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...soldiers were now surrendering by the tens of thousands. Two days after Hitler's suicide, all German forces in Italy gave up. On May 4 all Wehrmacht troops in northwestern Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands surrendered to the British. On May 5 and 6 Doenitz sent Admiral Hans von Friedeburg and General Alfred Jodl to negotiate complete surrender to Eisenhower. The Germans' only goal now was to yield as much territory and as many troops as possible to the Western Allies rather than the Soviets. Eisenhower refused any deal and told the Germans that "unless they instantly ceased all pretense...
Generals Keitel and Stumpff and Admiral Friedeburg were helping Grand Admiral Donitz perform the formalities of surrender and perpetuate the German myth (see above...
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