The story
The negotiations went on for some time, but on 1st May General Woltz's staff car under a white flag approached the 'D' Company 9th DLI. Location?
Two staff officers were then taken to Battalion HQ. Admiral Doenitz had ordered General Keitel to order General Woltz to surrender the city of Hamburg to the Desert Rats.
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