# WW2 ended on Dec. 31, 1946?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 2, 2002, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-ended-on-dec-31-1946/139926 "2002-12-02T08:14:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-ended-on-dec-31-1946/139926/21 "2002-12-03T04:53:12Z")

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\*Originally posted by SenorBeef \*  
**Does anyone happen to know when the state of emergency referenced above came to an end?**

[Statement](http://www.trumanlibrary.org/trumanpapers/pppus/1947/156.htm) by the President Upon Signing Resolution Terminating Additional Emergency Powers.  
July 25, 1947

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> The proclamation declaring the cessation of hostilities of World War II, issued on December 31, 1946, had the effect, under the law, of terminating operations under a large number of wartime statutes. The present bill makes suitable provision with respect to a number of additional statutes, the need for which has now ceased or will cease at a foreseeable future date.
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> The emergencies declared by the President on September 8, 1939, and May 27, 1941, and the state of war continue to exist, however, and it is not possible at this time to provide for terminating all war and emergency powers.

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**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-ended-on-dec-31-1946/139926/22 "2002-12-03T12:38:44Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \*  
> \*\*There were probably more than that. There were attempts by the SS to form “volunteer” units composed of American, British, and Canadian POW’s. These units’ main purpose was obviously propaganda and they were never staffed to the level the Germans hoped for, but I have to think there were more than four volunteers in the “SS Amerika” division (or whatever it was called). \*\*

The SS America division was actually an urban legend. There were probably more than four, but that’s the highest confirmed number I’ve seen.

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