- Lieutenant Wilhelm Dege is thought to be the final German soldier to succumb to allied forces after World War Two
- He and a team of 11 were stationed in the North Pole after the war ended and battling polar bears became the norm
- After being told to ditch their camp, they were marooned with only a rowing boat until a Norwegian ship appeared
- He was befriended by the captain having offered him coffee and schnapps, but the captain had been sent to get him
- After a slightly awkward exchange, Dege handed over his pistol, becoming the last ever German soldier to do so
- Eckbart Dege, 74, has told the story of his father, which has previously gone relatively unnoticed outside Germany
The last Nazi to surrender in WW2: Incredible untold story of the final German soldier to hand over his pistol after spending the war battling polar bears in an Arctic weather station
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