Germany surrenders to WWII Allies at Reims on May 7, 1945

German officials, L to R Maj. Wilhelm Oxenius, Gen. Alfred Jodl, Adm. Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, take their seats at Reims ceremony of surrender, held at SHAEF headquarters / part of the Allied delegation, L to R: British Adm. Sir Harold Burrough; USAF Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith; Soviet translator Ivan Cherniaev; Soviet Gen. Ivan Susloparov, with Bedell Smith presiding / side view Jodl tests his pen, reads surrender document / MS hand reaches in, removes the signed document from in front of Jodl / Burrough looks on as Bedell Smith turns to hand signed document to aide behind him / CU hand holds signed instrument of surrender, with signatures of Jodl, Bedell Smith, Susloparov, and French Army witness visible / Bedell Smith, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, and RAF Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder pose for photos / CU smiling Eisenhower holds up two pens in a "V" sign