April 28, Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, Hitler's chosen successor, signed the instrument of surrender.
The surrender document stipulated that it would take effect at 1:00 a.m. on April 29, 1945.
Germany had surrendered.
For Europe, this meant the arrival of peace.
On April 28, as all of Britain celebrated the coming of peace, Li Yueying, Zhu Meijiao, and their group, like other Britons, were in London celebrating Victory Day. They had arrived in Britain a few days earlier to receive airplanes.
Old friends were sending generous gifts, and new friends were not to be outdone. Or rather, in the face of American generosity, "Fat Churchill" had no choice but to make a gesture as well.
On the 21st—the same day the Soviets raised the Red Flag over the Reichstag—Churchill magnanimously announced that Britain would provide military aid to China to strengthen its armed forces.
