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| Caption | British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, left, and Soviet General Konstantin Rokossovsky, right, during a visit to Rokossovsky’s headquarters in Wismar, Germany, 7 May 1945. ww2dbase | |||||||||||
| WW2-Era Location Name | Wismar, Germany | |||||||||||
| Date | 7 May 1945 | |||||||||||
| Photographer | John Morris | |||||||||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseImperial War Museum | |||||||||||
| Identification Code | BU5523 | |||||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 7 May 1945 | |||||||||||
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||
| Photo Size | 798 x 769 pixels | |||||||||||
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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win the war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country!"George Patton, 31 May 1944
19 Nov 2019 03:02:00 PM
Up until this day, this had been the headquarters of the Canadian 6th Airborne Division who had originally taken Wismar over stiff German resistance. Once the war ended, Wismar was in the Russian zone and so it was set to be turned over to the Soviet Army. Reluctant to give up their prize, the Canadians prolonged the negotiations with the Russians for several days, allowing many prominent Germans to escape to the west before coming under Soviet authority. Some say this also allowed the Danes to better secure their southern border to discourage Soviet influences from entering Denmark.