Second World War. Capitulation. Berlin Karlshorst - a repeat of the signing of the unconditional surrender

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Second World War. Capitulation. Berlin Karlshorst - a repeat of the signing of the unconditional surrender

Wehrmacht representatives sign the unconditional surrender.

8 May 1945: Field Marshall Keitel signed the unconditional surrender to the Red Army on behalf of the Wehrmacht. One day earlier Germany had capitulated to the Western Allies in Reims.  

Photo: ullstein bild - SPUTNIK

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