00:00Edmondsdorf's final campaign came in March 1945, during the Lake Balaton Offensive in Hungary,
00:07one of Hitler's last desperate attempts to halt the Soviet Red Army.
00:12The operation failed disastrously, and the remnants of Edmondsdorf's corps retreated westward,
00:18hoping to surrender to the Western Allies. When Nazi Germany capitulated in May 1945,
00:26Edmondsdorf was captured by the British. Like many officers of the defeated Wehrmacht,
00:31he expected internment or interrogation by the British or Americans. However, on the 4th of
00:37June 1945, he was handed over to the Yugoslav authorities, who accused him of responsibility
00:43for atrocities committed by German forces in the Balkans. The Yugoslav partisans, led by Josip
00:51Bras Tito, were carrying out swift retribution against occupying forces and collaborators.
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