WORLD WAR II]. VICTORY IN EUROPE. EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Printed document signed ("Dwight D. Eisenhower"). Order of the Day, 6 June 1944. 1 page, 8vo . EISENHOWER'S D-DAY SPEECH TO THE TROOPS The printed text of Eisenhower's famous "Order of the Day" on 6 June 1944, as Allied forces embarked for Normandy and the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe: "Soldiers, sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark on the Great Crusade, towards which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you....In company with our brave Allies...you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine..." -- DÖNITZ, Karl (1891-1980), German Admiral . Document signed ("Karl Dönitz") 7 May 1945. Instrument of Surrender of All German Forces to General Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, and to the Soviet High Command. 1 page, 4to . A transcript of the German capitulation: "We the undersigned, acting by authority of the German High Command, hereby surrender unconditionally to the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force...all forces...under German control..." Admiral Dönitz had tried to strike a separate peace after Hitler's death. A stirring association of two crucial texts from the endgame of World War II. Together 2 items . (2)
WORLD WAR II]. VICTORY IN EUROPE. EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Printed document signed ("Dwight D. Eisenhower"). Order of the Day, 6 June 1944. 1 page, 8vo . EISENHOWER'S D-DAY SPEECH TO THE TROOPS The printed text of Eisenhower's famous "Order of the Day" on 6 June 1944, as Allied forces embarked for Normandy and the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe: "Soldiers, sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark on the Great Crusade, towards which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you....In company with our brave Allies...you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine..." -- DÖNITZ, Karl (1891-1980), German Admiral . Document signed ("Karl Dönitz") 7 May 1945. Instrument of Surrender of All German Forces to General Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, and to the Soviet High Command. 1 page, 4to . A transcript of the German capitulation: "We the undersigned, acting by authority of the German High Command, hereby surrender unconditionally to the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force...all forces...under German control..." Admiral Dönitz had tried to strike a separate peace after Hitler's death. A stirring association of two crucial texts from the endgame of World War II. Together 2 items . (2)
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