Front: Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower, Bradley, Hodges, Gerow. Back: Stearley, Vandenburg, Smith, Weiland, and Nugent. 12th Army Group Headquarters Bad Wildungen, Germany, 11 May 1945 [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     Front: Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower, Bradley, Hodges, Gerow. Back: Stearley, Vandenburg, Smith, Weiland, and Nugent. 12th Army Group Headquarters Bad Wildungen, Germany, 11 May 1945 [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
Date 11 May 1945
Photographer    Unknown
Colorization Note   This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors.

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Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps
Identification Code   SC 206143
 
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Photos on Same Day 11 May 1945
 
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Photo Size 1,913 x 1,528 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
17 Nov 2015 04:34:35 PM

Seated in front:
LtGen William H Simpson, US Ninth Army
Gen George S Patton, Jr., US Third Army
Gen Carl A Spaatz, USAAF
Gen of the Army Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander
Gen Omar Bradley, 12th Army Group
Gen Courtney H Hodges, US First Army
LtGen Leonard T Gerow, US Fifteenth Army

Standing:
BGen Ralph F Stearley, IX Tactical Air Command
LtGen Hoyt S Vandenburg, 9th Air Force
LtGen Walter B Smith, SHAEF Chief-of-Staff
MGen Otto P Weiland, XIX Tactical Air Command
BGenRichard E Nugent, XXIX Tactical Air Command
2. Anonymous says:
27 Dec 2018 07:28:55 PM

I inherited this photo from my father. It is in an old military frame with everyone pictured identified by typed paper taped to the back. It is awsome. My father died in 1979.

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