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.

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
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Identification Code   BU 5208
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Photos on Same Day 4 May 1945
Photos at Same Place Lüneburg Heath, Germany
Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 1 Jan 2006

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
15 Nov 2015 12:12:17 AM

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).
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.

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