Listen to some of the voices heard over WNYC 70 years ago today when Nazi Germany surrendered:

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

King George VI

 President Harry S. Truman

 General Dwight D. Eisenhower

 A Live Feed from U.S. Army Headquarters

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Cpl. Jack Wilson (l) and his brother William R. Wilson (r) standing by a German 88 mm gun at Verdun, France on VE Day, May 8, 1945.

(Library of Congress)