So you thought the German Army called it quits on May 7 1945? Well, they did. On orders of Großadmiral Karl Dönitz - Führer after Adolf Hitler's suicide on April 30 in his bunker in Berlin - the German High Command signed the unconditional surrender of the German armed forces in Rheims, a performance which was to be repeated a few days later in Berlin in order to appease Soviets. At that point, the majority of Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS and Volkssturm had already surrendered. But in the East, German commanders often refused to comply to the terms of surrender and continued to fight on to get their troops to the West where they could surrender to the American or the British army.

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Interesting bit of info on those units in far flung locations that were forgotten.

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I found this very interesting when I found out that fact. I even used it one of my World War 2 story's.
~It is understandable that the Eastern commanders would want to get to the West, as they would face harsh treatment if captured by the Russians. If I were in their place I would do the same.

Hi Centurion-Cato, what sort of stories are you writing? ..If you don't mind me asking...

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... Would you exchange, a walk on part in a war, for a lead role in a cage? ...

It largely depends on my mood. Sometimes I will write World War 2 stories, other times I will write Roman stories. The most successful of my stories about World War 2 is the one following a German soldier on the Eastern front in 1944 to 1945.

~Does anyone know which units went and surrendered to the allies? I can not find any...

Yeah, I read about that in "The Fall of Berlin 1945", where the Ruskies chased them around the woods(not sure what unit) until the Germans finally got into friendly enemy territory (especially enemies who slightly followed the Geneva Convention XD)

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To the German Commander-- Nuts.

-- The American Commander

That's cool... I've tried to write some short stories and a few poems but they really aren't worth mentioning... I've only got school c English (last year of school c) but because I read so much thought I'd be a bit better at it .. still trying though

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... Would you exchange, a walk on part in a war, for a lead role in a cage? ...

i just read a story on schorner, well he tried for a few days after 7 may to get to the western allies, most of the mobile units got away but the poor foot sloggers never got through the hole.

schorner gets to the americans....but got handed to the eager russians.....and most of those mobile units were handed back to the russians aswell. poor sods

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