Surrender of Germany (1945) and Resource Materials
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Surrender of Germany (1945) and Resource Materials
This resource group contains two facsimiles and a transcript of, and a background essay on Germany's May 7, 1945 surrender at General Eisenhower's headquarters in Rheims by General Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of the German Army. Jodl signed three other surrender documents with Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France.