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| Caption | Montgomery reading surrender document to German officers at British 21st Army Group headquarters, Lüneburg Heath, Germany, 4 May 1945. This was only the large surrender in Germany of German forces facing British forces. ww2dbase | ||||||||
| WW2-Era Location Name | Lüneburg Heath, Germany | ||||||||
| Date | 4 May 1945 | ||||||||
| Photographer | Edward G Malindine | ||||||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseImperial War Museum | ||||||||
| Identification Code | BU 5208 | ||||||||
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
| Photo Size | 1,200 x 840 pixels | ||||||||
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Louise Fox says:
1 Nov 2019 09:22:27 AM
My grandfather took this photograph. He was in the British Army Film and Photographic Unit and was seconded to document Montgomery's advance.
1 Nov 2019 09:22:27 AM
My grandfather took this photograph. He was in the British Army Film and Photographic Unit and was seconded to document Montgomery's advance.
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Seated left to right facing the camera: Major Hans Friedel (staff officer to General Kinzel), Rear Admiral Gerhard Wagner (head of the Kriegsmarine staff), Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (Kriegsmarine Commander-in-Chief), Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (Commander, British 21st Army Group). With back to camera: General Fritz Poleck (Wehrmacht) and General Eberhard Kinzel (Army chief of staff in northwest German).