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U.S. Forces take over German ports. Captured German submarines are shown on the ways of the Atlas Werke in the harbor of Bremen. At the end of the war in Europe, more than 17 U-boats were under construction at this plant, one of the largest submarine building yards in the world. The submarines were built on a mass production basis with each section being joined to other sections at the final launching ...

Giant crane carries German submarine at Bremerhaven. A giant floatig crane carries over the water in the port of Bremerhaven, Germany, a German submarine that was later sunk. It is of the 250-ton class, with three torpedo tubes, and was operated by a crew of 25. Two submarines of this model were in the port.

U.S. forces taken over German ports. Sailors of the U.S. Navy raise the American Flag in the compound of the Navy's advance base at Bremen, Germany, after lowering the Swastika of the Nazi regime. Left to right: C.J. Murphy, seaman, first class, of Newburg, New York; L. Wright, seaman, first class, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, and Dr. R. Debois, bugler, first class, of Milltown, New Jersey.

U.S. soldiers search German homes. U.S. soldiers check identifications papers of German civilians in Bremen, during a through search of all homes in the port city July 21, 1945. The check-up was prepared secretly and made suddenly at 3 o'clock in the morning to prevent the escape or hiding of persons at fault. The search was for firearms, displaces persons in the wrong location, radio transmitters, ...

U.S. Forces take over German ports. The U.S. Black Warrior (left), first of three Allied ships to enter Bremerhaven since the outbreak of war in 1939, is pictured tied up at her berth. German laborers are unloading her cargo of food and equipment for U.S. troops in Germany.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. A member of the 95th Infantry Division, Ninth U.S. Army, examine the bows of two U-boats on the ways at Werfthafen in Bremen. This was one of Germany's largest drydocks and repair and construction yards. When Bremen was taken over by the Allies, 40 submarines were in the yards in various stages of construction and repair.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. A huge spray of water shoots into the air as U.S. Navy personnel explode a German mine in the Übersee Hafen at Bremen to open the dock area for American ships. Mine sweeping and mine demolition work in the Weser River area has been one of the principal tasks of U.S. Navy forces preparatory to throwing open the main ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven to supply U.S. troops ...