28,618 items in this album on 1,431 pages.
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German instrument of surrender, page 1 of 2 | German instrument of surrender, page 2 of 2; note signatures of Jodl, Smith, Sousloparov, and Sevez |
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He 111 aircraft on the beach of La Concha, San Sebastián, Spain, 7 May 1945; this aircraft had brought Léon Degrelle from Norway | Ivan Susloparov, Frederick Morgan, Walter Smith, Dwight Eisenhower, Arthur Tedder, and Harold Burrough after signing of German surrender documents, Rheims, France, 7 May 1945; note Eisenhower holding pens used, and Eisenhower's naval aide Harry Butcher behind Eisenhower |
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Ivan Susloparov, Frederick Morgan, Walter Smith, Dwight Eisenhower, Arthur Tedder, and Harold Burrough after signing of German surrender documents, Rheims, France, 7 May 1945; note Eisenhower holding pens used, and Eisenhower's naval aide Harry Butcher behind Eisenhower | LtGen Bedell Smith signing the documents of Germany’s surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. British Adm Harold Burrough is on the left. Soviet Gen Ivan Susloparov is on the extreme right. |
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Officers gather around a table at Eisenhower’s headquarters to sign the instruments of the German surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. Photo 1 of 2 | Officers gather around a table at Eisenhower’s headquarters to sign the instruments of the German surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. Photo 2 of 2 |
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Recently liberated prisoners of a concentration camp near Ebensee, Austria, 7 May 1945 | Soviet General Ivan Susloparov signing the documents of Germany's surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. His aide is on the left and USAAF LtGen Carl Spaatz on the right. |
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Soviet Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky, left, greeting British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, right, during a visit to Rokossovsky’s headquarters in Wismar, Germany, 7 May 1945. | Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower and Deputy Supreme Commander Arthur Tedder making the formal announcement that Germany had signed the surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. |
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The schoolhouse in Reims, France used by Eisenhower as the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF). This is also where the first German surrender was signed on 7 May 1945. | View of the conning tower of USS Barb, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 7 May 1945; note USS Sunfish in background |
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Winston Churchill with his Chiefs of Staff at a luncheon at 10 Downing Street, London, England, United Kingdom, 7 May 1945, photo 1 of 2 | Winston Churchill with his Chiefs of Staff at a luncheon at 10 Downing Street, London, England, United Kingdom, 7 May 1945, photo 2 of 2 |
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Churchill waving to crowds at Whitehall, London, England, United Kingdom on the day he announced the war with Germany had been won, 8 May 1945 | Edward J. O'Rourke, Jr. of Company G, 30th Infantry Regiment, US 3rd Division, Germany, circa 8 May 1945 |
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Female members of the German military in a prisoner of war camp for women at Regensburg, Germany, 8 May 1945 | General Thomas Blamey and Brigadier David Whitehead inspecting a captured Japanese Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft gun, Essex Ridge, Tarakan Island, Borneo, 8 May 1945 |
28,618 items in this album on 1,431 pages.