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    The German Instrument of Surrender was a legal document effecting the unconditional surrender of the remaining German armed forces to the Allies, ending...
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    The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that formalized the Surrender of Japan, marking the end of hostilities in World War II....
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  • World War II Japanese Instrument of Surrender German Instrument of Surrender Armistice of Cassibile Other conflicts Argentine surrender in the Falklands War...
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    (Italian: Condizioni aggiuntive di armistizio con l'Italia), or the Instrument of Surrender of Italy as referred by the Allies, was a legal document which was...
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    by or on behalf of the Allied Powers and applicable to Germany and the German armed forces as a whole. This instrument of surrender is written in English...
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    article: German Instrument of Surrender, 1945 Wikisource has original text related to this article: Winston Churchill announces the Surrender of Germany The...
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    Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (category Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I)
    He was the only representative of the armed forces to be present at the signing of the German instruments of surrender in Luneburg Heath on 4 May 1945...
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  • Terms of German Surrender may refer to: Armistice of 11 November 1918 to end the First World War (Great War at the time) German Instrument of Surrender to...
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  • (see the German Instrument of Surrender, 1945), the Sixteenth and Eighteenth armies of Army Group Courland, commanded by General (of Infantry) Carl Hilpert...
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    Ivan Susloparov (category Recipients of the Order of Lenin)
    mostly known as the person who signed for the Soviet Union the German Instrument of Surrender on 7 May 1945. He signed before receiving authorization from...
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    Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. In recognition of Zhukov's role in the war, he was chosen to accept the German Instrument of Surrender, and inspect the 1945...
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    Operation Doomsday (category Military operations of World War II involving Germany)
    sabotage of vital military and civilian facilities. The German Instrument of Surrender was delivered on 8 May to General Franz Böhme, the commander of all...
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    concluded with the capture of Berlin, followed by the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender on 8 May, a day that marked the end of the Eastern Front and...
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    republics of the Soviet Union following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (9 May Moscow Time). The Soviet...
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    the German Instrument of Surrender and the country's division into four Allied occupation zones, the elections were held in the Federal Republic of Germany...
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    Wilhelm Oxenius (category German prisoners of war in World War II)
    prisoner of war from 10 May 1945 to 3 January 1948 and died aged 66. German Instrument of Surrender Peter Antill (2005). Berlin 1945: End of the Thousand...
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    considered the Instrument of Surrender of Italy.[clarification needed] Japanese Instrument of Surrender German Instrument of Surrender Badoglio Proclamation...
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    European time on 8 May 1945... — German Instrument of Surrender, Article 2, [citation needed] Upon the defeat of Germany, celebrations erupted throughout...
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    official dissolution of the Wehrmacht began with the German Instrument of Surrender of 8 May 1945. Reasserted in Proclamation No. 2 of the Allied Control...
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    ordered Alfred Jodl, Chief of Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), to sign the German instruments of surrender in Reims, France, formally...
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    when Army Group C surrendered unconditionally to the Allies on 2 May 1945, one week before the formal German Instrument of Surrender. Both sides committed...
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    most of the remaining German armed forces unconditionally surrendered. The German Instrument of Surrender was signed 8 May, marking the end of the Nazi...
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    blockades. Some German troops surrendered to the Partisans in the Rosental Valley, in accordance with the German instrument of surrender. On 10 May, the...
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  • François Sevez (category Accidental deaths in Germany)
    was present at the German surrender in Reims, and signed the German Instrument of Surrender as the official witness. At the end of the First World War...
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    national day of remembrance celebrated annually on Victory Day (9 May), to commemorate the day when the Nazis signed the German Instrument of Surrender to the...
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    Alfred Jodl (category German people convicted of the international crime of aggression)
    all fronts." Jodl signed the German Instrument of Surrender on 7 May 1945 in Reims on behalf of the OKW. The surrender to all the Allies was concluded...
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    Ukrainian National Committee (category 1945 establishments in Germany)
    leadership of Pavlo Shandruk, on March 17 (or March 12), 1945 in Weimar, Nazi Germany, nearly two months before the German Instrument of Surrender, with the...
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    in the Battle of Berlin Soviet Union in World War II Siege of Breslau German Instrument of Surrender and Berlin Declaration (1945) German World War II...
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    Flensburg Government (category Government of Nazi Germany)
    wording of the partial surrender instrument of German forces in Italy that was signed at Caserta. This definition of the surrender as an act of military...
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    agreement that formalized the surrender of German and Italian Fascist forces in Italy, ending the Italian Campaign of World War II. Since March 1945...
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