>>>I'm curious who's country celebrates May 9 as a national holiday and the World War II Victory day?
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>>Nobody I know around here. We should, but then it would be May 8 V/E Day. Victory Day (May 9) would be for Russians as the Germans surrendered to the Russian Army a day later. But on this side of the pond I would say that a huge percentage of the population has no clue of what we are talking about. Sad. (But we do celebrate a non-entity as Cinco de Mayo. Go figure).
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>Yeah I think it's just a Russian Holiday. If I remember right (I slept a lot in history class), the surrender of the Nazi's was May 5th but technically the war ended May 9th 1945.

Well, not exactly. There were several surrender documents signed during the beginning of May 1945. It is easy to find them at numerous web sites.

The final surrender document was ratified by all parties in Berlin and timestamped ceasing the active operations at 23:01 May 8 1945. This is why Vistory Day in the West is May 8. Because of the time difference it was already May 9 in Russia - and that's why it's celebrated on May 9 there.

However, the Prague was taken over by Russians on May 9th. Schoerner's Army Group Center which did not recognize the surrender documents was caught in a pocket near Prague and surrendered to Russians on May 11. And Gemans continued to fight for a few more days in Jugoslavia, as Dragan mentioned.

The text taken from http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/germ/germsurr.html
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ACT OF MULITARY SURRENDER

1. We the undersigned, acting by authority of the German High Command, hereby surrender unconditionally to the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force and simultaneously to the Supreme High Command of the Red Army all forces on land, at sea, and in the air who are at this date under German control.
2. The German High Command will at once issue order to all German military, naval and air authorities and to all forces under German control to cease active operations at 2301 hours Central European time on 8th May 1945, to remain in all positions occupied at that time and to disarm completely, handing over their weapons and equipment to the local allied commanders or officers designated by Representatives of the Allied Supreme Commands. No ship, vessel, or aircraft is to be scuttled, or any damage done to their hull, machinery or equipment, and also to machines of all kinds, armament, apparatus, and all the technical means of prosecution of war in general.
3. The German High Command will at once issue to the appropriate commanders, and ensure the carrying out of any further orders issued by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force and by the Supreme Command of the Red Army.
4. This act of military surrender is without prejudice to, and will be superseded by any general instrument of surrender imposed by, or on behalf of the United Nations and applicable to GERMANY and the German armed forces as a whole.
5. In the event of the German High Command or any of the forces under their control failing to act in accordance with this Act of Surrender, the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force and the Supreme High Command of the Red Army will take such punitive or other action as they deem appropriate.
6. This Act is drawn up in the English, Russian and German languages. The English and Russian are the only authentic texts.

 Signed at   =Berlin=   on the   =8. =    day of May, 1945
 
  =Von Friedeburg=       =Keitel=         =Stumpff=

            On behalf of the German High Command
 
                      IN THE PRESENCE OF:
 
            =A.W.Tedder=
 	On behalf of the                     On behalf of the
        Supreme Commander              Supreme High Command of the
    Allied Expeditionary Force              Red Army
                                         =Georgi Zhukov=
 
      At the signing also were present as witnesses:
 
   =F. de Lattre-Tassigny=                 =Carl Spaatz=
  General Commanding in Chief    	 General, Commanding
      First French Army               United States Strategic Air Force