Timeline of the surrender of Axis forces at the end of World War II

This is a timeline showing surrenders of the various fighting groups of the Axis forces that also marked ending time of World War II:

Table of surrenders

Country Forces it applies to Number of soldiers surrendering (if applicable) Commanding Officer Date surrender document signed (if applicable) Date surrender document took effect (if applicable) NotesNetherlandsKampfgruppen "General Seyffardt" of the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland in Halbe, Germany500Jürgen Wagner?May 1May 1Italy/GermanyAll forces of the Italian Social Republic and German land forces under Italian command429,000Maresciallo d'Italia Rodolfo GrazianiApril 29May 2, at 12:00 PMGermanyArmy Group C, in Italy and Western Austrianearly 1,000,000Obergruppenführer Karl WolffApril 29May 2, at 12:00 PMBelgium (Flemish)27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck, at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern6,000?Thomas MüllerMay 2May 2LatviaComponents of the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, south of Schwerin, Germanyc. 4,500Karl BurkMay 2May 2Germany/France/OtherAll forces in Berlin, Germany480,000 (470,970 Germans, 30 French and 9,000 other foreigners)General der Artillerie Helmuth WeidlingMay 2May 2, at 6:00 PMGermanyXXI Army and the Third Panzer Army at Hagenow, Germany300,000General der Infanterie Kurt von Tippelskirch (XXI Army); General der Panzertruppe Hasso von Manteuffel (III Panzer Army)Night of May 2–3May 3 NetherlandsKampfgruppen "de Ruys" of the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland, west of Parchim, Germany500Jürgen Wagner?May 3May 3Germany36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS700NoneMay 3May 3GermanyArmy Group H, in Northwest Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Heligoland, the Frisian Islands, Denmark and other islands near Northwest Germany and remnants of Army Group Vistula in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern880,000Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg and General der Infanterie Eberhard KinzelMay 4May 5, at 8:00 AMInstrument of surrender received by Field-Marshal Montgomery at Lüneburg HeathHungary25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian) and 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian), near Lake Atterseec. 29,606 (19,106 in the 25th, and 10,500 in the 26th)Józef GrassyMay 3–5May 5Part of Army Group HGermanyU-291, U-779, U-883, U-1103, U-1406, U-1407, U-2341 and U-2356257-306? (44-60? on U-291, 48-56? on U-779, 55-64? on U-883, 44-52? on U-1103, 19? on U-1406, 19? on U-1407, 14-18? on U-2341 and 14-18? on U-2356)Hermann Neumeister (U-291), Johann Stegmann (U-779), Johanes Uebel (U-883), Wilhelm Eisele (U-1103), Werner Klug (U-1406), Horst Heitz (U-1407), Hermann Böhm (U-2341) and Friedrich Hartel (U-2356)May 5May 5Surrendered in CuxhavenGermanyU-235114-18?Werner BrücknerMay 5May 5Surrendered in FlensburgGermanyU-143, U-145, U-149, U-150, U-368, U-720 and U-1230236-268? (25? on U-143, 25? on U-145, 25? on U-149, 25? on U-150, 44-60? on U-368, 44-60? on U-720 and 48? on U-1230)Walter Kasparek (U-143),