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Surrender of German Forces in Northwest Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands

Name: Surrender of German Forces in Northwest Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands – Great Britain factsheet records
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Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill5 May 1945

Luneberg Heath · Warfare / World War, 2nd

In Europe, the 2First Army Group made its way across The Netherlands, Denmark and Northwest Germany, until on 5 May 1945 its commander, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, accepts the German surrender of all German forces

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

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