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Lüneburg had been captured by the British forces on 18 April 1945 and Montgomery established his headquarters at a villa in the village of Häcklingen. A German delegation arrived at his tactical headquarters on the Timeloberg hill on 3 May, having been sent by Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz who had been nominated President and Supreme Commander of the German armed forces by Adolf Hitler in his ‘last will and testament’ on 29 April. Dönitz was aware of the allied occupation zones intended for Germany from a plan had fallen into German hands. He therefore hoped that protracted partial and local surrender negotiations might buy time for troops and refugees in the east to seek refuge from the Red Army, whilst holding open a pocket to provide sanctuary on the west bank of the River Elbe.

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  • Lüneburg had been captured by the British forces on 18 April 1945 and Montgomery established his headquarters at a villa in the village of Häcklingen. A German delegation arrived at his tactical headquarters on the Timeloberg hill on 3 May, having been sent by Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz who had been nominated President and Supreme Commander of the German armed forces by Adolf Hitler in his ‘last will and testament’ on 29 April. Dönitz was aware of the allied occupation zones intended for Germany from a plan had fallen into German hands. He therefore hoped that protracted partial and local surrender negotiations might buy time for troops and refugees in the east to seek refuge from the Red Army, whilst holding open a pocket to provide sanctuary on the west bank of the River Elbe.
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  • Lüneburg had been captured by the British forces on 18 April 1945 and Montgomery established his headquarters at a villa in the village of Häcklingen. A German delegation arrived at his tactical headquarters on the Timeloberg hill on 3 May, having been sent by Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz who had been nominated President and Supreme Commander of the German armed forces by Adolf Hitler in his ‘last will and testament’ on 29 April. Dönitz was aware of the allied occupation zones intended for Germany from a plan had fallen into German hands. He therefore hoped that protracted partial and local surrender negotiations might buy time for troops and refugees in the east to seek refuge from the Red Army, whilst holding open a pocket to provide sanctuary on the west bank of the River Elbe. Dönitz did not think it appropriate to negotiate personally with a Field Marshal as he had become the head of state following the death of Joseph Goebbels. He therefore sent the delegation headed by the new Commander-in-Chief of the German navy Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg. Montgomery refused an initial offer to surrender Army Group Vistula which was being cut off to the east by the Red Army and demanded the unconditional surrender of all forces on his northern and western flanks. The Germans stated that they did not have the authority to accept Montgomery’s terms. However they agreed to return to their headquarters to obtain permission from Dönitz. They returned the next day at 18:00 with an additional delegate (Colonel Fritz Poleck) representing the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. Von Friedeburg was ushered into Montgomery’s command caravan for confirmation that they were ready to sign. For the surrender ceremony Montgomery sat at the head of a table with an army blanket draped over it and two BBC microphones in front of him and he called on each delegate in turn to sign the instrument of surrender document at 18.30. The surrender ceremony was filmed by Pathé News and recorded for broadcast on radio by the BBC with a commentary by the Australian war correspondent Chester Wilmot. CBS correspondent Bill Downs was awarded the National Headliner's Club Award for his broadcast coverage of the surrender after months of following Montgomery's campaign.
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