Germans surrender in Linz (SFP 186)

US-Troops invaded Austria on May 1st. North and south of the Danube, units of the XII. and XX. Corps of the US Third Army moved in and occupied nearly the whole country in less than a week. Linz was evacuated without a fight. The official surrender of the City to Brigadier General Holbrook was executed by Mayor Franz Langoth. On May 9th, the meeting of US and Soviet troops took place on the Enns. The agreement of the German’s surrender entered into force on May 9th 1945. The Second World War in Europe ende