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Originally Posted by Nick Beale
Jost to complicate life, my Dad told me that during his Army service 0000 was never used for midnight because if you wrote “0000 on 4 May” you might mean either the midnight of 3/4 May or that of 4/5 May. Hence midnight was always 2359 or 0001.
And a question of my own: I've read that In Czechoslovakia Feldmarschall Schörner demanded that his troops fight on regardless (just before he put on civvies and fled), so combat against the Soviets carried on for some time afterward. What I've never seen is when it actually stopped — does anyoen know?
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Soviet and German troops fought in Prague area until 11th May 1945. A good start to check this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Offensive#9_May
I also remember that a part of the German SS in Courland refused to surrender and try to march to Germany through forests. I remember reading of a battle between one of these groups and Soviet troops on 18th May (from memory).
Regarding the main focus of this forum (air war) a pilot of 400 Sqn RCAF was killed, possibly by Flak, off Denmark on 9 May (see
https://www.airmen.dk/p479.htm) and Soviet aircraft flying war patrols attacked Allied aircraft in error on 9 and 11 May