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.
USS Guadalcanal escort carrier captures German U boat-505 while underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. A motor whale boat along the side of USS Guadalcanal as a patient in a stretcher being hoisted aboard the ship. Island of USS Guadalcanal with five German flags marked on it. A motor whale boat heads towards the ship. The motor whale boat along the side the ship as a German U boat-505 crew member climbs up a Jacob's ladder. German crew comes down a catwalk on the deck of the escort carrier. The motor whale boat underway. It is alongside USS Guadalcanal as men climb up a Jacob's ladder. The bridge of USS Guadalcanal with five German flags marked on it. Three destroyer escorts underway. A motor whale boat underway. A destroyer escort on the horizon. The captain of USS Guadalcanal leans over the side of the flying bridge. German U boat-505 underway at sea. Bow and conning tower of the U boat. USS Guadalcanal attempts to come along side the U boat. Men on the signal bridge of the ship. U boat -505 and a motor boat at sea.
British destroyers battle German U boats and aircraft in North Atlantic during World War II. Depth charges launched by destroyers. One German aircraft downed. One British destroyer is torpedoed and seriously damaged. Crew abandons ship, except for volunteer crewmen who bring the stricken vessel safely to port.
German U-boats surrender to United States Forces in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Wrecked submarines and ships at a ship yard. Prefabricated submarines at Raymond shipyard in Bremen, Germany. German submarine U-858 underway towards Cape May, New Jersey after its crew surrendered to United States officers in the Atlantic Ocean. Men on the deck of the U boat while underway at sea. Men at a dock. Another U boat U-805 being brought to Portsmouth, New Hampshire after it surrendered to the Americans. Crew of the U boat before being taken to the Portsmouth Naval Prison. The captain of the German U boat.
Eminent prisoners held in Nazi German prison camps in Germany are seen being released after the Allied victory during World War II. Snow covered Alps in Germany. A villa in the mountains. Eminent prisoners released from German camps include wife of Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg, the Baroness Schuschnigg, industrialist Fritz Thyssen, Prince Leopold of Prussia, German General Franz Halder, Anti-Nazi Pastor Martin Niemöller, Allied pilots, Lieutenant John Winant (son of American Ambassador to England), Lord George Lascelles, the nephew of King George VI, John Alexander Elphinstone, Michael Alexander, and Max de Hamel, cousin of Winston Churchill. Scene changes to Magdeburg, Germany where German General Kurt Dittmar,a Nazi radio broadcaster (Official Military Commentator of the German Armed Forces), together with his son, young soldier Berend Dittmar, surrenders to American soldiers of the U.S. Army 117th Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, on April 25, 1945.
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.
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