Allied World Celebrates As Peace Comes To ETO – The Stars And Stripes 05/09/1945

Headline: “Allied World Celebrates As Peace Comes To ETO – CeaseFire Order At 0001 Today”
From The Stars And Stripes, 05/09/1945

This historical edition of The Stars And Stripes reports the official surrender of Germany, marking the end of World War 2 in Europe.  Packed with eyewitness, moment to moment accounts and photos of German officials’ unconditional surrender to the Allies.

This newspaper is in flat and sturdy condition.  Very readable.

Images in the photo gallery include:

• full front page of this newspaper
• photo of the signing.  Col. Gen Gustaf Jodl signs the surrender for Germany. Surrounding him are are Major G.S. Wilhelm Oxenius, General Admiral Hans-Georg Friedeburg and Maj. Gen. K.W.D. Strong, SHAEF G-2
• eyewitness account of the surrender, continued from page 1
• full text of the German Act of Surrender
• detailed, step by step account of the German surrender
• article about Hitler’s body being found
• artist’s conception of the signing of the surrender. The caption reads, “In this artist’s conception of the scene in the war room at SHAEF forward headquarters at Rheims early Monday morning, Col. Gen. Gustaf Jodl, chief of the Wehrmacht, has risen to ask the Allied representatives to treat beaten Germany with generosity. He is flanked by Maj. G. S. Wilhelm Oxenius, left, his aide, and Gen. Adm. Hans-Georg Friedeburg, commander of the German navy. At the end of the table are Col. Ivan Zenkowvitch, of Russia, and Maj. Gen. H. R. Bull, assistant chief of staff, G-3 SHAEF. On the long side of the table are, left to right, British Air Marshal Sir J. M. Robb, chief of the Allied Air Staff; Gen. Carl A Spaatz, Commander of U.S. Strategic Air Forces; Maj. Gen. Ivan Susloparoff, head of the Russian mission to France; Lt. Ivan Cherniaeff, Russian interpreter; Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, chief of staff to Gen. Eisenhower; Adm. Sir Harold Burrough, British commander of Allied Naval Forces; Maj. Gen. Francois Sevez, of France, and Lt. Gen. Sir F. E. Morgan, SHAEF deputy chief off staff.”
• Bill Maudlin cartoon of weary troops marching, not exactly feeling the jubilation of the moment.  This cartoon is above an article about Bill Maudlin winning the Pulitzer Prize
• Rudy York of the Detroit Tigers sliding into third base, May 8, 1945
• full back page of this newspaper, containing several historic photos.  In clockwise order:
  • General Eisenhower holding the pen used to sign the document, surrounded by others present at the signing.
  • General Eisenhower recording his victory speech, with Marshall Tedder.
  • British MPs salute as a British officer escorts Col. Gen. Jodl, chief of the Wehrmacht, and Maj. G. S. Wilhelm Oxenius into SHAEF forward headquarters.
  • Gen. Adm. Hans-Georg Friedeburg and Col. Fritz Poleck (in car) arrive at Rheims for pre-surrender discussions.
  • Gen. Susloparoff signing the surrender papers on behalf of Russia
  • Gen. Smith signing the surrender document on behalf of the Allied High command