Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
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Surrender negotiations: telegrams relating to the initial contacts with German Generals
Catalogue reference: WO 204/406
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This record is about the Surrender negotiations: telegrams relating to the initial contacts with German Generals dating from 1945 Mar.-May in the series War Office: Allied Forces, Mediterranean Theatre: Military Headquarters Papers, Second.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 204/406
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945 Mar.-May
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Surrender negotiations: telegrams relating to the initial contacts with German Generals
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4540466/
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WO 204
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