German surrender of Cherbourg, on June 26, 1944.

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Major-General Joseph Lawton Hakes, commander of the US VII Corps recieves the surrender of Cherbourg from Generalleutnant Karl Wilhelm von Schlieben and Konteradmiral Walter Hennecke.

General von Schlieben spent the rest of the war in "Island Farm" POW camp, after being transported to the UK on LST-312.

http://www.islandfarm.fsnet.co.uk/