65th anniversary of JV day

[Raptor1]

The 'Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany' was signed, in which the Allies formally ended their occupation of Germany which followed World War II.

Perhaps a better date would be January 25th, 1955, when the Soviets formally ended the state of war between them and Germany (The last country to do so, AFAIK).

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

The 'Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany' was signed, in which the Allies formally ended their occupation of Germany which followed World War II.

That's a good one. Was it a real peace treaty, or just a formality? Well, they're all formalities in that respect, so I guess it doesn't matter.

Perhaps a better date would be January 25th, 1955, when the Soviets formally ended the state of war between them and Germany (The last country to do so, AFAIK).

Wow! I think you've got me beat! That was one I hadn't paid attention to.

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

Ok so what is the answer then?

I suspect that Raptor1's second answer is better than mine. What I was actually going for was the Treaty of San Francisco, signed in September 1951 and in force in April 1952.
http://www.taiwandocuments.org/sanfrancisco01.htm

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That's a good one. Was it a real peace treaty, or just a formality? Well, they're all formalities in that respect, so I guess it doesn't matter.

Of course it's a formality, any date after August 23rd is a formality of some sort.

It's considered by some to be the final peace treaty of the war in Europe, because it is the only one that included all major Allied powers (France, the UK, the US and the Soviet Union) and both East and West Germany.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I suspect that Raptor1's second answer is better than mine. What I was actually going for was the Treaty of San Francisco, signed in September 1951 and in force in April 1952.
http://www.taiwandocuments.org/sanfrancisco01.htm

I completely forgot about that one, actually.

[Ducimus]

You know, I find myself wondering how the Japanese treat VJ day. If i was to guess, id say they probably pretend like nothing ever happened.

[ETR3(SS)]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

You know, I find myself wondering how the Japanese treat VJ day. If i was to guess, id say they probably pretend like nothing ever happened.

I'd put money on that.

[Jimbuna]

This Wiki link is claiming the final treaty wasn't signed until 1990:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...c_irregularity

[Takeda Shingen]

Wow. The Punic Wars raged for 2100 years.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

This Wiki link is claiming the final treaty wasn't signed until 1990:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...c_irregularity

That's the one mentioned by Raptor1 in post #49. That link makes a good argument for it, though.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Wow. The Punic Wars raged for 2100 years.

"Raged"? More like simmered.

No, more like "Sat in a pot in the refrigerator and dreamed about simmering".