German surrender of a JagdTiger equipped company of the 512th Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion ( 512th sJgdPzAbt) at Iserlohn, Germany. The company was under the command of Knights Cross holder Hauptmann Albert Ernst and he chose to surrender the town and his unit to the Americans rather then see its destruction. German soldiers pile their arms and ammunition on the ground in the Iserlohn town square, including Panzerfaust anti-tank weapons and Bordwaffen vehicle machine guns. German tiger tanks loaded with German soldiers, German armored trucks, and German personnel carriers move slowly through Town Square to surrender to the troops of the US Army 99th Infantry Division. Buildings in the background. Civilians watch as German soldiers pass. Several civilians wave.
Surrender of the 512th Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion ( 512th sJgdPzAbt) at Iserlohn, Germany. German tank soldiers stand in formation. Tank Commander Lieutenant Hauptmann Albert Ernst (a Knight's Cross holder) surrenders to an officer of the US Army 99th Infantry Division. German soldier surrendering a Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon. Convoy of trucks loaded with German prisoners. German soldiers load into the trucks under supervision of US soldiers. The 512th was equipped with Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B Jagdtiger (Sd. Kfz. 186) Tank Destroyers.
Surrender of German 512th Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion at Iserlohn, Germany. German JagdTiger tank destroyers and other German vehicles including armored trucks and personnel carriers loaded with German troops. The tank destoyers move on the streets of Iserlohn bound for the town square. Civilians watch the troops. Buildings in the background. The German troops surrender at Town Square. German soldiers leave their vehicles and line up in the square. They create piles of smaller arms including pistols, machine guns, and Panzerfaust anti-tank weapons.
Surrender of German unit at Iserlohn, Germany. The German troops of the 512th Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion, equipped with JagdTiger Tank Destroyers surrender to US soldiers at the Iserlohn Town Square. German soldiers leave their vehicles and line up in square. German soldiers stand at the square. The Battalion commander, Lieutenant Hauptmann Albert Ernst stands in center of square and addresses his troops with surrender instructions. They surrender their arms. Buildings of Iserlohn town squre in the background.