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4 unusual facts about Johannes Blaskowitz


History of Wageningen

After almost five years of German occupation, on May 4, 1945, at a farm in the Nude district, on the west side of Wageningen, allied forces led by Canadian General Charles Foulkes, and the German military, under General Johannes Blaskowitz, negotiated the way the German soldiers were obliged to act after the Nazi capitulation.

Hotel de Wereld

The Canadian general Charles Foulkes, Canadian general George Kitching, Prince Bernhard, German general Johannes Blaskowitz and German general Paul Reichelt were present at the negotiation.

On 6 May 1945, the German general Blaskowitz surrendered to the Canadian general Charles Foulkes, which ended the Second World War in the Netherlands.

O Mundo

The hotel where the restaurant is housed was the place where German general Johannes Blaskowitz surrendered to Canadian general Charles Foulkes, ending World War II in the Netherlands.



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