Pg… 25 The Week’s Events: The Germans Sign the Surrenders Pg… 27 The Week’s Events: Surrender at Reims, by Charles Christian Wertenbaker Pg… 32 The Week’s Events: Editorials: On to Tokyo and What? Pg… 33 The Week’s Events: Victory Wreath Placed on Franklin Roosevelt’s Grave Pg… 34 The Week’s Events: San Francisco Parley’s Progress Pg… 36 The Week’s Events: London Goes Wild on V–E Day Pg… 38 The Week’s Events: Another Fascist Dies Pg… 41 The Week’s Events: Last Days of Berlin, by Percy Knauth Pg… 47 The Week’s Events: French Election Shows Shift to Left Pg… 53 Article: The American Marianas, by John Dos Passos Pg… 92 Close–Up: The Lives of Winston Churchill: Part I by Charles J.V. Murphy and John Davenport Pg… 87 Photographic Essay: The American Look Pg… 60 Art: Historical Maps Trace World’s Expansion Pg… 69 Modern Living: Picture Hats Are Revived Pg… 75 Science: X–Ray Diffraction Shows Metal Patterns Pg… 81 Sports: Skaters Give Rough–and–Tumble Show Pg… 111 Movies: “Sclome, Where She Danced” Pg… 2 Other Departments: Letters to the Editors Pg… 12 Other Departments: Speaking of Pictures: 15th–Century Artistic Fake Was Italian Duke’s Whim Pg… 17 Other Departments: LIFE’s Reports: Belgrade Bootblacks, by Noel F. Busch Pg… 118 Other Departments: LIFE Goes to Some V–E Day Celebrations Pg… 122 Other Departments: Miscellany: Underground Plants Evaded Allied Bombing