the time. Dunkirk held out until 4 May 1945, just days before the general German surrender, and did not formally capitulate until the 9th. Handbill from Allied aircraft thrown over the positions of German troops in Dunkirk in the month of April or in the very first days of May 1945. Pdf-file in two pages, original recto/verso : Awards and decorations Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class German Cross in Gold (16 September 1944) Marineartillerie-Kriegsabz (30 September 1944) Festung Duenkirchen References Citations Bibliography External links Short biography VHU Praha : handbill also archived in Prague. Document "WARNUNG ! An die deutschen Truppen in Dünkirchen ! ..." Operation Blücher: the Last German Attack in France, April 1945 1895 births 1970 deaths People from Bad Salzuflen People from the Principality of Lippe Vice admirals of the Kriegsmarine German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Recipients of the Gold German Cross Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I Reichsmarine personnel 20th-century Freikorps personnel