Chronology of World War II

Tuesday, May 8th


Signing the Act of Surrender


Signing the Act of Surrender
May 8, 1945: German General Hans-Jurgen Stumpff of the Luftwaffe, German Field Marshal and German chief-of-staff Wilhelm Keitel, and Admiral Hans-Georg Von Friedeburg of the German Navy pose before officially signing the German definitive act of surrender at the headquarters of the Soviet forces in the Berlin suburb of Karlshost (Photo: AFP)