![Notre-Dame de Reims cathedral, Reims, France, May 1945](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5ded037fed512.jpg) | ![After Germany’s surrender papers were signed at Reims, France 7 May 1945, Soviet General Ivan Susloparov and his aide met with Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_germanysurrender24.jpg) |
Notre-Dame de Reims cathedral, Reims, France, May 1945 | After Germany’s surrender papers were signed at Reims, France 7 May 1945, Soviet General Ivan Susloparov and his aide met with Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower. |
![ColGen Alfred Jodl approaching the table with the documents of surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. His aide, Maj Wilhelm Oxenius, is on the left and Kriegsmarine Admiral Hans-Georg Von Friedeburg is on the right](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_jodl13.jpg) | ![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](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_germanysurrender3.jpg) |
ColGen Alfred Jodl approaching the table with the documents of surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. His aide, Maj Wilhelm Oxenius, is on the left and Kriegsmarine Admiral Hans-Georg Von Friedeburg is on the right | 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 |
![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](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_eisenhower9.jpg) | ![Jodl signing surrender documents at Eisenhower](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_germanysurrender2.jpg) |
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 | Jodl signing surrender documents at Eisenhower's headquarters, flanked by Major Wilhelm Oxenius and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Reims, France, 7 May 1945, photo 1 of 4 |
![Jodl signing surrender documents at Eisenhower](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_jodl14.jpg) | ![Jodl signing surrender documents at Eisenhower](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_jodl4.jpg) |
Jodl signing surrender documents at Eisenhower's headquarters, flanked by Major Wilhelm Oxenius and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Reims, France, 7 May 1945, photo 2 of 4 | Jodl signing surrender documents at Eisenhower's headquarters, flanked by Major Wilhelm Oxenius and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Reims, France, 7 May 1945, photo 3 of 4 |
![Jodl signing surrender documents at Eisenhower](/images/imagemagick/tmb_563b1ca9c861e.jpg) | ![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.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_germanysurrender22.jpg) |
Jodl signing surrender documents at Eisenhower's headquarters, flanked by Major Wilhelm Oxenius and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Reims, France, 7 May 1945, photo 4 of 4 | 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. |
![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](/images/imagemagick/tmb_54ead6b39037f.jpg) | ![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](/images/imagemagick/tmb_563b1af2a704f.jpg) |
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 |
![Soviet General Ivan Susloparov signing the documents of Germany](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_germanysurrender23.jpg) | ![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.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_eisenhower120.jpg) |
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. | 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. |
![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.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_germanysurrender21.jpg) | ![American entertainer Margie Stewart with troops in Reims, France, Jun 1945](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5615d0f1db24e.jpg) |
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. | American entertainer Margie Stewart with troops in Reims, France, Jun 1945 |