Capitulation of the German troops in the Netherlands

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On 5th May 1945, General Charles Foulkes, Ⅰ Canadian Corps commander, summoned German General Blaskowitz to the Hotel de Wereld in Wageningen to discuss the surrender of German forces in the Netherlands. His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard, acting as commander in chief of the Dutch Interior Forces, attended the meeting as well. Blaskowitz agreed with all of the proposals made by Foulkes. However, nowhere in the building could a typewriter be found. Thus the surrender document could not be typed. The next day, 6th May, both parties returned, and in the presence of both General Foulkes and Prince Bernhard, Blaskowitz signed the surrender document which in the meantime had been typed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_de_Wereld#World_War_II_background

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