 Strong became Head of the German Section at MI14 in August 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War . He commanded the 4th / 5th Battalion , Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1941 , before becoming Brigadier General Staff ( BGS ) for Intelligence at Home Forces in 1942 . In March 1943 , Strong was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence ( G @-@ 2 ) at General Dwight D. Eisenhower 's Allied Force Headquarters ( AFHQ ) . He attended the Italian peace negotiations . In May 1944 he joined Eisenhower 's Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ( SHAEF ) , and played a leading part in the negotiations for the unconditional surrender of Germany in 1945 . 
