German Instrument of Surrender

Details

Instance of

historical document

Subclass of

occurrence

Date

7 May 1945

Start time

8 May 1945

Part of

World War II

Follows

Q4213007

Followed by

Berlin Declaration

Location

Reims

different from

German Instrument of Surrender

facet of

history of the Third Reich, end of World War II in Europe

has version, edition or translation

German Instrument of Surrender, Preliminary surrender document in Reims

language of work or name

English, Russian

ratified by

High Command of the Armed Forces

signatory

Nazi Germany, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, France

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