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THBOMAR N. BRADLEY, MARK W. CLARK and MAMIE DOWD EISENHOWER Signed First Day Cover
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Germany Surrenders Unconditionally to the Allies at Reims, Generals OMAR BRADLEY, MARK CLARK & First Lady MAMIE DOWD EISENHOWER Signed First Day Postal Cover Commemorating the Surrender of Germany together with General and Later President Dwight D. Eisenhower
OMAR N. BRADLEY (1893-1981). U.S. General of the Army, First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: MARK W. CLARK (1896-1984). Youngest Ever U.S. Four-Star General, Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Led the Clark Task Force that Reviewed U.S. Intelligence under the Hoover Commission: MAMIE DOWD EISENHOWER, First Lady of the United States.
May 7, 1945-Dated, Surrender of Germany vignette, Issued and Stamped Fully Signed First Day Postal Cover measuring 6.5" x 3.5", Choice Very Fine. This scarce, historic Commemorative Cover is postmarked the day of the Surrender of Germany to the Allied Forces. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is shown in a stamped deep purple chest-up image of the General in his military uniform surrounded by laurels and various patriotic imagery. This unique Cover is Signed by three prominent individuals:
1. OMAR N. BRADLEY (1893-1981), American general of World War II who commanded the largest ground force ever led by one man,
2. MARK W. CLARK (1896 - 1984), American general, commanded the landings at Salerno and Anzio against the forces of Kesselring, and
3. MAMIE DOWD EISENHOWER (1896-1979), later First Lady and Dwight Eisenhower's wife. The bottom bears a 'PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR' stamp, while the top right bears the typed text: 'USS PHOENIX'. The face bears a violet May 7, 1945 "NAVY" stamped postal cancel, while the reverse bears a vivid red 50th Anniversary May 8, 1995 cancel, tied with a "Old Glory" American Flag stamp. Choice for display.
On May 7, 1945, the German High Command, in the person of General Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northeastern France.
At first, General Jodl hoped to limit the terms of German surrender to only those forces still fighting the Western Allies. But General Dwight Eisenhower demanded complete surrender of all German forces, those fighting in the East as well as in the West. If this demand was not met, Eisenhower was prepared to seal off the Western front, preventing Germans from fleeing to the West in order to surrender, thereby leaving them in the hands of the enveloping Soviet forces.
General Jodl radioed Grand Admiral Karl Donitz, Hitler's successor, with the terms. Donitz ordered him to sign. So with Russian General Ivan Susloparov and French General Francois Sevez signing as witnesses, and General Walter Bedell Smith, Ike's chief of staff, signing for the Allied Expeditionary Force, Germany was-at least on paper-defeated. Fighting would still go on in the East for almost another day. But the war in the West was over.
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