LUNEBURG HEATH, GERMANY, 18.30 HOURS ON 4TH MAY, 1945. A MISSION HEADED BY ADMIRAL VON ...

Place Europe: Norway
Accession Number P00108.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LUNEBURG HEATH, GERMANY, 18.30 HOURS ON 4TH MAY, 1945. A MISSION HEADED BY ADMIRAL VON FRIEDEBURG, ACCOMPANIED BY GENERAL KINSEL, REAR ADMIRAL WAGNER AND MAJOR FRIEDEL SIGN THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER WHICH SURRENDERED ALL THE GERMAN FORCES IN THE NORTH WEST EXCEPT FOR THEIR GARRISON IN NORWAY TO FIELD MARSHAL SIR BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY.