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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Five years ago you were posting articles about German panzers crossing the Meuse. Has it really been that long?


10 posted on 05/15/2015 7:16:58 AM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: henkster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poljana

Battle of Poljana

The Battle of Poljana (Monday May 14 – Tuesday May 15, 1945) was a battle of World War II in Yugoslavia. It started at Poljana, near the village of Prevalje in Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), and was the culmination of a series of engagements between the Yugoslav Partisans and a large retreating Axis column, numbering in excess of 30,000 men. The column consisted of units of the German (Wehrmacht), the Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia, the Montenegrin People’s Army (former Chetniks and the survivors of the Battle on Lijeve field), and Slovene Home Guard forces, as well as other fascist collaborationist factions and even civilians who were attempting to escape into British-controlled Austria. It took place after Nazi Germany officially surrendered on 8 May.

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Just before 9 am on May 14, a significant force of mostly NDH units with some Montenegrin People’s Army and Slovenian Home Guard troops approached Partisan positions at the Šurnik farm near Poljana demanding free passage west. This was refused, and firing commenced on both sides. NDH attacks, including artillery fire support, intensified in the afternoon, evening and overnight, finally ceasing on the morning of 15 May with the arrival of around 20 British tanks. Tense negotiations followed, during which British officers made it abundantly clear that they would not offer protection to the collaborators and that unconditional surrender to the Partisans was the only option. White flags of surrender were finally raised around 4 pm on 15 May.

Casualty estimates by the Partisans were at least 310 NDH and Axis dead in the two main locations of fighting, and 250 wounded. On the Partisan side, losses were considerably lower, numbering fewer than 100 dead and wounded.

The surrender of this last area of Axis resistance 8 days after the official end of World War II in Europe, the surrender of the Germans on Monday 7 May 1945, was the last major battle of World War II in Europe.


11 posted on 05/15/2015 7:28:00 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: henkster

[May 15, 1945], HQ Twelfth Army Group situation map.

http://www.loc.gov/resource/g5701s.ict21345/


12 posted on 05/15/2015 7:29:35 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: henkster

U.S. Congressman On Tour Buchenwald, Germany, 05/15/1945

https://archive.org/details/ADC-4604b


13 posted on 05/15/2015 7:31:34 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: henkster

Surrender Of U-805, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 05/15/1945

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFPpRIZNR18


14 posted on 05/15/2015 7:34:26 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: henkster

29th Inf. Men Go Home, Bremen, Germany, 5/15/1945

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ig-gx5i524


15 posted on 05/15/2015 7:36:08 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: henkster

They sure look like happy campers. Just look at their faces.


16 posted on 05/15/2015 7:37:47 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: henkster; EternalVigilance
From May 15, 1940.

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17 posted on 05/15/2015 8:08:51 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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