Uncovered: The world's only colour pictures of Germans' World War Two surrender

mookiemookie · 09-16-09, 10:39 AM

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The only colour photographs of the German surrender of World War Two have emerged 64 years after being taken by a lowly clerk who hid behind a tree.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ding-tree.html

Schroeder · 09-16-09, 10:44 AM

Excuse me but this is only the surrender of the western front and not of Germany IIRC.

Raptor1 · 09-16-09, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

Excuse me but this is only the surrender of the western front and not of Germany IIRC.

That picture is of the surrender of the German forces in Northwest Germany/Netherlands/Denmark (What was left of them after the Ruhr Pocket, that is), the final official surrender of German forces was signed on the 7th and 8th and the last organized resistance surrendered on the 12th at the end of the Prague Offensive.

AVGWarhawk · 09-16-09, 11:02 AM

Whatever the case...cool find!

Freiwillige · 09-16-09, 12:23 PM

Why is it that Germans always seem tall and British people short?

During the article it points out that all the German Staff at well over 6 ft dwarf Montgomery and his staff.

09-16-09, 01:01 PM

I don's see anybody signing anything...OMG!

Oberon · 09-16-09, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

I don's see anybody signing anything...OMG!

They didn't surrender?

SCHROEDER!!!

09-16-09, 07:05 PM

It was the Amerikans who actually surrendered! Were all actually Nazis!

09-16-09, 10:44 AM	#2
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Excuse me but this is only the surrender of the western front and not of Germany IIRC. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Whatever the case...cool find! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Why is it that Germans always seem tall and British people short? During the article it points out that all the German Staff at well over 6 ft dwarf Montgomery and his staff.

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OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I don's see anybody signing anything...OMG!

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Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	It was the Amerikans who actually surrendered! Were all actually Nazis!