Allied headquarters in Reims

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Allied headquarters in Reims was the World War II command center where German forces signed the unconditional surrender to the Western Allies in May 1945.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II site
military headquarters
alsoKnownAs Reims surrender site
SHAPE headquarters in Reims
associatedEvent Victory in Europe Day
associatedWith end of war in Europe
commandedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower
conflict World War II
coordinates 49.262°N 4.036°E
country France
currentUse Musée de la Reddition
dateOfEvent 1945-05-07
event act of surrender at Reims
surface form: Signing of the German Instrument of Surrender (Reims)
hasExhibition World War II surrender rooms
heritageDesignation historic site
languageOfSignatures English
German
Russian
locatedIn Grand Est
surface form: Grand Est region

Marne department
Reims
Western Front of World War II
notableFor German unconditional surrender to Western Allies
openToPublic yes
operatedBy Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force
originalBuilding Reims vocational school
partOf Allied command structure
surface form: Allied command structure in Northwest Europe
preservedRooms Allied war room
map room
relatedTo Allied Control Council
surface form: Allied Control Council in Berlin

Allied headquarters in Frankfurt
surrenderCameIntoEffect 1945-05-08
surrenderRepresentedSide France
Germany
Soviet Union
United States of America
surface form: United States
surrenderSignedBy Alfred Jodl
François Sevez
Ivan Susloparov NERFINISHED
Walter Bedell Smith
timePeriod 1944–1945
usedBy Allied forces
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Allied forces
surface form: Western Allies
visitorAttraction yes

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Lycée Roosevelt surrender signing site partOf Allied headquarters in Reims