Complex sentence: Following the German surrender on 8 May, 2nd Battalion entered Germany near Osnabrück, provided a detachment for the British guard at the Nuremberg trials and, in August, was transferred to 5th Guards Brigade stationed in Berlin.
Split into simpler sentences: Following the German surrender on 8 May, 2nd Battalion entered Germany near Osnabrück. It provided a detachment for the British guard at the Nuremberg trials, and in August it was transferred to 5th Guards Brigade stationed in Berlin.