Seventy one years ago today Marshal Georgii Zhukov accepted from Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel the unconditional surrender of the German Army.
Today is a national holiday across the Russian Federation.
The Western allies signed the surrender protocol in Reims on May 8. Stalin felt somewhat upstaged by the signing so the Soviet Union organised a second signing, which took place at Red Army HQ in the Berlin suburb of Karlshorst. It was signed late on the evening of May 8, which meant it was after midnight in Moscow, hence May 9.
Most trains travelling between Berlin Schönefeld Airport and Berlin stop at Karlshorst. The museum is well worth a visit.
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- We the undersigned, acting by authority of the German High Command, hereby surrender unconditionally to the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force and simultaneously to the Supreme High Command of the Red Army all forces on land, at sea, and in the air who are at this date under German control.
- The German High Command will at once issue orders to all German military, naval and air authorities and to all forces under German control to cease active operations at 23.01 hours Central European time on 8 May 1945, to remain in all positions occupied at that time and to disarm completely, handing over their weapons and equipment to the local allied commanders or officers designated by Representatives of the Allied Supreme Commands. No ship, vessel, or aircraft is to be scuttled, or any damage done to their hull, machinery or equipment, and also to machines of all kinds, armament, apparatus, and all the technical means of prosecution of war in general.
- The German High Command will at once issue to the appropriate commanders, and ensure the carrying out of any further orders issued by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force and by the Supreme Command of the Red Army.
- This act of military surrender is without prejudice to, and will be superseded by any general instrument of surrender imposed by, or on behalf of the United Nations and applicable to GERMANY and the German armed forces as a whole.
- In the event of the German High Command or any of the forces under their control failing to act in accordance with this Act of Surrender, the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force and the Supreme High Command of the Red Army will take such punitive or other action as they deem appropriate.
- This Act is drawn up in the English, Russian and German languages. The English and Russian are the only authentic texts.
Representatives:
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1 comment:
Have you ever wondered why there are no big celebrations under the western allies? Here is a possible explanation:
That Russia would have a greater passion for WWII’s remembrance is obvious with its 20 to 25 million dead. A long list of Soviet cities had more KIA’s that the US lost during the entire war, not to mention the physical devastation. Syria has become a mini contemporary version of that, and shame on the US. I can assure you our attitude would be much different if that had happened to us.
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And that is what makes our aggression toward Russia at this time so perverse. There is no more an anti-war public on the planet than the Russians as they have tasted the bitter fruit. VT (Veterans Today) was way out of front in debunking the phony Iran nuclear scam run on the public for over a decade. I would have thought at after that, that folks would have caught on quickly to the new Russian replacement scam, but I was wrong
www.veteranstoday.com/2016/05/09/russian-immortal-regiment-wwii-marches-go-worldwide/
https://soundcloud.com/radiosputnik/worldwarii-the-historical-narrative-is-distorted-with-every-generation-srdja-trifkovic
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