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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

The British Royal family and Prime Minister Winston Churchill responding to the cheering crowds on the surrender of Germany, Buckingham Palace balcony, London, England, United Kingdom, May 8, 1945.	Wilhelm Keitel signing surrender documents at the Soviet headquarters near Berlin, Germany, 8 May 1945	Ivan Konev in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 9 May 1945	Generals Henry (Harry) Crerar and Miles Dempsey flank Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at Montgomery’s headquarters at Lüneburg Heath, Germany, 10 May 1945.

Carrier USS Bunker Hill burning after the second special attack off Okinawa, Japan, 11 May 1945	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	Marc Mitscher and Arleigh Burke aboard USS Enterprise, 11 May 1945	Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher (front row center) and his Fifth Fleet staff photographed on the hangar deck of USS Enterprise on the occasion of coming aboard, 11 May 1945. Note Commodore Arleigh Burke next to Mitscher.

Wreckage of Kiyoshi Ogawa's aircraft after his special attack on USS Bunker Hill, off Okinawa, Japan, 11 May 1945	William Donovan's memorandum to Harry Truman regarding Virginia Hall, 12 May 1945, page 1 of 2	William Donovan's memorandum to Harry Truman regarding Virginia Hall, 12 May 1945, page 2 of 2	Lieutenant General Simon Buckner, Jr., Major General Lemuel Shepperd, and Brigadier General William Clement on Okinawa, Japan, 22 May 1945

Dönitz, Jodl, and Speer being arrested by British troops, 23 May 1945	Heinrich Himmler dead at Lüneburg, Germany, 23 May 1945	The body of Heinrich Himmler lying on the floor at British 2nd Army HQ after his suicide on 23 May 1945	Germany’s Minister of Production Albert Speer, Großadmiral (and later President) Karl Dönitz, and Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, speak to British war correspondents the day after their arrest in Flensburg, Germany, 24 May 1945.