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On May 9th, we celebrate the end of the hostilities of the bloodiest conflagration in human history, when the trigger of World War II, German fascist Nazism, a great enemy of human civilization, was defeated, crushed and abolished as a state entity. On May 9th, 1945, under the concentric blows of United Nations forces, Nazi Germany was forced to surrender unconditionally.
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Among the victorious states is our country, which on August 23, 1944 leaves the alliance with Nazi Germany and joins the alliance with the countries of the United Nations, with its full economic potential and an army of over 600 thousand people.
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As a tribute to the victors, May 9th was proclaimed Europe Day, with its significance in marking the importance for Europeans of the European construction process from 1945 to the present day, in order to harmoniously develop European states in peace and progress. economic.
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We hope that, in the end, reason and wisdom will triumph. Mankind will be convinced that prosperity and prosperity cannot be achieved in a world torn apart by wars, more recently viruses wars, that only peace and understanding ensure the peace and well-being of mankind.
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