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Photo #: USA C-2337 (Color)

Surrender of Germany, May 1945

Senior Allied delegates celebrate at Rheims, France, on 7 May 1945, shortly after General Eisenhower had addressed the German mission, who had just signed the unconditional surrender document.
Present are (from left to right, in front):
General Susloparoff (Soviet Union);
Lieutenant General Walter B. Smith, U.S. Army;
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army (holding pens used to sign the surrender document); and
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Royal Air Force.
Behind the Soviet General is British General Morgan.

Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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9 February 2004