Montreal's greatest day - 15 photos of the number one day in city history

 The greatest day that ever happened in Montreal took place on May 7, 1945. After five miserable years of seeing the best and brightest killed in Europe and beyond, Montreal was finally woken from the nightmare when Canada and the Allies finally vanquished Hitler and the Axis to finish World War II. People rushed out into the streets to join the fun. Restaurants were closed, not due to lack of customers but simply because staff left work to join the merriment.

The modern era which we enjoy today began on that day.