Talk:Victory in Europe Day

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An event mentioned in this article is a May 8 selected anniversary (may be in HTML comment)

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I Wonder if VE and VJ Day are the same  ::No, they are not the same, see the articles.

Contents 1 To be moved to wikisource 2 Sentence removed from article 3 How many people are in the picture? 4 Removed dead links

[edit] To be moved to wikisource

Do we need the Declaration of Military Surrender? Relevant, but would be better linked to as an external source of in wikisource.--Tothebarricades.tk 19:19, May 3, 2005 (UTC)

I agree it is exactly what wikisource is for and should be moved. Though maybe an important point or two could be incorporated into the article. say1988

Agreed, move it to wikisource - but don't just delete it! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 14:06, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

(Yet another copy of the same text redacted. For the full text, see this page's history.)

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I've restored the ACT OF MILITARY SURRENDER. It will be removed again when I find the link to the Wikisource. Feel free to beat me to it. -- PFHLai 14:48, 2005 May 8 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Don't include copies of primary sources. You don't need to "find a link" to Wikisource. Just go directly to Wikisource. You don't need to go any further than the Wikipedia Main Page to know where it is. And you don't need to go very far in Wikisource to find that this document has been there since 2003. I've undone the mess that was made of this article by the people who didn't check Wikisource first. Uncle G 15:15, 2005 May 8 (UTC)
  • Nicely done, Uncle G. I have never made links to any items in Wikisource, and now I know how to do it. Thank you. -- PFHLai 18:48, 2005 May 9 (UTC)

[edit] Sentence removed from article

I've just removed this:

"May 8 is somewhat of a holiday for antifascists in Europe, especially Germany."

Aside from its odd coding, it's not clear what it means (what's "somewhat of a holiday"?), nor whether it's true (or, indeed, what being true would consist in). Could anyone help? --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 09:42, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] How many people are in the picture?

In the crowd below Churchill? Sagittarian Milky Way 06:49, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Several. Definately more than 3.

Petecollier 18:41, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

The article says that more than a million people took to the streets in celebration in London. The number visible through Churchill's window is immaterial. Lorangriel 19:19, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed dead links

• Victory address by Sir Winston Churchill, 1945-05-08, 3 PM (Danish site, English audio, Real Player)
• Victory address by King George VI, 1945-05-08, 9 PM (Danish site, English audio, Real Player)

BsL (talk) 14:36, 22 March 2008 (UTC)