Winston Churchill Announcement Of German Surrender

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Yesterday morning, at 2.41am, at General Eisenhower's headquarters, General Jodle, the representative of the German High Command, and of grand admiral Dernitz, the designated head of the German state, signed the act of unconditional surrender of all German land, sea and air forces in Europe to the Allied Expeditionary Force, and simultaneously to the Soviet High Command.

Bill Smith, Chief of Staff of the United States Army and General Francois Cebes signed the document on behalf of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary House and General Susslefoeil signed on behalf of the Russian High Command.

Today, this agreement will be ratified and confirmed at Berlin, where Air Chief Marshal Tedder, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Allied Expedition Reports and General De Latt, the Tassini, will sign on behalf of General Eisner. General Zhukov will sign on behalf of the Soviet High Command. The German representatives will be Field Marshal Keitel, Chief of the High Command,

and the Commandant-in-Chief of the German Army, Navy and Air Forces. Hostilities will end officially at one minute after midnight tonight, Tuesday 8th May. One minute after midnight tonight, Tuesday, 8th of May. But in the interest of saving lives, the ceasefire began yesterday to be sampled all along the fronts, and our dear Channel Islands are also to be freed today.

The Germans are still in place resisting the Russian troops. But should they continue to do so after midnight, they will of course deprive themselves of the protection of the laws of war and will be attacked from all quarters by the Allied troops. It is not surprising that on such long fronts and in the existing disorder of the enemy, the commands of the German High