Germany Collection (page 6)

Representatives off Admiral Doenitz and Field Marshall Keitel visited 2nd Army Headquarters and 21st Army Group HQ on 3rd May to ask for surrender terms for the German military forces

A simple wooden plaque marks the spot on Luneberg Heath where the Germans signed the terms of unconditional surrender presented by Field Marshall Montgomery

An air view of devastated Julick, on the road to Cologne, Germany. Bombed by the RAF in what would be the last 6 months of World War Two. Picture taken 24th February 1945

Hamburg in ruins. Germany. The RAF and USaF bombers practically obliterated Hamburg in July and August 1943. These pictures issued in November 1943, show this beyond doubt

Memorial service for murdered victims of Buchenwald, Germany. April 1945

RAF Bomb damage in captured Hanover, Germany. The machsee large lake south of Hanover which has been camouflaged with floating wood slats, strung together, to simulate earth

Surrender of the German armed forces in Italy. On Sunday 29th April 1945 an unconditional surrender document was signed in Caserta, Italy, by two German agents representing General von Vietinghoff

To celebrate 21st Army Groups victory over their German enemies, a salvo of 21 rounds each from 24 3.7 a guns was fired at Field Marshal Montgomerys HQ at 3pm on Saturday 5th May 1945

British Soldiers attack Weeze. British troops fighting their way south eastward between the Ms and the Rhine entered the important German centre of Weeze on 2nd March 1945

The rail tracks at Hamm, Germany. This stretch of railway was a regular target for the Royal Air Force, during World War Two

This photograph, taken by RAF Bomber Command shows the Autobahn Bridge near Mannheim extensively damage after a raid by the Royal Air Force

Aerial view of Julich showing the heavy damage inflicted upon the town. 24th February 1945

A night photograph taken from a RAF bomber while making a heavy attack upon Munster. 1. No flak or searchlights over the target

Bombs falling right across the target during the attack on the oil refinery and fuel storage dump on the West bank of the Rhine at Helden, near Emmerich. Circa 1944

A low level attack on Eschwege Aerodrome (30 miles east of Kassel) is shown in this photograph taken from a Royal Air Force bomber

The Goldenburg power station at Knapsack, near Cologne, Germany under attack. Taken from the mid-upper turret of one of the attacking Bristol Blenheims of No. 2 Group. 12th August 1941

RAF Photo reconnaissance of Kiel after the heavy daylight attack by USaF Flying Fortresses and Liberators on the Germania Shipbuilding Yards on May 14th 1944 It shows: A Two 740 ton U-boats

Photograph taken during the early stages of the raid on the Chemical Plant at Gelsenkirchen. 1. Two fires burning at the centre of the target. 2

The Fortuna power station, near Cologne, Germany under attack. Taken from the mid-upper turret of one of the attacking Bristol Blenheims of No. 2 Group. 12th August 1941

Over 3000 tons of high explosives and incendiary bombs were dropped on the industrial centre of Bochum by Lancasters and Halifaxes of RAF Bomber Command on the night of the 4th/5th November 1944

RAF daylight raid on Cologne 2nd March 1945 which was the last of the 262 air raids the city suffered throughout the war Image shows the Deutz suspension road bridge collapsed following the raid

The main railway station at Munich, considerably damage after a RAF Bomber Command attack on the night. 17th December 1944

RAF Photo Reconnaissance image of the Bielefeld viaduct, following the successful daylight attack by 15 Avro Lancasters of No. 617 Squadron RAF on 14 March 1945

Flying Fortresses and Liberator bombers of the 8th Air Force attack industrial targets on the south west edge of Berlin. Circa March 1944

An example of the devastating effect the Allied air assault on German oil targets. This RAF photo reconnaissance was taken shortly after RAF Bomber Command attacked the oil refinery at Misburg

Bombs from a Bristol Blenheim of No. 2 Group fall over the junction of the main lines from Munster and Hamburg to Dortmund, in the marshalling yard at Hamm, Germany

Bomb craters can be seen severing the central platform of the railway station at Visselhovede (west of Soltau, north of Hanover)

RAF Photo Reconnaissance image showing extensive damage to the Siemens and Halske plant in the Siemensstadt area of Berlin following a raid on the German capital by RAF Bomber Command on the night

A aerial view taken during a night attack on the Westhafen docks, Berlin. On the night of 7-8 October 1940, 42 aircraft of Nos

RAF Photo Reconnaissance image of damage to the Franz Clouth Rubber Works in Cologne following a heavy night raid by RAF Bomber Command. A Sheds burnt out, only a few walls remain

RAF Photo Reconnaissance image of the damage inflicted on the Charlottenburg short wave radio transmitting station in Berlin, Several buildings have suffered damage. Circa April 1944

RAF Photo Reconnaissance image taken after a heavy raid on the Krupps Workd at Essen by RAF Bomber Command on the night of 5th/6th March 1943

Quadrath / Fortuna power station, near Cologne, under attack by Bristol Blenheim of No
Quadrath/Fortuna power station, near Cologne, under attack by Bristol Blenheim of No. 2 Group. Photograph show a direct hit on the coal handling plant 12th August 1941

Damage to the important railway station and junction of Soltau, north of Hanover. 22nd February 1945

Air photograph of Hamburg on the day of its surrender. This picture was taken by an RAF photographer three minutes after surrender time. The city was devastated, apparently deserted

R. A. F. bomb damage to Hanover. Here civilians loot the rail yards. 11th April 1945
R.A.F. bomb damage to Hanover. Here civilians loot the rail yards. 11th April 1945

Royal Air Force raid on Kiel harbour. December 1940

U-boat Under Attack, North Sea, Our Picture Shows... the periscope of an enemy submarine is sighted in the North Sea by a Coastal Command Aircraft

British Auxiliary Territorial Service women given the rank of gunner and now attached to the Royal Artillery (RA) regiment of heavy antiaircraft Mixed Battery Unit in Belgium

British Coastal Aircraft attacks U Boat, for first publication evening newspapers, Saturday 27th December 1941, Our Picture Shows... Machine gun fire concentrated on the conning tower of the U-boat

Three American Army T2 tank retrievers were used to pull a ditched tank destroyer back on to the road near Monschau in Germany after it slid from the roadway to avoid a collision with a jeep

German civilians stand and stare in awe, heads bowed as they watch Palm Sunday services being conducted by Army Chaplain for tank infantrymen

The first official RAF picture of the German capital city of Berlin since its fall at the end of the Second World War. It was taken on a low flying Mosquito of the RAF

Picture shows a peaceful scene at the Siegfried Line. The Siegfried Line, known in German as the Westwall, was a German defensive line built during the 1930s opposite the French Maginot Line Picture

River crossings by US troops. 26th March 1945

The last span of the two span autobahn bridge has been demolished and has fallen into the river at its east obstructing normal river traffic and operations are in progress to relieve the obstruction

Berlin, Germany under Allied occupation. German civilians watch the entry of British forces into Berlin. 4th June 1945

Aerial reconnaissance image taken over Mainz, Germany, by No. 3 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, showing the area north of the Gutenbergplatz prior to the night raids by Bomber Command on 11/12

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