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Original
Reason
Important, hi-res historical image.
Proposed caption
On May 8, 1945, German Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel signed the German Act of Unconditional Surrender at the headquarters of the Russian army in the Karlshorst district of Berlin. Also attending the ceremony were Georgy Zhukov representing the Soviet Union, Arthur William Teder representing the United Kingdom, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny representing France, and Carl Spaatz representing the United States.
Articles this image appears in
Wilhelm Keitel, Victory Day (Eastern Europe), German Instrument of Surrender
Creator
Lt. Moore (US Army). See National Archives and Records Administration: http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-193.jpg (ARC Identifier: 531290)

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