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Scandia Journal in Scandia, Kansas

17 May 1945

Page 7

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Scandia Journal

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Scandia, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1945

Page

7

Victory in Europe ends six year war with German surrender

Allied forces accepted Germanys unconditional capitulation at Eisenhowers HQ in Reims after six years of brutal fighting. Truman Churchill and Stalin lead postwar plans as 1st Army fronts push across the Rhine and Berlin falls. occupation and denazification begin in Europe.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Europe Germany Wehrmacht Russia U.S Britain Eisenhower Little Red School House Reims Roosevelt Truman Stalin Churchill United Nations France Walter Bedell Smith Gustav Jodl Berlin Gregory Zhukov Karl Doenitz Italy Austria Holland Denmark Ludwig Schwenn von Krosigk Poland America U. S George Patton Reich Bavarian Alps Oder Baltic Silesia Czechoslovakia Elbe West
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World War II Timeline of Allied Victory

The narrative outlines the major Allied turning points from the 1939 invasion of Poland through 1945, detailing Poland's fall, Dunkirk, Britain’s air defense, the Balkans and Stalingrad, North Africa, D day and Normandy, the Allied advance to the Rhine and Elbe, and Germany’s collapse with Soviet and American offensives.

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Africa Poland British Isles Europe England France Ninth Rhine Elbe Berlin Austria Germany
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Official word on V-E Day confirmation and denials

When the real V-E Day arrived the public learned the news only after false Saturday reports. President Truman said he was in contact with General Eisenhower and there was no foundation for the peace rumor despite initial nationwide celebrations.

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U. S White House Harry S. Truman Eisenhower
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Japs Face Allied Power

The article describes the Allied plan to shift 5,000,000 foot soldiers and the full navy and air forces from Europe to the Pacific to defeat Japan. It notes divisions regrouping, travel routes via the United States or the Panama Canal, and five months to arrival for units sailing directly to the Pacific.

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Japan Pacific United States Panama Canal
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