Key Information
Reference code
PYMAN 5/19
Title
Report on 2 Army, section 3 only, relating to the German surrender at Hamburg, [May 1945]
Date(s)
- [1945 May 3 - 7] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
17pp
Scope and content
Section 3 of a report on 2 Army, entitled 'The final act' relating to the German surrender at Hamburg including draft terms of surrender. With list of towns captured or liberated by 2 Army; statistics of operations of 83 Group RAF; statistics of tanks used; divisions under command of 2 Army Jun 1944 - 5 May 1945; graph showing 2 Army prisoners of war total for Jun 1944 - May 1945 and sketch 'K' of Operations ENTERPRISE, the crossing of the river Elbe between Hamburg and Wittenberg, Germany and VOLCANO carried out by 8 Corps and 18 US Airborne Corps 29 Apr 1945. Typescript, 17pp