May 1, 1945: Servicemen in New York cheer the news that Hitler died in his Chancellery in Berlin. 

Something to cheer about

May 8, 1945: American soldiers celebrate VE Day in Trafalgar Square in London, with women from the Auxiliary Territorial Service. 

VE Day scene in London

A New Zealand sailor (left) and three American GIs express their jubilation of the surrender of Japan, by hoisting a London policeman in the air, in Piccadilly Circus in London, England on August 10, 1945.
