In the Battle of Britain, right over Britain's coast (the first major victory for the Allies).
They surrendered because they had been defeated.
Red Army.
D. Eisenhower
The war in Europe ended in May 1945. The reason the Germans were defeated was because the military might of the US, Russia & Britain was, in the long term, greater than they could oppose.
The Bismarck .
They were allies against the Germans.
'Jerries' was British army slang during the second world war for Germans. In the first world war, British soldiers were known as 'Tommies'.
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. Defeated the Germans in North East Africa. Fought the Germans in Europe, along with the Americans and Free French, (came up with the idea for the failed Market Garden Operation), and fought in Northern Europe, helped to turn the Germans back during the Battle of the Bulge (along with the Americans), and accepted the surrender of the Germans in North West Germany.
Yes and no in World War 1 they were conquered by Russia, in World War 2 defeated the Nazis(Germans).
The British and the Germans
The year that the Russian defeated the Germans was the year 1945.
In the United States during World War I, public outrage against the Germans swept the nation following the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania.