seeing any signs of a German army. Then they rounded a curve and met a long line of German vehicles. The jeep stopped; the Germans stopped. A German captain asked Burriss what he wanted. He said, ‘I’m here to accept your surrender.’ The German was non-plussed. Behind him were hundreds of tanks and trucks and several thousand troops. In front of him were three men and a jeep. He suggested Burriss must be insane. Burriss replied, ‘Not at all. I have a whole army of paratroopers and tanks behind me,