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111-SC-27463: Surrender of Germany, May 7, 1945

SC-111-SC-27463: Surrender of Germany, May 7, 1945. Major General Ivan Alexeyevich Susloparov, Russian Delegate to the SHAEF French Mission and representing the Soviet government, signs the Document of German Capitulation in the War Room of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces, at Reims, France, at his left is General Carl A. Spaatz, CG, US Staff, and Air Marshall Sir J.M. Robb, on General Susloparov’s right is Lieutenant Ivan Cherniaeff, Russian Interpreter. Standing is Major General K.W.D. Strong, G-2, SHAEF. U.S. Army photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress Collection, Lot-8988. (2015/10/16).
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Caption: Surrender of Germany, May 7, 1945. Major General Ivan Alexeyevich Susloparov, Russian Delegate to the SHAEF French Mission and representing the Soviet government, signs the Document of German Capitulation in the War Room of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces, at Reims, France, at his left is General Carl A. Spaatz, CG, US Staff, and Air Marshall Sir J.M. Robb, on General Susloparov’s right is Lieutenant Ivan Cherniaeff, Russian Interpreter. Standing is Major General K.W.D. Strong, G-2, SHAEF. U.S. Army photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress Collection, Lot-8988. (2015/10/16).
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