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 [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     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 [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps
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Photo Size 1,936 x 1,495 pixels
Photos on Same Day 7 May 1945
Photos at Same Place Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Added By David Stubblebine
Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
5 Nov 2015 01:05:12 AM

The German delegation is seated with their backs to the camera. Left to right, they are:
Admiral Hans-Georg Von Friedeburg, Kriegsmarine
Col Gen Alfred Jodl, German High Command
Maj Wilhelm Oxenius, Jodl's Aide-de-Camp

Left to right, the Allied representatives are:
Lt Gen Frederick E. Morgan, British General Staff
Maj Gen Francois Sevez, France
Admiral Harold Burrough, RN
Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith, USA
Lt Gen Ivan Chermiaev, USSR
Gen Ivan Susloparov, USSR
Lt Gen Carl Spaatz, USAAF
Air Marshall James Robb, RAF
Lt Gen Harold Bull, USA
Col Yvan Zenkovich, USSR; Susloparov's Aide-de-Camp

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