The
German Instrument of Surrender, the main portion of which was signed at
Reims,
France, at 02:41 on 7 May 1945, was the
legal instrument that established the
armistice ending
World War II in Europe. It was signed by representatives of the
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, the
Allied Expeditionary Force and
Soviet High Command. Another act of military surrender was signed, shortly before midnight, on 8 May in the outskirts of
Berlin,
Germany, at the insistence of the Soviets.