Germany WWII surrender - A German delegation, including General Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of the German Army, signed the unconditional surrender document at General Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters in Reims, France. This act marked the end of the European phase of World War II.
At the insistence of the The Soviet Union that the act of surrender should take place at the seat of government of Nazi Germany, a new document was signed in Berlin on May 8 by representatives of the Allied Expeditionary Force represented by the British, and the Supreme High Command of the Soviet Red Army, with further French and American representatives signing as witnesses. This time, Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel was the highest ranking representative for Germany. It was signed on May 8, 1945 and took effect at 23:01 on the same day. More
