The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-08
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and scattered sectors.
 Fanatical Nazis. defying the high commands unconditional surrender |, held out in some parts of Czecho- Slovakia, i'll French Atlanti, ports, the Channel Islands, and some pir- points in the Aegean.
 And on the Russian front resist anCe continued in some considtl- able strength. But Prime Minister Churchill warned in London that if the Nazis held out after the 12:01 a. m. deadline, they would become outlaws under the rules of war, and would be attacked from all sides ty the Allies.
 The German peace government of Grand Admiral Karl DoenitZ, successor of Adolf Hitler, was carry ing on semblance of official func- tions at Flensburg on the Danish frontier.
 Doenitz offered today in a Flens- burg broadcast to conti..ue the lead erShip of the German government during the Allied occupation of the Reich.
 
 busted in the last days of organ ized resistance from the command of the German air force, was bc- lleved to be with the Doenitz goy- ernment. So was Heinrich Himm- fer, Gestapo chief and inter or min ister.
 Churchill said the uncor ditionc. surrender of Germany was signed st 2:4l a. m. yesterday at Reims
 Doenitz and General Jodl, rep reSentnig the German high com- mand signed for Germany. It. Gen Walter Bedeli Smith, Eisen- hoWer's chief of staff, and Gen. Francois Sevez signed for the west- ern Allies, and Gen. Ivan. Sus- loparov for Russia,
 Eisenhower did not appear until after the documents-plain papers resembling ordinary legal folios, were signed. Officers said that. in accordance with precedent, negotia- tlonS of this kind were carried out on the chief of staff level.
 When Eisenhower appeared, he was greeted by Jodl's clicking of heels. He was asked sternly whether the Germans understood the terms completely. A stiff bow was his answer. Then, in English, he asked 1 permission to speak. He uttered a plea for the Germans in his own language.
 Throughout the conference the Russians and French were silent. Tho (yprT1a F,,l uniforms with medals and ribbons
 Even in the hour of Allied tri- umph in Europe, Churchill turned sober attention to the war against Japan. He warned that Japan, with all her treachery and greed, remains unSubdued we must now con- centrate all forces for the task ahead"
 The Allied proclamation of vic tory in Europe was made simul- | taneously in London, Washington and Paris. No word came immedi- ately from Moscow. It appeared that the Russians might be waiting until Zhukov has signed the sur render document in Berlin later to- day.
 Gen. Charles De Gaulle told the French people by radio that the war has been won! Victory is here! The victory of the United Nations and the victory of France!" The Germans have capitulated, and the French high command was party to the act of equalization, De Gaulle said.
 He said it was possible that be- cause of the collapse of central power in Germany, certain enemy units might hold out in isolated re- siStance.
 President Truman in Washington soberly told his radio audience that victory lis only half won" and the job would be done only when un- conditional surrender has been forced on the Japanese.
 He urged the American people to work, work, work" and advised the Japanese to surrender. First he issued his proclamation of victory and his statement on the task yet to be done at news conference in the White House Then he broad cast them to the people.
 A German high command com munique, presumably referring to yesterdays events as usual, said big guns of the German garrisons in the western coastal pockets-La Rochelle, St. Nazaire, Lorient, Dun kerque-"shelled enemy batteries and troop movements"
 Evidently that was the last com- roo1,Y1ir11n tho hinh 1 UO11l6 | issue, since it now was committed to stop fighting.
 The high command announced that the greeting "Heil Hitler" no longer would be used in the Ger man army.
 Supreme headquarters released a statement by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower after the signing of the surrender document at his head quarters.
 He said:
 Tn January 1943, the late Presi- dent Roosevelt and Premier Church ill announced the formula of un- conditional surrender of the Axis powers
 uI GuIopS IIldu lOI lliuld Aicio AlOV l been fulfilled. The Allied force which in vaded Europe on Jan. 6, 1944, has with it's great Russian allies and with the forces advancing from the south utterly defeated the Germans by land, sea and air.
 This unconditional surrender has been achieved by team work-team work not only amocg all the Allies participating but among all the services. land, sea and air.
 ITO every subordinate that has been in this command of almost 5 100000 Allies owe debt of grati- tude that can never be repaid. The only repayment that can be made to them is the deep appreciation and lasting gratitude of all free citize.7s of all United Nations" cllpraIOa haado11artPrS cOrn- |