A German patrol enters Belgrade
In the early evening of 12 April, SS-Hauptsturmführer Fritz Klingenberg led a small patrol of the 2nd SS Division across the Danube in captured craft and entered Belgrade ahead of the main armoured formations. At 17:00 the patrol raised the German flag at the German legation. Roughly two hours later, municipal representatives surrendered the city to the German representatives present. Organised military defence inside Belgrade had largely dissolved as Yugoslav headquarters and field formations withdrew or lost communication. The patrol’s entry settled the immediate question of control inside the city,…
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