German Forces

POW's camp France

Some of the 20,000 Germans south of the Loire River, France,General Erich Elster who were surrendered his troops to General Macon of the U.S. Ninth Army and to General Weyland, Commanding General of the XIX Tactical Air Command, on September 16, 1944. The formal surrender, which took place on the Beaugency Bridge, was largely the result of a campaign of isolation by XIX TAC fighter-bombers