Victory in Europe Day

Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day or VE Day) was May 7 and May 8, 1945, the dates when the Allied Forces of World War II formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. On April 30, Hitler committed suicide during the Battle for Berlin, and so the surrender of Germany was authorized by his replacement, President of Germany Karl Dönitz. The administration headed up by Dönitz was known as the Flensburg government. The act of military surrender was signed on May 7 in Reims, France, and May 8 in Berlin, Germany.

''Note: The above is true in most Harry Turtledove timelines with a Point of Divergence after 1945. It is immediately germaine to the following:''

Victory in Europe Day in The Man With the Iron Heart
The Allies believed that Victory in Europe would bring an end to the war on the continent. Unfortunately, the German Freedom Front, led by devoted Nazi Reinhard Heydrich, put lie to this belief.