Countless memorials and monuments around the world commemorate the heroes and victims of the Second World War, which ended in Europe on May 8, 1945 with the victory of the Allied forces against Nazi Germany.
Deutsche Welle (DW) created a comprehensive slide shows of the most important WWII memorials worldwide:
-> https://www.dw.com/en/world-war-ii-memorials-around-the-globe/g-53348668
Other interesting reads on DW.com about the end of WWII and the beginning of the Cold War:
-> https://www.dw.com/en/75-years-after-wwii-a-contemporary-look-at-holocaust-remembrance/a-53340615
-> https://www.dw.com/en/opinion-may-1945-the-start-of-a-cold-peace/a-53334577