Germany's Surrender Photographs | World War II Database

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Georgi Zhukov signing the German surrender document, Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany, 8 May 1945, photo 2 of 2	Georgy Zhukov reading the act of the German surrender, with Arthur Tedder seated next to him, Berlin, 8 May 1945

German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel formally surrendering to Soviet Marshal Georgi Zhukov, Berlin, Germany, 8 May 1945	German Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, and Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg at the surrender ceremony at Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany, 8 May 1945 Photo 1 of 2

German Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, and Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg at the surrender ceremony at Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany, 8 May 1945. Photo 2 of 2	Men of the US Army 77th Infantry Division at Okinawa, Japan listening to radio reports for the German surrender, 8 May 1945

The British Royal family and Prime Minister Winston Churchill responding to the cheering crowds on the surrender of Germany, Buckingham Palace balcony, London, England, United Kingdom, May 8, 1945.	Victory celebration at the Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge near the Kremlin (background), Moscow, Russia, May 1945

Wilhelm Keitel signing surrender documents at the Soviet headquarters near Berlin, Germany, 8 May 1945	African-American troops read President Truman's Proclamation of Victory in Europe, Burma, 9 May 1945

Red Army soldiers celebrating the victory in Berlin, Germany, May 1945	Soviet Army photographer Yevgeny Khaldei in Berlin, Germany, May 1945; note Brandenburg Gate in background

Destroyer HMS Malcolm approaching German submarine U-541 after the U-Boat surrendered pursuant to Germany’s surrender terms, 11 May 1945 off Portugal, photographed from a PBY from VPB-63.	Prisoner of war camp in Sinzig, Germany, 12 May 1945

German submarine U-858, the first to be boarded by US forces after Germany’s surrender, arriving at the Delaware Capes, Delaware, United States, 14 May 1945. Note Sikorsky HNS-I Helicopter and K-class airship.	Soviet Information Bureau newspaper announcing 'the acceptance of captured German soldiers is over at all the fronts', 15 May 1945

Dönitz, Jodl, and Speer being arrested by British troops, 23 May 1945	Germany’s Minister of Production Albert Speer, Großadmiral (and later President) Karl Dönitz, and Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, speak to British war correspondents the day after their arrest in Flensburg, Germany, 24 May 1945.

The first US soldiers to return home from France under the Army's new point system, Le Havre, France, 25 May 1945	Aerial view of a camp for German prisoners of war, Germany, 1945