Germany & Austria 1945
Saalfelden — the surrender basin
Town
GuideGermany & Austria 1945
AreaAustria — Zell am See, Kaprun & Mauthausen
TypeTown
Time to allow30 min
LocationRight area — the exact spot is uncertain
GPS47.42700, 12.84800
The story
The wide valley where German units marched in to surrender to the 506th in May 1945, and where a German surgeon saved Sgt. Grant's life.
What to look for
The Steinernes Meer above the town is the backdrop to the surrender photographs.
Nearby sites
- Grand Hotel Zell am See — regimental HQ · 12 km
- Zell am See — lake promenade · 12 km
- Kaprun — village and castle · 18 km
- Königssee · 21 km
- Berchtesgaden — town and the Berchtesgadener Hof site · 25 km
- Kehlsteinhaus — the Eagle's Nest · 25 km
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Easy Company: Germany & Austria
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the last months of the war in Europe: the Rhine, Bavaria with Landsberg, Dachau and Munich, Berchtesgaden and the Eagle's Nest, and Austria, where Easy Company ended its war at Zell am See and Kaprun.
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