Despite the breathless news a day earlier, and the quick admonition that it wasn't really official, the news finally broke 24 hours later that yes, in fact that Germans had surrendered and the War in Europe was really-really over.

So news of this May 8th in 1945 was given completely over to reports and reactions - speeches and proclamations and reminders there was still a war in the Pacific going on. So as much as there was cause for celebration, it was not as riotous as would be imagined.

Here is a 1 hour extraction from that day - from roughly 11:00 am - 12:00noon Eastern War Time, as reported on CBS Radio, anchored by Robert Trout with reports from correspondents throughout the European front. Also included are some addresses, including one by General Patton, one of his rare public speeches.

All this on May 8th 1945.

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So after days of speculation, rumor, false reports and spin, the Japanese government finally accepted the Allied Surrender terms and World War 2 hostilities came to an end and within minutes the celebrations started and went on for the better part of two days.

Here is the initial report of the surrender acceptance and a sampling of the celebrations from August 14, 1945. The announcer reading the acceptance seems stunned or just exhausted from spending days in limbo. Under the circumstances, I would probably feel the same way too.

So sixty-five years ago today, the War came to an end. The surrender document would be signed on September 2nd, the official end of the Second World War, but nobody wanted to wait that long to celebrate.