German Instrument of Surrender - Wikipedia
The German Instrument of Surrender [a] was a legal document effecting the unconditional surrender of the remaining German armed forces to the Allies, ending World War II in Europe. It was signed at 22:43 CET on 8 May 1945 [b] and took effect at 23:01 CET on the same day.
End of World War II in Europe - Wikipedia
German forces in North West Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands surrender: On 4 May 1945, the British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery took the unconditional military surrender at Lüneburg from Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, and General Eberhard Kinzel, of all German forces "in Holland [sic], in northwest Germany including the ...
Surrender of Germany (1945) - National Archives
2023年1月10日 · The unconditional surrender of the German Third Reich was signed in the early morning hours of Monday, May 7, 1945, at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) at Reims in northeastern France.
Germany’s surrender | World War II [1945] | Britannica
With the unconditional surrender, Hitler’s “Thousand-Year Reich” ceased to exist, and the responsibility for the government of the German people was assumed by the four occupying…
Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies at Reims
2009年11月5日 · On May 7, 1945, the German High Command, in the person of General Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northeastern France. At first,...
Victory in Europe: Germany's Surrender and Aftermath - NHHC
1993年6月14日 · Germany’s surrender found most of the surviving Kriegsmarine surface units returning or already in German and Danish North Sea and Baltic ports. Up to the last moment, the German navy and...
Why the Allies Forced Nazi Germany to Surrender Twice to End …
2024年5月3日 · Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery accepted the surrender of German forces in the Netherlands and northern Germany on May 4. The next day, fighting stopped in southern Germany when the Nazis...
Why Germany surrendered twice in World War II - National …
2020年5月6日 · On May 7, 1945, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allies in Reims, France, ending World War II and the Third Reich. Or did it happen on May 9 in Berlin instead? Both are true. Due to...
German Surrender | Holocaust Encyclopedia
After heavy fighting, Soviet forces neared Adolf Hitler’s command bunker in central Berlin. On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide. Within days, Berlin fell to the Soviets. German armed forces surrendered unconditionally in the west on May 7 and in the east on May 9, 1945.
Germany surrenders | Anne Frank House - Anne Frank Stichting
On 7 May 1945, German General Alfred Jodl signed the surrender in the French town of Reims. Eisenhower’s Chief of Staff and a Soviet general signed on behalf of the Allies. The document stated that all German forces would stop fighting on 8 May 1945 at 23:01 hours. The next day, the Soviet Union indicated that they did not accept surrender.