Signing of the Act of Unconditional Surrender of Germany (05.09.1945)

Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov and members of the Soviet delegation enter the hall before the signing of the Act of Unconditional Surrender of Germany.

Field Marshal Keitel, Chief of Staff of the Luftwaffe, Colonel-General Stumpf, and Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy, General-Admiral von Friedeburg, enter the hall and take their seats at the table. G.K. Zhukov reads the text of the Act of Surrender.

Faces of the Soviet generals.

Keitel signs the Act of Surrender of Germany.

Von Friedeburg signs the Act of Surrender. G.K. Zhukov and US Air Force General Spaatz during the signing of the Act of Surrender. G.K. Zhukov signs the Act of Surrender of Germany.

Keitel after the signing of the Act of Surrender.

General Latre de Tassigny signs the Act of Surrender on behalf of France. G.K. Zhukov shakes hands with representatives of the allies.