The President reminded the nation in its flush of victory that it had not been fighting alone. “This,” the President said, “is a solemn but glorious hour.” He voiced the thought of millions by adding: “How I wish Franklin Roosevelt had lived to see this day.” Outside, while the President spoke a chill rain fell. Surrounded by his government leaders, Mr Truman issued his proclamation of victory and his statement of the work yet to do at a historic news conference in the White House. He said “Our victory is only half-won.” He gave this counsel for the months to come: “Work, work, work.” He gave this advice to the Japanese: “Surrender.”
Washington - President Truman proclaimed victory in Europe today but told the nation its fighting job would be finished only “when the last Japanese division has surrendered unconditionally.” Truman warns Japanese to quit or face destruction unconditional surrender will be ratified in Berlin Middletown Times Herald (Middletown, NY) May 8, 1945 Thousands packed London’s Trafalgar Square and New York’s Times Square, while President Harry Truman dedicated the victory to the memory of his predecessor, Franklin Roosevelt, who died less than a month earlier. While the war with Japan would continue until August, the end of combat in the European theater prompted celebrations across the world, from London and New York to Chicago and Los Angeles. Just one week after Adolf Hitler committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin, his successor Karl Dönitz authorized the surrender, which was signed on May 7th in Reims, France and on May 8th in Berlin. After six years of total warfare across Europe which saw cities and entire countries devastated, along with millions of soldiers and civilians killed, the Allied powers were finally able to celebrate on May 8, 1945, with the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany.
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