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by which the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Wehrmacht" class="extiw" title="w:Oberkommando der Wehrmacht">High Command</a> of the <a 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" class="extiw" title="w:Soviet Union">Soviet</a> High Command 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 preliminary </i>Instrument of Surrender<i>, which was signed on 7 May, 1945, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reims" class="extiw" title="w:Reims">Reims</a>, France. The definitive signing took place in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin" class="extiw" title="w:Berlin">Berlin</a> on 9 May 1945 (back-dated to 8 May 1945). The Reims signing took place in a red brick schoolhouse that served as the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF).</i> </p> </div></div><div class="ws-noexport" id="ws-data" style="speak:none"><span id="ws-article-id">38</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 7, 1945) - page 1.jpg" data-page-index="German Instrument of Surrender (May 7, 1945) - page 1.jpg" data-page-quality="4" title="Page:German_Instrument_of_Surrender_(May_7,_1945)_-_page_1.jpg"><span id="pageindex_German_Instrument_of_Surrender_(May_7,_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>Only this text in English is authoritative </p><p><br /> <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 Soviet High Command 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 <i>2301</i> hours Central European time on <i>8 May</i> and to remain in the positions occupied at that time. No ship, vessel, or aircraft is to be scuttled, or any damage done to their hull, machinery or equipment.</li> <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 Soviet High Command.</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> <span><span class="pagenum ws-pagenum" id="2" data-page-number="2" data-page-name="Page:German Instrument of Surrender (May 7, 1945) - page 2.jpg" data-page-index="German Instrument of Surrender (May 7, 1945) - page 2.jpg" data-page-quality="4" title="Page:German_Instrument_of_Surrender_(May_7,_1945)_-_page_2.jpg"><span id="pageindex_German_Instrument_of_Surrender_(May_7,_1945)_-_page_2.jpg" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span><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 Soviet High Command will take such punitive or other action as they deem appropriate.</li> </ol> <p><br /> </p><p>Signed at <span style="margin-right:-3.5em;white-space:nowrap"><i>Rheims at 0241</i> <span style="display:inline-block;position:relative;left:-6em;top:1.5em"><i>France</i></span></span> on the <i>7<sup><span class="templateunderlined" style="text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:auto;">th</span></sup></i> day of May, 1945. </p><p><br /><br /> </p><p>On behalf of the German High Command.<br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jodl_signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Jodl"><img alt="Jodl" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Jodl_signature.png/160px-Jodl_signature.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Jodl_signature.png/240px-Jodl_signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Jodl_signature.png/320px-Jodl_signature.png 2x" data-file-width="441" data-file-height="323" /></a></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><p><br /> </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit wst-center-nomargin"> <p>On behalf of the Supreme Commander,<br />Allied Expeditionary Force. </p> </div> </td> <td>        </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit wst-center-nomargin"> <p>On behalf of the Soviet<br />High Command. </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit wst-center-nomargin"> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W._B._Smith_signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="W. 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