Zero hour (1945)

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Zero hour (German: Stunde Null, pronounced [ˈʃtʊndə nʊl]) is a term which is used in reference to the capitulation of Germany at midnight on 8 May 1945 and the weeks which immediately followed it in Germany. It marked the end of World War II in Europe and the end of the Nazi regime, and it was Germany's partial attempt to dissociate itself from the Nazis. According to some historians, the term implies "an absolute break with the past and a radical new beginning" or a "sweeping away of old traditions and customs".

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