Germany surrenders unconditionally [electronic resource]: facsimiles of the documents.

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Title	Germany surrenders unconditionally [electronic resource]: facsimiles of the documents.
Item Number	a0042
Creator (Corporate)	United States. National Archives.
Government Publisher	National Archives; U.S. Government Printing Office
Original Date	1945
Physical Description	41 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Series	National Archives Publication ; no. 46-4.
Table of Contents	Germany surrenders unconditionally -- Radio script of the ceremonies opening the exhibit of the surrender documents -- Instruments of surrender of all German forces in Holland, northwest Germany, and Denmark, signed at Luneburg on May 4, 1945 -- Reichspresident Donitz's authorization to Colonel General Jodl to conclude a general surrender -- Instrument of surrender of all German forces, signed at Reims on May 7, 1945 -- Orders realting to the surrender of the German Army and Air Forces -- Orders relating to the surrender of the German Naval Forces -- Agreement to execute a formal ratification of the unconditional surrender, signed by Jodl at Reims -- Reichspresident Donitz's authorization to German representatives to execute ratification -- Instrument of surrender signed at Berlin on May 8, 1945 -- Instrument of surrender signed at Berlin (in Russian) -- Instrument of surrender signed at Berlin (in German) -- President Truman's VE-day proclamation.
Summary	Victory in Europe became official in the United States on May 8, 1945. On that day President Truman issued a proclamation proclaiming the end of the war in Europe and designating Sunday, May 13, as a day of prayer and Thanksgiving. Shortly after VE-day, the Archivist of the United States discussed with President Truman the desirability of exhibiting the VE-day proclamation and the German surrender documents as a symbol of what a democratic people, allied with other nations believing in freedom, can accomplish. The President approved and the Combined Chiefs of Staff made the surrender papers available to the National Archives. The proclamation was in the files of the Division of the Federal Register of the National Archives. The documents were placed on public view for the first time on June 6, the first anniversary of D-day, when they were added to an exhibit on 'President Roosevelt and International Cooperation for War and Peace' already on display in the Exhibition Hall of the National Archives. Excepts for President Truman's proclamation, these momentous documents, which are reproduced herein in facsimile, are not in the least impressive in appearance. Yet, in spite of their ordinary appearance, they mark the end of an evil tyranny that threatened to dominate the world.--p. 2.
Topical Terms	World War, 1939-1945--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Peace--Archival resources--Facsimiles. Capitulations, Military. V-E Day, 1945.
Geographic Terms	Germany--Foreign relations--1933-1945. United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
Gov Doc Classification	AE 1.2:G 31
Type	Text
Digital Format	.pdf
Digital Publication Date	Available in digital format: 2001-2002
Digitization Process	Scanned as 300 dpi .jpg; converted to Adobe .pdf
SMU File Name	a0042.pdf
Digital Collection	Historic Government Publications from World War II
Library	Government Information Resources
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	These files may be freely used. A high-quality version of these files may be obtained for a fee by contacting ncds@smu.edu.

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