Until the end of the war, Army Group Courland (including divisions such as the Latvian Freiwiliger SS Legion)  successfully defended the Courland Peninsula. It held out until May 8, 1945, when it surrendered under Colonel-General Carl Hilpert, the army group's last commander. He surrendered to Marshal Leonid Govorov, the commander of opposing Soviet forces on the Courland perimeter.
Army Group Courland (including divisions like the Latvian Freiwiliger SS Legion) successfully defended the Courland Peninsula until May 8, 1945, when it surrendered under Colonel-General Carl Hilpert, the army group's last commander. He surrendered to Marshal Leonid Govorov, the commander of opposing Soviet forces on the Courland perimeter.