Surrender:

• The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, C.P. Stacey [OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN ARMY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR]
• Operation ECLIPSE: Appreciation and Outline Plan
  (Planning for the German Surrender)

• SHAEF Release No. 1453: Victory Order of the Day

• The Axis In Defeat: A Collection of Documents on American Policy Toward German and Japan
  (including: Instrument of surrender of all German armed forces in Holland, in northwest Germany including all islands, and in Denmark, May 4, 1945 · Act of Military Surrender, May 7, 1945 · Act of Military Surrender, May 8, 1945 · President Truman's Radio Address and Proclamation, May 8, 1945)

• Germany Surrenders Unconditionally: Facsimiles of the Documents

Occupation:

• The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, C.P. Stacey [OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN ARMY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR]

• The Axis In Defeat: A Collection of Documents on American Policy Toward German and Japan
  (including: Directive to Commander in Chief of United States Forces of Occupation Regarding the Military Government of Germany, April 1945 · American Organizational Plans for Military Government of German, Released May 11, 1945 &midddot; Declaration Regarding Defeat of Germany and Assumption of Supreme Authority by Allied Powers, June 5, 1945 · Zones of Occupation · Arrangements for Control of Germany by Allied Representatives, September 20, 1945 · Military Government in Germany: Employment of Nazis in United States Zone, September 26, 1945 · Displaced Persons in Germany ·, Released August 30, 1945)

• United States Army and Navy Manual of Military Government and Civil Affairs [US Army Field Manual FM 27-5]

• Civil Affairs: Soldiers Become Governors [US Army in World War II: Special Studies]

• Examples of Military Occupations for Civil Affairs, Textbook, 1942 [Military History Institute]
• Public Safety Manual for Civil Affairs in Liberated Territories, 1944 [Military History Institute]
• Public Safety Manual for Military Government in Germany, 1944 [Military History Institute]
• Reception Center Operations, Technical Manual, Dec 1944 [Military History Institute]

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