http://htxt.it/H7FK The Nazi Party came to power in Germany in 1933. In response to the instability created by the Great Depression <http://htxt.it/R6Sr>, the Nazis sought a Third Way <http://htxt.it/15K1> managed economy that was neither capitalism <http://htxt.it/ZAdA> nor communism <http://htxt.it/aI3t>.[14] <http://htxt.it/H7FK#cite_note-overy-13>[15] <http://htxt.it/H7FK#cite_note-Francis_R._Nicosia_p._43-14> Nazi rule effectively ended on May 7, 1945, V-E Day <http://htxt.it/bE9E>, when the Nazis unconditionally surrendered to the Allied Powers <http://htxt.it/S9kk>, who took over Germany's administration until Germany could form its own democratic government.