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Lieutenant General Bedell Smith signing the documents of Germany’s surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. British Admiral Harold Burrough is on the left of the photograph, Soviet General Ivan Susloparov and US General Carl Spaatz are on the right of the photograph	Map depicting the final campaign in Germany, 19 Apr-7 May 1945

Officers gather around a table at Eisenhower’s headquarters to sign the instruments of the German surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945	Recently liberated prisoners of a concentration camp near Ebensee, Austria, 7 May 1945

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.	View of the conning tower of USS Barb, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 7 May 1945; note USS Sunfish in background

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

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

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

Georgi Zhukov and other Soviet officers at the German surrender ceremony, Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany, 8 May 1945	Georgi Zhukov signing the German surrender document, Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany, 8 May 1945, photo 1 of 2

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, Germany, 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	Marshall, Leahy, and King announcing victory over Europe, Washington DC, 8 May 1945