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This Nazi General Surrendered German Forces in Italy (and Disobeyed Hitler) As the end of World War II neared, SS Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff began secret negotiations with the Allies to surrender forces in Italy. Here s What You Need to Know: Wolff sensed that the end was near. On the morning of Friday, April 13, 1945, three men gathered at a table in L’Espadon of the Ritz Paris over a breakfast of coffee and croissants. News of the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt the day before was, of course, foremost on everyone’s mind. The man at the center of attention in this group was William Donovan, director of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) from Washington, D.C. The man to whom Donovan was listening was the London station chief, William Casey.

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