Who did Dönitz order to sign the German instruments of surrender in 1945?
Heinrich Himmler
Joseph Goebbels
Alfred Jodl
Hermann Göring
Answer
On 7 May 1945, Dönitz ordered Alfred Jodl, Chief of Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), to sign the German instruments of surrender in Reims, France, formally ending the War in Europe.
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