Quotes About Reims

This is where the war in Europe ended, on May 7, at 2:41 in the morning." "Wait, World War II ended here? In Reims?

That evening, the king rode through the gates of Reims while crowds cried 'Noël!' in welcome. The cheers were politic, but their meaning was inscrutable; after so many years of conflict it was impossible to distinguish between expressions of relief and fear, between enthusiasm and exhaustion.