Talk:German Instrument of Surrender

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[edit] Time Zones at Ceasefire

Removed "at 22:43 hours (CET)". This is the same factoid as appeared on End of World War II in Europe. What is the source? and does it explicitly say CET? Please see Talk:End of World War II in Europe#Time Zones at Ceasefire for more details and please place an answer there. --Philip Baird Shearer 20:21, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

"2:41 hours" looks sort of strange. Shouldn't that be "1421 hours" ? John Sheu 17:34, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

It is in the first instrument of surrender as "Signed at Rheims at 0241 on the 7th day of May, 1945. France" --Philip Baird Shearer 23:26, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 19:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

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Like many institutions in Nazi Germany the control of the Army was split between the OKW and the German Army High Command (OKH). By 1945 the OKW commanded all German forces in every theatre apart from those on the Eastern Front which were under OKH control and which, before his suicide, had reported directly to Hitler. So it was not clear if Schörner was under the command of OKW on May 8 or if Dönitz, or von Krosigk, needed to order Schörner to surrender. In the end it was resolved by force of arms.

Although OKH was operationally independent of OKW, OKH was subject to the orders of OKH, and the surrender document applied to all German forces.

Roadrunner (talk) 15:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)