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German surrender document from WWII sells for $166k at auction
A document representing the end of one of history’s most brutal regimes sold Wednesday night at RR Auction for $133,066, ...
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German surrender scene described
REIMS, France, May 7, 1945 (Delayed) (UP) - Representatives of four Allied powers and vanquished Germany scrawled ... There are four copies of the surrender document, and in addition the naval ...
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The road to V-E Day, from the assault on Berlin to bonfires and dancing in the capitals of Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower accepts the unconditional surrender of all German forces at Allied headquarters in Reims, France. The document of surrender is signed at 2:41 a.m. by Gen. Alfred Jodl at the ...
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80 years after VE Day a veteran says, 'I hope people will see the futility of it all'
The next day, at the insistence of the Soviets, Germany signed a second surrender document in Berlin, which became known as Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day. Although World War II was not yet over ...
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It Happened Here: Valley residents solemnly observe German surrender in World War II
“Our rejoicing is sobered and subdued by a supreme consciousness of the terrible price we have paid to rid the world of Hitler and his evil band. Let us not forget, my fellow Americans, the ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier1mon
In Reims, France, it's easy to be transported back in time to World War II
The German forces attacked Reims during World War I and then occupied the city during World War II. A ceasefire was to take effect on May 8 in accordance with the surrender document signed in Reims.