The next day in Berlin, German Field Marshal Wilhelm Kietel signed additional surrender papers to satisfy Soviet authorities, officially ending World War II. A week after the U.S. dropped atomic ...

(40.6 x 50.8 cm.) Japan's Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu (C), standing next to his aide (L), and Imperial Army General Yoshijiro Umezu while somberly waiting to sign official surrender documents ...

Pencils, papers and ashtrays had been placed on the table with military ... An interpreter read out the surrender terms - probably more for the benefit of the journalists. Gen Jodl then rose stiffly ...