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Col. Gustaf Jodl, German Chief of Staff under Doenitz regime, center with back to camera, signs unconditional surrender document in War Room, Reims, France. On his Left is General Admiral Von Friedeburg of the German Navy, and on his right is Maj. Wilhelm Oxenius of the German general Staff. Across the table are Allied officers, left to right, Lt. Gen Sir F.E. Morgan, deputy Chief of Staff; Gen. Francois Saves, representative of Gen. Alphonse Juin, French Chief of Staff; Admiral Harold M. Burroughs, Commander-in-Chief, Allied Naval. Expeditionary Forces; Lt.Gen. W.B. Smith, Chief of Staff to Gen Eisenhower; Maj.Gen. of Artillery Ivan Susloparoff, Russian representative; Gen. Carl A. Spaatz; Air Marshal J.M. Robb, Maj. Gen. H.R. Hall, Asst. Chief of Staff, G-3 Shaef; and Senior Lt. Col. Ivan Zenkovitsch, interpreter.