On May 6, 1945, Major Kirk B. Lawton received special permission for a special ceremony: At Allied headquarters in Reims, the Wehrmacht signed the unconditional surrender on all fronts. World War II in Europe ended two days later.
In London, people celebrate in the streets - just like in the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia. In Augsburg, a team from the 'Special Film Project 186' films the defeated, including Hitler's second-in-command, Hermann Goering. In early July, American film crews are also allowed to film in Berlin. They manage to take unique color photos of the destroyed capital and its inhabitants. While George Stevens is not allowed to film the Potsdam Conference, Major Lawton is at least allowed to be present at the first meeting of the new US President Harry Truman with the Kremlin ruler Joseph Stalin.
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