The German officers returned the next day at 18:00 with an additional delegate, (Colonel Fritz Poleck) representing the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, (the German armed forces high command).
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Admiral von Friedeburg went on to sign the German Instrument of Surrender that established the armistice ending World War II in Europe on 7 May at Reims in France and signed again with the Supreme High Command of the Red Army, French and US representatives in Berlin.
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