A German staff officer, wearing the Iron Cross around his neck, stepped to the tent of a U.S. general at 9:50 a.m. on Sunday, May 9, 1943 near Bizerte and said: "What are your terms for surrender?"
"Tell him," the general said to his interpreter, "my terms are unconditional surrender, no sabotage of German equipment and no attempt at evacuation by sea. We will kill all who try to get out."
The emissary and the general's chief of staff, a colonel, carried the terms to the headquarters of Major General Fritz Krause, commander of the...
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