Botho Henning Elster

The surrender of Major General Botho Elster and more than 19,000 German soldiers to the United States Army during World War II took place on 17 September

names: authors list (link) 1944: Botho Henning Elster (German Wikipedia) – a surrender at Beaugency The troops under Elster's command were not an organized

include 7000 front line troops. It was the command of Major General Botho Henning Elster. Macpherson was informed by another Jedburgh leader Captain Arthur

 207. ISBN 978-602-04-3960-0. Elster, W.B. (2005). Die Grenzen des Gehorsams: das Leben des Generalmajors Botho Henning Elster in Briefen und Zeitzeugnissen

bombed by Nazi Germany. On 16 September 1944, German Major General Botho Henning Elster and his 18 850 men and 754 officers surrendered at the Loire bridge