The French army: Generals de Lattre de Tassigny and Marie Louis Koeltz among the ruins of Berlin
The French army

 

The French army: generals Commander of the 1st French Army Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny and head of the French delegation to the Allied Control Council in Berlin Marie Louis Koeltz pose among the ruins of Berlin.

On May 8, 1945, the French Army General de Lattre de Tassigny signed the Act of Nazi Germany surrender in Berlin on behalf of France, and in the same year was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the French Army Defense.




Location: Berlin, Germany
Photo Time: July 1945

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