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In Ottawa, civilian and military personnel alike crowded the streets to celebrate the end of the war on 8 May 1945.

Black and white photograph. A car drives down the street over tickertape. Happy people ride inside and on top of it. Others crowd the street in front of a large concrete building. — (Canadian Dept. of National Defence, Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN No. 3193129.)

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