Day. In 1945, it was the day that the Allied forces formally accepted Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender. PHOTOS: 75 years since VE Day
In The Crown's final season, there's a flashback to V-E (Victory in Europe) Day on May 8, 1945.Then-Princess Elizabeth (played by Viola Prettejohn) and Princess Margaret (Beau Gadsdon) leave ...
Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January, half-mast) Labour Day (1 May) Europe Day (9 May) Constitution Day (23 May) Popular Uprising Day (17 June) This day was public holiday under the title of "German Unity Day" from 1954 until 1990 when that unity actually was achieved. Resistance Day (20 July) German Unity Day (3 October)
Being German, I think that "Hail [to] victory!" is a pretty good translation. If you say "Hail to the King!" in English, a German translation would be "Heil dem König!". "Heil Hitler!" is not equivalent to "Long Live Hitler!", because there's a literal translation for "long live" in German as well, which is "lang lebe", and it's pretty common.
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