In actual fact, General Alfred Jodl signed the Instrument of Surrender early on May 7 at Rheims but it was due to come into effect late on May 8, after another Instrument had been signed in Berlin at the Soviet insistence. To this day, the Soviet Union Russia celebrates Victory Day on May 9. Wikipedia gives the timeline here and here.
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