Surrender of the Nazi German Navy to the Allies (1945)

An unfinished ship at the Bremen shipyard in 1945. The ship's bell.

Panorama of an unfinished passenger liner.

British officers board a captured German submarine, the submarine's commander greets them.

The British inspect the conning tower and surface armament of the submarine.

The captured German submarine is heading to Portland in the surface position (above).

The commander of the German submarine stands, holding on to the rails of the conning tower, during the approach to Portland.

The navigation and machine gun platform of the submarine entering the port.

The German submarine in the port.

Officers from the crew of the German submarine going ashore, accompanied by British military personnel.

The transfer of the German submarine to representatives of the British Navy.

British military and officers of the submarine on the deck.

British military inspect the captured submarine.

British military descend into the submarine.

German officers say goodbye to the former submarine commander before going ashore.

Pipeline on the pier.

Captured German officers enter the building of the former yacht club.

Views of the British port (from on board the submarine).

British admiral receives the report of the German submarine commander.

Soldiers of one of the Scottish regiments on the pier.

The unit goes ashore to the sounds of bagpipes.

Soldiers with the British flag.

Panorama and views of ruins.

Destroyed port buildings.

The head of the Flensburg government, Grand Admiral Doenitz, gets into a car.

German sentries at the entrance to the residence of the Flensburg government in May 1945. The car stops under the barrier.

Allied troops in Flensburg.

A unit of the Flensburg government troops passes by.

Ceremony of accepting the surrender of the Flensburg government troops.

Officers of the Scottish units approach the officers of the capitulated army.

Doenitz approaches the officers of the capitulated units.