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111-SC-27262: Surrender of Germany, 7 May 1945

111-SC-27262: Lieutenant General W.B. Smith, Chief of Staff, SHAEF, affixes his signature to the Unconditional Surrender document on behalf of the Allied High Command after it had been signed by the representatives of the German government sitting across the table from him at SHAEF, Reims, France. On General Smith’s right is Admiral Harold M. Burrough, Commander in Chief, Allied Naval Expeditionary Forces. On General Smith’s left is Major General Ivan Alexeyevich Susloparov of the Russian Artillery and General Carl A. Spaatz, CG, US Staff. U.S. Army Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress Collection, Lot-8988. (2015/10/16).
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Caption: Surrender of Germany, 7 May 1945. Lieutenant General W.B. Smith, Chief of Staff, SHAEF, affixes his signature to the Unconditional Surrender document on behalf of the Allied High Command after it had been signed by the representatives of the German government sitting across the table from him at SHAEF, Reims, France. On General Smith’s right is Admiral Harold M. Burrough, Commander in Chief, Allied Naval Expeditionary Forces. On General Smith’s left is Major General Ivan Alexeyevich Susloparov of the Russian Artillery and General Carl A. Spaatz, CG, US Staff. U.S. Army Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress Collection, Lot-8988. (2015/10/16).
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