Unconditional surrender of Germany ratified in Berlin.

Unconditional surrender of Germany ratified in Berlin. German delegates take their leave from Allied Commanders after signing May 9, 1945 at the Soviet Army Headquarters in the German Military Academy in Berlin the ratification of the unconditional surrender of Germany to the Allies originally signed at Reims, France, May, 7, 1945. Left to right are Colonel General P.F. Stumpf, Commander in Chief of the German Luftwaffe; Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, saluting with his marshalls baton), Chief of the German General Staff, and General Admiral Hans Georg von Friedenburg, Commander in Chief of the German Navy.