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Latest comment: 14 days ago by TooManyFingers in topic Signing by Germans

Date of signing

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It was signed on may 7 not 8,(source here) UnsungHistory (talk) 19:33, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 30 December 2024

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Add a citation. 45.49.246.117 (talk) 06:30, 30 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 06:57, 30 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Parties list

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Not to be too pedantic, but wasnt this surrender technically the German High Command under the leadership of Keitel surrendering and NOT the German Government? The actual document even names the German High Command and the German reps who signed the document were all officers representing the Germany Army, Navy, and Airforce. Soon after this, Keitel was replaced as head of the German High Command by Alfred Jodel. Because of this, shouldnt it be the German High Command and not Germany in the infobox for the listed parties?

Friedbyrd (talk) 15:29, 25 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

on 7 May 1945 was signed the act that ended the second world war in Europe

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‘You feel the huge weight of history’: the room where Nazi Germany surrendered | VE Day | The Guardian https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bdaee3b0a16f0c2b5f3c67efd69bea2dc18f5c68/346_940_4572_5716/master/4572.jpg?width=1140&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none The Guardian Tue 6 May 2025 37.170.130.154 (talk) 07:13, 6 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Signing by Germans

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In German_Instrument_of_Surrender#Surrender_document, it says By the end of March 1945, the British government began to doubt whether, once Germany had been completely overpowered, there would be any post-Nazi German civil authority capable of signing the instrument of surrender or of putting its provisions into effect.

Not "capable of signing" because they had lost their hands, become paralyzed, or had some other physical limitation? That's the only reasonable interpretation of the particular words "capable of signing". I'm sure that the person who wrote this knew what they intended to say, but they did not succeed in actually saying it. TooManyFingers (he/him · talk) 12:44, 21 July 2026 (UTC)Reply