1.1k Views. Well, the torch is must less than a symbol than the flame that it holds. Back in the day, when Ancient Greece held the Olympics-there a sacred flame was lit from the sunâs rays at Olympia, and stayed lit until the Games were completed.
Germany finishes paying WWI reparations, ending century of 'guilt'. Few people in Germany noted the country's final $94 million WWI reparations payment on Sunday. Some historians say that's for the best. October 4, 2010. The Reichstag building is illuminated with a German flag during a reception marking the 20th anniversary of Germany's reunification in Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 3.
Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945 to the Western Allies,  and May 8th to the Soviet Union, about a weekâ¦ after Adolf Hitler  had committed suicide. Japan was able to hold out for another few  months and was preparing for a desperate and bloody defense in the  event of an American invasion of the home islands.