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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. It is signed by Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, and Generaloberst Hans-Jurgen Stumpff on behalf of the German High Command, Marshal Georgy Zhukov on behalf of the Supreme High Command of the Red Army, and Air Chief Marshal Arthur William Tedder on behalf of the Supreme Command of the Allied Expeditionary Force at Berlin, Germany. Present as witnesses are signatories General F. de Lattre-Tassigny, Commander in Chief of the First French Army and General Carl Spaatz, Commander of the United States Strategic Air Forces. |
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| Source | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6943512 |
| Author | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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