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Harry Truman 1945 Proclamation Signed

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Harry Truman 1945 Proclamation Signed
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Printed copy of the 8 May 1945 proclamation of unconditional surrender of Germany, signed by President Harry Truman. Truman, who had only succeeded President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in office on 12 April 1945, announced the end of war in Europe in a radio address delivered from the White House Radio Room at 9 a.m. on 8 May, VE Day, the day the Germans signed the surrender in Berlin. The text of the proclamation was incorporated into his speech. It reads in part: ''…The Allied armies, through sacrifice and devotion and with God's help, have wrung from Germany a final and unconditional surrender…Our Armies of Liberation have restored freedom to these suffering peoples, whose spirit and will the oppressors could never enslave…The victory won in the West must now be won in the East. The whole world must be cleansed of the evil from which half the world has been freed. United, the peace-loving nations have demonstrated in the West that their arms are stronger by far than the might of the dictators or the tyranny of military cliques that once called us soft and weak. The power of our peoples to defend themselves against all enemies will be proved in the Pacific war as it has been proved in Europe. For the triumph of spirit and of arms which we have won, and for its promise to the peoples everywhere who join us in the love of freedom, it is fitting that we, as a nation, give thanks to Almighty God, who has strengthened us and given us the victory…'' He then declared 13 May as a day of prayer to give thanks for the end of this phase of the war as well as a time to pray for support ''…to the end of our present struggle…'' which wouldn't come until Japan surrendered in August 1945. Truman ended his proclamation with a plea to remember those who had ''given their lives to make possible our victory…'' The President signs the 10.25'' x 16'', four color document: ''Harry Truman''. Near fine.