Shameless self-quote from another thread, because people always mention the 1990 date:
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technically Germany had an armistice after the war until 20 years ago.
While the the two-plus-four-treaty was signed on the 12th of September 1990, and cleared the path for the reunification, it was ratified by the soviet congress not before march, 4th, 1991 and became de jure effective on the 15th, when the last ratification document was given to Germany. So one could say that WW2 ended not before march 15th 1991.
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To take the date when the fighting stops as the end-of-war-date would be no good idea, just remember the Japanese holdouts.