Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/V-E Day

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[edit] Field Marshall Keitel signs the German Act of Unconditional Surrender

Original
Original
Reason
Important, hi-res historical image.
Proposed caption
On May 8, 1945, German Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel signed the German Act of Unconditional Surrender at the headquarters of the Russian army in the Karlshorst district of Berlin. Also attending the ceremony were Georgy Zhukov representing the Soviet Union, Arthur William Teder representing the United Kingdom, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny representing France, and Carl Spaatz representing the United States.
Articles this image appears in
Wilhelm Keitel, Victory Day (Eastern Europe), German Instrument of Surrender
Creator
Lt. Moore (US Army). See National Archives and Records Administration: http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-193.jpg (ARC Identifier: 531290)
  • Support as nominator Spikebrennan 19:02, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak support Highly significant but I do wish there was a version that didn't chop everybody's heads off. CillaИ X♦C [dic] 20:19, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support--Mbz1 20:54, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
  • Support I agree with CillaИ X&diams that the heads being chopped off are slightly distracting but still his point that it was a highly significant moment means I fully support--Childzy ¤ Talk 21:12, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Poorly framed, poorly executed snapshot of a highly significant occasion = oppose. --jjron 09:51, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose, agree with jjron. It feels like a snapshot and the image itself is neither important nor a feature-worthy illustration of an important event. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 18:58, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Poor framing. Mikeo 22:43, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 09:00, 5 September 2007 (UTC)