After years of appalling suffering and the death of millions during the second
World War, when it became clear Germany was losing the war, Hitler committed
suicide. Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Rheims on May 7 1945.
The Allies declare May the 8th to be V-E Day, Victory in Europe Day. However war
did not reach an end until the surrender of Japan on August 14, 1945.
“Our rejoicing is sobered and subdued by a supreme consciousness of the terrible
price we have paid to rid the world of Hitler and his evil band”. President
Truman.
Reference books
You are welcome to visit the Reference Room
to research or browse the collection.
In the Reference Room you can read some of the many volumes of the Official
history of
New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945
and many more books on the First and Second World Wars.
