Zero hour (1945)

Zero Hour (1945) - Zero hour (German: Stunde Null) is a term referring to midnight on 8 May 1945 in Germany. It marked the end of World War II in Europe and the start of a new, non-Nazi Germany.. Article “Zero hour (1945)” in English Wikipedia has 55.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 52 references and 15 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 6.18 points.

This article has the best quality in Hebrew Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article “Zero hour (1945)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Zero hour (1945)”, its content was written by 107 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 320 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 86 times in English Wikipedia and cited 258 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #21863 in November 2004
• Global: #58763 in April 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #106107 in November 2018
• Global: #123600 in November 2018

There are 17 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Hebrew (he) שעת האפס (1945)		59.7271
2	English (en) Zero hour (1945)		55.5803
3	Korean (ko) 0시 (1945년)		45.6801
4	German (de) Stunde Null		33.323
5	Indonesian (id) Stunde Null		26.341
6	Persian (fa) ساعت صفر (۱۹۴۵)		24.9403
7	Arabic (ar) ساعة الصفر		24.179
8	Portuguese (pt) Stunde Null		22.9846
9	Japanese (ja) 零時 (ドイツ史)		22.2648
10	Italian (it) Stunde Null		19.1465

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Zero hour (1945)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	German (de) Stunde Null		897 456
2	English (en) Zero hour (1945)		523 528
3	Arabic (ar) ساعة الصفر		66 035
4	Danish (da) Stunde Null		30 917
5	Italian (it) Stunde Null		16 799
6	Persian (fa) ساعت صفر (۱۹۴۵)		14 008
7	Japanese (ja) 零時 (ドイツ史)		13 631
8	French (fr) Stunde Null		10 787
9	Chinese (zh) 零時		4 814
10	Turkish (tr) Stunde Null		2 992

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Zero hour (1945)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Zero hour (1945)		3 520
2	German (de) Stunde Null		1 141
3	Russian (ru) Час ноль (Германия)		668
4	Persian (fa) ساعت صفر (۱۹۴۵)		532
5	Arabic (ar) ساعة الصفر		129
6	Japanese (ja) 零時 (ドイツ史)		127
7	Chinese (zh) 零時		123
8	French (fr) Stunde Null		82
9	Korean (ko) 0시 (1945년)		47
10	Danish (da) Stunde Null		37

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Zero hour (1945)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Stunde Null		131
2	English (en) Zero hour (1945)		107
3	Italian (it) Stunde Null		21
4	Arabic (ar) ساعة الصفر		17
5	Japanese (ja) 零時 (ドイツ史)		8
6	Danish (da) Stunde Null		5
7	Esperanto (eo) Nula horo		5
8	Hebrew (he) שעת האפס (1945)		5
9	Turkish (tr) Stunde Null		5
10	Chinese (zh) 零時		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Zero hour (1945)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Zero hour (1945)		1
2	Arabic (ar) ساعة الصفر		0
3	Danish (da) Stunde Null		0
4	German (de) Stunde Null		0
5	Esperanto (eo) Nula horo		0
6	Persian (fa) ساعت صفر (۱۹۴۵)		0
7	French (fr) Stunde Null		0
8	Hebrew (he) שעת האפס (1945)		0
9	Indonesian (id) Stunde Null		0
10	Italian (it) Stunde Null		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Zero hour (1945)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Zero hour (1945)		86
2	German (de) Stunde Null		77
3	Arabic (ar) ساعة الصفر		26
4	French (fr) Stunde Null		11
5	Persian (fa) ساعت صفر (۱۹۴۵)		10
6	Hebrew (he) שעת האפס (1945)		8
7	Japanese (ja) 零時 (ドイツ史)		8
8	Korean (ko) 0시 (1945년)		5
9	Russian (ru) Час ноль (Германия)		5
10	Chinese (zh) 零時		5

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ساعة الصفر
da	Danish Stunde Null
de	German Stunde Null
en	English Zero hour (1945)
eo	Esperanto Nula horo
fa	Persian ساعت صفر (۱۹۴۵)
fr	French Stunde Null
he	Hebrew שעת האפס (1945)
id	Indonesian Stunde Null
it	Italian Stunde Null
ja	Japanese 零時 (ドイツ史)
ko	Korean 0시 (1945년)
pt	Portuguese Stunde Null
ru	Russian Час ноль (Германия)
sh	Serbo-Croatian Stunde Null
tr	Turkish Stunde Null
zh	Chinese 零時

Best Rank

English: #106107 11.2018

Global: #123600 11.2018

Best Rank

English: #21863 11.2004

Global: #58763 04.2024

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