On the 7th of May 1945, the German General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany at the Allied headquarters in Reims, France. It meant the Second World War had come to an end, ...
The first Instrument of Surrender was signed in Reims at 02:41 Central European Time on 7 May 1945. General Alfred Jodl signed on behalf of Nazi Germany, with Walter Bedell Smith signing on behalf of ...
Only a few months before, in the summer of 1944, Alfred Jodl had to listen as Der Fuhrer screeched at him in the Wolf's Lair: Jodl, Brennt Paris? No, Paris wasn't burning--because Herr Hitler's people ...