German submarine U-234, after her surrender and capture by the U.S. Forces in Portsmouth, New Hampshire at the conclusion of World War 2 in Europe. U-234 underway on the surface with YT (tugboats) alongside. Portsmouth Lighthouse in the background. The submarine surfaces and is flanked by the tugboats. The submarine crew members stand on a dock while American sailors guard them with rifles. German Major General Ulrich Kessler and other officers exit a U.S. Coast Guard cutter via a gangway. The officers walk along the dock at Portsmouth. German prisoners walk along the dock. The prisoners carry their gear as they come onto the dock. U-234 had been carrying plans for advanced weapon systems and uranium oxide, and had been bound for Japan.
Pillboxes being bombed in Germany a month after the end of World War II, in Europe. U.S. Army Air Force aircraft drop demolition bombs and napalm incendiary bombs on hardened German hilltop fortifications. Explosions, fire, and smoke rise from the bombed areas.
German Hilltop fortifications and related ground targets being bombed by U.S. Army Air Forces P-47s a month after the end of World War 2 in Europe. A U.S. Army Air Force field grade officer and a sergeant on the ground, both wearing steel helmets. Another U.S. field grade officer, also wearing a steel helmet. Both officers wear Air Force pilot's wings. They communicate with P-47 aircraft via radio. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts drop demolition bombs on the hilltop fortifications. P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drop napalm incendiary bomb on an installation below the hill. Smoke and fire rises.
The damaged Tiergarten zoo in Berlin, Germany due to Allied bombings during World War II. Views shortly after the war ended in Europe. A wrecked lion cage. A child in the foreground. Monkeys jump on rocks. A group of men, women and children at the zoo as they look at animals. Damaged church spire of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, or Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, with a monkey in the foreground. View of the large damaged Tiergarten Flakturm, an anti aircraft flak tower sometimes called the zoo bunker or zoobunker. Damaged cages with debris in the foreground. A baboon somersaults as officers and children look on and a boy throws food to the baboon.
Area being bombed in Germany after the Allied victory in Europe during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force Major and an Electrician's Mate. The Electrician's Mate looks through binoculars. A U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drops bombs and an explosion occurs. P-47 aircraft drop bombs outside a German village as smoke and fire rise. The target area on fire due to the bombings. U.S. Army Air Force Major and the Electrician's Mate as the Major directing the bombing by handheld radio. The Electrician's Mate looks through binoculars. The P-47s drop napalm incendiary bombs over positions near farm land outside a German town. Smoke and fire rise.
Allied troops advance towards Cologne in World War II, Germany. Map depicts Allied invasion of Western Europe and advance towards Germany. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of UK Winston Churchill, and Soviet President Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta conference in Livadia Palace, Crimea, Russia. British Marshal Bernard Montgomery is seen consulting with General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley. A group of American Sherman tanks firing their guns from a field. A building collapsing from shellfire. American troops firing truck-mounted machine guns equipped with huge enclosed drums of ammunition Glimpse of surrendering German soldiers running toward the camera. Barrages from rocket launchers. British soldiers running into a town with shells bursting and fires burning. An American soldier running behind two German soldiers he is taking as prisoners. US Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft diving to attack. View from cockpit of an aircraft flies through an explosion and fireball. Tanks and infantry advancing and firing. A U.S. P-51 fighter plane with white striped wings flies overhead. American troops riding in an M3 half-track. British soldiers manning a gun. Bombardier in a U.S. bomber bent over his bomb sight. View from aircraft of bombs bursting on the ground raising huge smoke clouds. More German soldiers running forward to surrender. Canadian soldiers moving forward through flooding waters. Canadian Commanding General Henry Crerar is seen with an aide. Canadian troops descending a hill into a town and fighting in the streets. Canadian troops firing mortars and artillery. American armor and infantry occupying a German suburb of Cologne. A woman hangs a large white flag from upper window of her house. Destroyed houses and German soldiers running with their hands held up. U.S. troops entering city of Cologne, with Cathedral in the background. Sherman tank moving toward the Cologne Cathedral.