"Meet the Last German Troops to Surrender in WW2" Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Jun 2014 3:19 p.m. PST |
"It was just after 2:30 a.m. on May 7, 1945 when Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, commander of what was left of the once mighty Wehrmacht, marched into Supreme Allied Headquarters in Reims, France and signed the "German Instrument of Surrender". Under the terms of the document, all of the Third Reich's remaining land, sea and air forces were to cease hostilities and lay down their weapons on or before11:01 p.m. on May 8. As expected, the vast majority of war weary Axis personnel in Europe obeyed the orders. Yet in a number of locations, small pockets German troops refused to give up, and in some cases fought on for days, even weeks, before finally calling it quits. Consider these last Nazi holdouts: VE Plus One
It took an extra 24 hours for thousands of German troops trapped behind the lines in Soviet-occupied Poland to agree to capitulate. Infantrymen isolated in coastal fortifications near the port city of Danzig manned their guns for a full day before giving up to the Red Army on May 9. Stragglers from the German 4th Army, which was all but obliterated during the fight for the East Prussian Heiligenbeil Pocket, also continued to resist for a full day, as did the garrisons on a number of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea…"
Full article here
link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Winston Smith | 12 Jun 2014 3:25 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 12 Jun 2014 3:35 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
| jgawne | 12 Jun 2014 3:36 p.m. PST |
This does not count the ones in the Pripet Marshes that are still holding out! |
| John the OFM | 12 Jun 2014 5:38 p.m. PST |
What good is a weather outpost that loses radio contact?  |
| Wizard Whateley | 12 Jun 2014 7:04 p.m. PST |
I agree. Very interesting. I'm surprised some didn't hold out much longer, especially those facing the Soviet army. |
| darthfozzywig | 12 Jun 2014 7:14 p.m. PST |
This does not count the ones in the Pripet Marshes that are still holding out!
They're still trying to link up with Japanese hold-outs on Gilligan's Island. |
| Huscarle | 13 Jun 2014 10:42 a.m. PST |
I remember reading years ago 'Werewolf' by Charles Whiting, and he mentions a battle fought between Fallschirmjägers against diehard SS troops after VE; could make an interesting scenario, although I could never find out anything about it. |
| Tango01 | 13 Jun 2014 12:32 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed the article my friend!. (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
| Jemima Fawr | 16 Jun 2014 3:05 a.m. PST |
Huscarle, there was a series of repetitive TMP threads about it here a year or two ago. Have a search for Schloss Itter. I also found a mention in a 53rd (Welsh) Division war diary of an incident where German troops attacked SS hold-outs. It was recorded that the German commander insisted that his men should be the ones to deal with 'an internal German matter'. |
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