FULL SURRENDER OF GERMAN FLEET. 7 TO 9 MAY 1945, ON BOARD THE BRITISH CRUISER HMS BIRMINGHAM ON PASSAGE TO AND ON ARRIVAL IN COPENHAGEN. IN COPENHAGEN THE LAST REMNANTS OF THE GERMAN FLEET INCLUDING THE POWERFUL CRUISERS PRINZ EUGEN AND NURNBERG, CAME UNDER THE GUNS OF THE ROYAL NAVY. THE BRITISH WARSHIPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN H W WILLIAMS, RN, IN THE CRUISER BIRMINGHAM, STEAMED FOR 2 DAYS, FORCING A PASSAGE THROUGH GERMAN MINEFIELDS IN THE SKAGGERAK AND KATTEGAT TO REACH COPENHAGEN. - Ratings and Marines of BIRMINGHAM's crew throwing cigarettes to Danish sightseers

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