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American sailors take over German submarine. The American Flag fliles at the tower on the U-858, first German submarine to strike its colors to U.S. forces since Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies was proclaimed on May 8, 1945. Members of an American boarding party who dismantled the vessel's guns and ran up the U.S. Flag, ar on the deck of the U-boat and in the small boat at its side. ...

Tijdens de oorlogsjaren werden ruim 10.000 Nederlandse militairen samengebracht in Engeland of elders. Met de geallieerde bondgenoten zetten zij de strijd voort tegen Duitsland en Japan. Een deel van hen werd ondergebracht bij verschillende luchtmachtonderdelen. De opleidingen vonden niet alleen in Engeland plaats, maar ook in de Verenigde Staten. Luchtmacht in Engeland (parachutisten, piloten, vliegtuigen ...

R.A.F. bomber attacks a German warship. A Bristol Blenheim bomber of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command sights an armed fleet auxiliary of the German Navy in the North Sea. The vessel begins avoiding action (note sudden alterations in the wake) as the Blenheim dives to the attack.

Normandy fishermen sail again. July 26, 1944, was a momentous day in the life of every fisherman in the Cherbourg Peninsula. Half an hour before dawn, the fishing fleet sailed out on masse, the Tricolor fluttering from every boat, free for the first time in four years. Ever since D-Day landings, the Normandy fishermen ha dobeyed the Allied Expeditionary Force order to refrain from fishing for reasons ...

U.S. submarine rescues downed navy flyers. A U.S. Pacific fleet submarine rescues the crew of a Navy plane that was downed in the East China Sea. The men wait aboard their rubber raft. On June 20, 1945, the U.S. Navy announced that its submarines had sunk 1,153 Japanes ships since th eoutbreak of the war, Dec 7, 1941. Of this total, representing well over four and one-half million tons, 167 ships had ...

Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (center), Commander of all German armed forces, col.gen. Hans Jörgen Stumpf, (l), Commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe and Gen.Admiral Hans Georg von Friedeburg (r) Commander-in-chief of the German Fleet, arrive at Berlin to sign unconditional surrender to Russia and Allies.

Normandy fishermen sail again. July 26, 1944, was a momentous day in the life of every fisherman in the Cherbourg Peninsula. Half an hour before dawn, the fishing fleet sailed out on masse, the Tricolor fluttering from every boat, free for the first time in four years. Ever since D-Day landings, the Normandy fishermen ha dobeyed the Allied Expeditionary Force order to refrain from fishing for reasons ...

Allied soldiers and equipment move forward in Normandy. U.S. amered vehicles and trucks carrying men and equipment roll folward from a beachhead on the northern coast of France to the fighting fronts in Normandy. In the background can be seen part of the huge fleet that shuttles between England and France bringing endless supplies and men to swell the Allied strenght that is overwhelming the Germans ...

Graf Spee meets her doom - merchant ship takes off crew. The German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Speeas she left Montevideo to be scuttled by her commander, Captain Langsdorff, who blew up his ship. She was driven to shelter by three British cruisers, and was sent to the bottom rather than meet the Allied Fleet which awaited her outside the port. In background is seen the merchant ship Tacoma, which ...

Trafalgar Day ceremonie bij Nelson's Columtnin Trafalgar Square te Londen. First Sea Lord en Admiral of the Fleet sir Dudley Pound leest het gebed geschreven door Nelson voor Trafalgar. Admiraal sir Lionel Halsy staat achter hem

Een 'Takanami' klasse jager van de Keizerlijke Japanse Marine zonder haar boeg, gefotografeerd vanuit een fotovliegtuig van het vliegkampschip 'Yorktown' op 11 november 1944 Behoort tot een verzameling fotodrukken van oorlogshandelingen en -schade aan vaartuigen van Japan ten tijde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog.