1945 ⟶ Germany Surrenders Unconditionally in Berlin

Germany surrenders again unconditionally to the Soviet Union...
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🇩🇪 Germany Surrenders Unconditionally in Berlin

Germany surrenders again unconditionally to the Soviet Union army but this time in a ceremony hosted by the Soviet Union. In accordance with orders from Dönitz, General Wilhelm Keitel signs for Germany.⟶
Germany Surrenders Unconditionally in Berlin (1945)
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🤝 Berlin Surrenders Unconditionally

The Battle of Berlin ends when German General Helmuth Weidling, commander of the Berlin Defence Area, (and no longer bound by Goebbels's commands), unconditionally surrenders the city of Berlin to Soviet General Vasily Chuikov.⟶
Berlin Surrenders Unconditionally (1945)
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🏳️ Germany Surrenders Unconditionally in Rheims

Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies at the Western Allied Headquarters in Rheims, France at 2:41 a.m. In accordance with orders from Reich President Karl Dönitz, General Alfred Jodl signs for Germany.⟶
Germany Surrenders Unconditionally in Rheims (1945)
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👮 Göring Surrenders; Last Shots Fired in Europe

Hermann Göring, for a while in the hands of the SS, surrenders to the Americans. Elements of Task Force Smythe, U.S. 80th ID in Austria, fire last American shots of the war in Europe when 80th Recon Platoon is strafed by two German planes and returns fire, causing one plane to leave trailing smoke.⟶
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🫡 German Troops in Courland Pocket Surrender

In accordance with Dönitz's orders, Colonel-General Carl Hilpert unconditionally surrenders his troops in the Courland Pocket.⟶
German Troops in Courland Pocket Surrender (1945)
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🇸🇰 Slovak Republic Capitulates in Austria

The remaining members of President Jozef Tiso's pro-German Slovak Republic capitulates to the American General Walton Walker's XX Corps in Kremsmünster, Austria.⟶
Slovak Republic Capitulates in Austria (1945)
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