Title

Unconditional surrender of the German armed forces, Rheims, France, World War II, 7 May 1945. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Unconditional surrender of the German armed forces, Rheims, France, World War II, 7 May 1945. French Major-General François Sevez (1891-1948), US Army General Walter Bedell Smith (1895-1961) and US Air Force General Carl Spaatz (1891-1974). The Soviet representative at the signing, Major-General Ivan Susloparov, did not have official authorisation from Moscow to sign the document and the Soviets insisted on a second signing, which took place in Berlin shortly before midnight the following day.

Date

1920

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Keystone Archives

Reference

HRM19D84_282

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33,2Mb (1,3Mb) / 13,0in x 9,9in / 3912 x 2968 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men country French France guy peace war end location Reims Armed Forces century victory handshake greeting general shaking hands soldiers soldier concept B&W 1940s MONOCHROME Army warfare Air Force surrender Forties United States of America United States military uniform World War II World War two surrendering WWII black & white black and white B W world war 2 20th century Champagne-Ardenne US Army American America USA decade Rheims Second World War TGN VE Day WW2 photograph portrait Keystone Archives 2nd World War Unknown Carl Smith François US Army Air Force François Sevez Sevez Francois Sevez Walter Bedell Smith Walter Bedell Carl Spaatz Spaatz photograph portrait