Gunners of the 12th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, are shown with the Victory issue of the Maple Leaf newspaper in Aurich, Germany, in this 1945 handout photo provided by Library and Archives Canada. May 8, 1945, came to be called V-E Day. It marked the end of World War II in Europe. (Photo: Reuters)

Canadians celebrate V-E Day in Montreal on May 8, 1945, in this handout photo provided by Library and Archives Canada (Photo: Reuters)

A crowd attends Victory Loan ceremonies at Ottawa's Victory Loan indicator on Victory Island, in Ottawa, Ontario, on May 8, 1945, in this handout photo provided by Library and Archives Canada. (Photo: Reuters)

May 8, 1945: People look at crowds on the Champs Elysees Avenue from the top of the Arc de Triomphe as Parisians gather in the streets to celebrate the unconditional German surrender (Photo: AFP)

May 8, 1945: German General Hans-Jurgen Stumpff of the Luftwaffe, German Field Marshal and German chief-of-staff Wilhelm Keitel, and Admiral Hans-Georg Von Friedeburg of the German Navy pose before officially signing the German definitive act of surrender at the headquarters of the Soviet forces in the Berlin suburb of Karlshost (Photo: AFP)

U.S. World War II veterans, the first to be sent home and discharged under the Army's new point system, head for the port of Le Havre, France, on May 25, 1945, in this handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense (Photo: Reuters)

U.S. Army Gen. George S. Patton acknowledges the cheers of the welcoming crowds during a parade in Los Angeles on June 9, 1945, in this handout photo provided by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (Photo: Reuters)

An American soldier hugs an Englishwoman as crowds celebrate Germany's unconditional surrender at Piccadilly Circus, in London, on May 7, 1945, in this handout photo provided by the U.S. National Archives (Photo: Reuters)

U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (left), commander of Allied forces in Western Europe, sits in the back of a jeep with U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall, as he waves to spectators at the Washington National Airport, in Arlington, Virginia, on June 18, 1945, in this handout photo provided by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (Photo: Reuters)

May 8, 1945: Military personnel and civilians celebrate VE Day on Sparks Street in Ottawa, Ontario (Photo: Reuters)

New Yorkers jam the streets of Times Square at 11 a.m. on May 7 to cheer the news that Germany had signed the documents of unconditional surrender. The documents were effective the next day, when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms, which is why we celebrate V-E Day, or "Victory in Europe," on May 8. (Photo: AP)

A Cheer Goes Up For George VI, his wife - later Queen Mother - and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret as they appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, on 8 May, 1945

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth are joined by their daughters, Princess Elizabeth (left) and Princess Margaret (right), on the balcony of Buckingham Palace as the crowd cheers at their VE Day appearance on May 8, 1945 (Photo: AP)