Notre-Dame de Reims cathedral, Reims, France, May 1945German Colonel General Alfred Jodl (center) signing the surrender document at Dwight EisenhowerGerman Colonel General Alfred Jodl (center) signing the surrender document at Dwight EisenhowerGerman Colonel General Alfred Jodl (center) signing the surrender document at Dwight Eisenhower
Notre-Dame de Reims cathedral, Reims, France, May 1945German Colonel General Alfred Jodl (center) signing the surrender document at Dwight Eisenhower's headquarters, Reims, France, 7 May 1945; note German Major Wilhelm Oxenius (on Jodl's right), German Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (on Jodl's left), and British Major General Kenneth Strong (behind Jodl); photo 1 of 5German Colonel General Alfred Jodl (center) signing the surrender document at Dwight Eisenhower's headquarters, Reims, France, 7 May 1945; note German Major Wilhelm Oxenius (on Jodl's right), German Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (on Jodl's left), and British Major General Kenneth Strong (behind Jodl); photo 2 of 5German Colonel General Alfred Jodl (center) signing the surrender document at Dwight Eisenhower's headquarters, Reims, France, 7 May 1945; note German Major Wilhelm Oxenius (on Jodl's right), German Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (on Jodl's left), and British Major General Kenneth Strong (behind Jodl); photo 3 of 5
German Colonel General Alfred Jodl (center) signing the surrender document at Dwight EisenhowerGerman Colonel General Alfred Jodl (center) signing the surrender document at Dwight EisenhowerIvan Susloparov, Frederick Morgan, Walter Smith, Dwight Eisenhower, Arthur Tedder, and Harold Burrough after signing of German surrender documents, Rheims, France, 7 May 1945; note Eisenhower holding pens used, and EisenhowerIvan Susloparov, Frederick Morgan, Walter Smith, Dwight Eisenhower, Arthur Tedder, and Harold Burrough after signing of German surrender documents, Rheims, France, 7 May 1945; note Eisenhower holding pens used, and Eisenhower
German Colonel General Alfred Jodl (center) signing the surrender document at Dwight Eisenhower's headquarters, Reims, France, 7 May 1945; note German Major Wilhelm Oxenius (on Jodl's right), German Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (on Jodl's left), and British Major General Kenneth Strong (behind Jodl); photo 4 of 5German Colonel General Alfred Jodl (center) signing the surrender document at Dwight Eisenhower's headquarters, Reims, France, 7 May 1945; note German Major Wilhelm Oxenius (on Jodl's right), German Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (on Jodl's left), and British Major General Kenneth Strong (behind Jodl); photo 5 of 5Ivan Susloparov, Frederick Morgan, Walter Smith, Dwight Eisenhower, Arthur Tedder, and Harold Burrough after signing of German surrender documents, Rheims, France, 7 May 1945; note Eisenhower holding pens used, and Eisenhower's naval aide Harry Butcher behind EisenhowerIvan Susloparov, Frederick Morgan, Walter Smith, Dwight Eisenhower, Arthur Tedder, and Harold Burrough after signing of German surrender documents, Rheims, France, 7 May 1945; note Eisenhower holding pens used, and Eisenhower's naval aide Harry Butcher behind Eisenhower
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 photographOfficers gather around a table at Eisenhower’s headquarters to sign the instruments of the German surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945
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 photographOfficers gather around a table at Eisenhower’s headquarters to sign the instruments of the German surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945


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