{"id":88962,"date":"2024-05-12T04:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=88962"},"modified":"2024-05-11T12:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T16:06:18","slug":"germany-surrenders-ww2-week-298-may-11-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/05\/12\/germany-surrenders-ww2-week-298-may-11-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Surrenders! &#8211; WW2 &#8211; Week 298 &#8211; May 11, 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BBPTD8feXOw?si=RIw5nML-Bm4i5ZKX\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 11 May 2024<\/p>\n<p>Germany signs not one, but two unconditional surrenders and the war in Europe is officially over &#8230; although that does not mean that all the fighting in Europe is, for there is fighting and surrenders all over Europe all week. The Japanese launch a counteroffensive on Okinawa; the Chinese launch one in Western Hunan; the Australians advance on Borneo and New Guinea; and the fight continues on Luzon in the Philippines, so there is still an awful lot of the world war to come, even with the end of the war in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n00:40 The German Surrender<br \/>\n03:23 Fighting And Surrenders In The East<br \/>\n06:53 The Prague Uprising<br \/>\n15:50 The Last Surrenders In Europe<br \/>\n18:42 The Polish Situation<br \/>\n20:25 The War In China And The South Seas<br \/>\n23:17 Summary<br \/>\n24:44 Conclusion<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Timeghost History on Instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory<\/a><br \/>\nSource list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Archive footage: Screenocean\/Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCreative Producer: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Jake McCluskey<br \/>\nWritten by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nResearch by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nMap animations by: Daniel Weiss<br \/>\nMap research by: Sietse Kenter<br \/>\nEdited by: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nArtwork and color grading by: Miko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nColorizations by:<br \/>\nMiko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\nDaniel Weiss<br \/>\nJaris Almazani (Artistic Man), <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/artistic.man\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/artistic.man<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image sources:<br \/>\nMil.ru<br \/>\nN\u00e1rodn\u00ed muzeum<br \/>\nIWM HU 140996<\/p>\n<p>Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:<br \/>\n&#8220;Easy Target&#8221; &#8211; Rannar Sillard<br \/>\n&#8220;Sailing for Gold&#8221; &#8211; Howard Harper-Barnes<br \/>\n&#8220;Rush of Blood&#8221; &#8211; Reynard Seidel<br \/>\n&#8220;Break Free&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;Live, Fight, Survive&#8221; &#8211; Anthony Earls<br \/>\n&#8220;Easy Target&#8221; &#8211; Rannar Sillard<br \/>\n&#8220;The Inspector 4&#8221; &#8211; Johannes Bornl\u00f6f<br \/>\n&#8220;Leave It All Here&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;Weapon of Choice&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;Split Decision&#8221; &#8211; Rannar Sillard<br \/>\n&#8220;United Fronts&#8221; &#8211; Jon Sumner<br \/>\n&#8220;Underlying Truth&#8221; &#8211; Howard Harper-Barnes<br \/>\n&#8220;Let Go of Fear&#8221; &#8211; Howard Harper-Barnes<br \/>\n&#8220;Shrouded in Conspiracy&#8221; &#8211; Jon Bjork<br \/>\n&#8220;Dragon King&#8221; &#8211; Jo Wandrini<br \/>\n&#8220;Sense of Betrayal&#8221; &#8211; Experia<br \/>\n&#8220;Other Sides of Glory&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;Ethos&#8221; &#8211; Johannes Bornlof<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published 11 May 2024 Germany signs not one, but two unconditional surrenders and the war in Europe is officially over &#8230; although that does not mean that all the fighting in Europe is, for there is fighting and surrenders all over Europe all week. 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