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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht" class="extiw" title="w:Wehrmacht">German Armed Forces</a> surrendered simultaneously to the Supreme Commander of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" class="extiw" title="w:Allies of World War II">Allied Expeditionary Force</a> and to the Supreme High Command of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army" class="extiw" title="w:Red Army">Red Army</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe" class="extiw" title="w:End of World War II in Europe">end of World War II in Europe</a>. Before the main body of the German military surrendered, there were partial surrenders of components of the German military.</i> </p><p><i>This is the definitive </i>Instrument of Surrender<i>, which was signed at 22:43 local time on 8 May 1945, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin" class="extiw" title="w:Berlin">Berlin</a>, Germany</i> </p><p><i>See also <a href="/wiki/German_Instrument_of_Surrender" class="mw-disambig" title="German Instrument of Surrender">German Instrument of Surrender</a> for other texts with the same name.</i> </p> </div></div><div class="ws-noexport" id="ws-data" style="speak:none"><span id="ws-article-id">41025</span><span id="ws-title">German Instrument of Surrender</span><span id="ws-year">1945</span><span id="ws-author">authority of the German High Command</span></div></div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin: 2em 0em 0em 0em;"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td> <div class="prp-pages-output" lang="en"> <p><span><span class="pagenum ws-pagenum" id="1" data-page-number="1" data-page-name="Page:German Instrument of Surrender (May 8, 1945) - page 1.jpg" data-page-index="German Instrument of Surrender (May 8, 1945) - page 1.jpg" data-page-quality="4" title="Page:German_Instrument_of_Surrender_(May_8,_1945)_-_page_1.jpg"><span id="pageindex_German_Instrument_of_Surrender_(May_8,_1945)_-_page_1.jpg" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r13089542">.mw-parser-output .wst-center{text-align:center;display:table;margin:0 auto 0 auto}.mw-parser-output .wst-center.wst-center-nomargin>p{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="wst-center tiInherit"> <p><span class="templateunderlined" style="text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:auto;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Act of Military Surrender</span></span> </p> </div> <p><br /> </p> <ol style="list-style-position:inside; margin-left:0; padding-left:0; text-indent:3em;"> <li>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, sea, and in the air who are at this date under German control.</li> <li>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 2301 hours Central European time on 8th May 1945, to remain in the 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.</li> <div class="__nop wst-nop"></div>  <span><span class="pagenum ws-pagenum" id="2" data-page-number="2" data-page-name="Page:German Instrument of Surrender (May 8, 1945) - page 2.jpg" data-page-index="German Instrument of Surrender (May 8, 1945) - page 2.jpg" data-page-quality="4" title="Page:German_Instrument_of_Surrender_(May_8,_1945)_-_page_2.jpg"><span id="pageindex_German_Instrument_of_Surrender_(May_8,_1945)_-_page_2.jpg" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span><li>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 High Command of the Red Army.</li> <li>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 <span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Germany</span> and the German armed forces as a whole.</li> <li>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.</li> <div class="__nop wst-nop"></div>  <span><span class="pagenum ws-pagenum" id="3" data-page-number="3" data-page-name="Page:German Instrument of Surrender (May 8, 1945) - page 3.jpg" data-page-index="German Instrument of Surrender (May 8, 1945) - page 3.jpg" data-page-quality="4" title="Page:German_Instrument_of_Surrender_(May_8,_1945)_-_page_3.jpg"><span id="pageindex_German_Instrument_of_Surrender_(May_8,_1945)_-_page_3.jpg" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span><li>This Act is drawn up in the English, Russian and German languages. The English and Russian are the only authentic texts.</li> </ol> <p><br /> Signed at <i>Berlin</i> on the <span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:2em"></span> <i>8.</i> <span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:2em"></span> day of May, 1945 </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit"> <p><span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Von Friedeburg</span><span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:3em"></span><span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Keitel</span><span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:3em"></span><span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Stumpff</span> </p> On behalf of the German High Command</div> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14225613">.mw-parser-output .wst-asterisks{display:block;margin:auto;text-align:center}</style><span class="wst-asterisks tiInherit">–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–<span class="wst-gap __gap" style="display:inline-block; inline-size:1em"></span>–</span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit"> <p><span class="templateunderlined" style="text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:auto;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">in the presence of:</span></span> </p> <table style="background:transparent;color: inherit;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:15em;"> <p><span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">A. 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