The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.

Wars can start with a bang, but end with a whimper.

Often an attack or invasion will begin a war, but even when one side

surrenders it can take days, weeks, or months for the word of capitulation to

get out to everyone. While the European Theater of World War II officially

ended on May 8, 1945, the word didn't reach

didn't reach everyone right away.

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Communications have always been a problem in warfare.

In ancient times, just sending commands from one side of a battlefield to another was extremely difficult.

Plagues and horns would often be used to send commands because there was no other way to send communications over that distance in that amount of time.

Even with the advent of radio in World War II,

battlefields were spread out over much larger distances and communication could still be difficult.

With that being said, let me summarize the timeline of what happened at the end of World War II in Europe in the spring of 1945 as the Allies were closing in.

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