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We Surrender

MPI1945-05-01

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May 1945: Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (1882 - 1946), Hitler's chief military adviser in WW II, signing the unconditional surrender to the Allies and Russians in Berlin. A first surender to the Allies alone had taken place a few days previously by General Alfred Jodl. Keitel was executed the following year for war crimes. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

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  • Title: We Surrender
  • Creator: MPI
  • Date Created: 1945-05-01
  • Date Published: 2004-03-15
  • Provenance: Archive Photos
  • Subject Keywords: Character, Field, Baton, Single, People, Defeat, Advice, Celebration Event, Lifestyles, Horizontal, Black And White, Profile, War, Serious, Document, Manager, Signing, Officer, Army, Germany, German Culture, Berlin, Medal, Military, Politics, Adolf Hitler, German Surrender, Reconciliation, Allied Forces, Wilhelm Keitel, Males, German Military, World War II, Russian Ethnicity, Human Interest, unconditional, 1940-1949
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