American soldiers and English girls parade the United States' flag, the Stars and Stripes, past the famous Criterion restaurant in London's Piccadilly Circus, after hearing the news of the Japanese offer of  surrender; 10 August, 1945.

Parading the flag

American sergeant Franklin G. Talley, assisted by an airman of the Royal Air Force (RAF), holds up a copy of the Evening News while seated on traffic lights in London’s Oxford Circus on 10 August 1945. 

At the "height" of celebration

German women, children and soldiers celebrate with the Nazi salute at a mass event, the victory of German troops over France; Somewhere in Germany, June 19, 1940. 