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Result of Surrender of German Forces in Italy, Austria, Holland and Norway

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1945

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill1 May 1945

Warfare / World War, 2nd

German forces in multiple western and southern theatres stop fighting and enter Allied custody.

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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