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. - Dense crowds packing the quayside to see the British warships. Nearest is the BIRMINGHAM, next is the
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. - Dense crowds packing the quayside to see the British warships. Nearest is the BIRMINGHAM, next is the destroyer ZODIAC, and in the distance is the cruiser DIDO and the destroyers ZEST, ZEPHYR and ZEALOUS. ,
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