Edward Kennedy (Journalist)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Edward Kennedy (c. 1905 - November 29, 1963) was a journalist best known for being the first to report the German surrender at the end of World War II to Allied nations, getting the word out before an official announcement from Allied headquarters. This angered Allied commanders, who had imposed a news embargo until the official surrender announcement; the Associated Press fired Kennedy after this.The documents for Germany's surrender in World War II were signed on May 7, 1945, at 2:41 a.m. local time at General Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters in Reims, France. Eisenhower embargoed the news until an official announcement was made. Edward Kennedy, as the AP's Paris bureau chief, had been among a group of reporters hastily assembled aboard a C-47 aircraft, and only told they were to cover the official signing once aloft.