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The unconditional surrender of the German armed forces was signed by Jodl, on behalf of the OKW. Walter Bedell Smith signed on behalf of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force and General Ivan Susloparov on behalf of the Soviet High Command. [24] French Major-General François Sevez signed as the official witness.
Field Marshal Montgomery (second from the left) greets the German delegation (L to R – Admiral von Friedeburg, General Kinzel and Rear Admiral Wagner).. On 4 May 1945, at 18:30 British Double Summer Time, at Lüneburg Heath, south of Hamburg, British Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery accepted the unconditional surrender of the German forces in the Netherlands, northwest Germany including ...
On this Day 7 May 1945: Germany signs unconditional surrender; Account of German surrender, BBC; Charles Kiley (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer).Details of the Surrender Negotiations This Is How Germany Gave Up; London '45 Victory Parade, photos and the exclusion of the Polish ally; Multimedia map of the war (1024x768 & Macromedia Flash Plugin 7.x)
On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims (rams), France, ending its role in World War II. In 1889, the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore opened ...
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Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front, with the last known shots fired on 11 May.
The Japanese delegation, headed by Mamoru Shigemitsu, prepares to sign the instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945. Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signing the definitive act of unconditional surrender for the German military in Berlin, 8 May 1945
English: Third page of the German Instrument of Surrender of May 8, 1945 signed at Berlin, Germany. This is the unconditional surrender of all German Forces to the Supreme Command of the Allied Expeditionary Force and to the Supreme High Command of the Red Army, in which all German military operations would cease on May 8, 1945 at 2301 hours.