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German Military Forces passing the Vistula. Here we see German soldiers passing the Vistula after having broken down the last resistance of the polish artillery.

V1 launching site captured. Dutch civilians showing an RAF-officer one of the three V1 launching sites found in the woods, just behind the front in the Canadian battle area. They were used for the V1 attacks on Antwerp and before leaving the Germans had damaged the equipment. The civilians reported that in the last few weeks of all the V1's fired, less than 50 per cent had worked properly. Several ...

German military forces passing the Vistula. In the lowland of the Vistula the attacks of the Polish artillery were repelled with success and their positions were run down. On the advance towards the Vistula, at left and at right, remainders of the Polish artillery, completely destroyed, were to be seen.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. Three members of the German crew of the huge 52,000-ton German liner Europa repair parts of one of the ship's turbines under supervision of the U.S. Navy shortly before the liner was moved to drydock.

U.S. forces drive germans from Briquebec. American soldiers drive into Briquebec after driving the Germans from the Normandy town. Nazi forces use French villages as strong points in vain effort to stem the advance of the Allies.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. The conning tower of a U-boat sunk by the Germans near the docks in Bremen shows above the water. Although the port was hard hit by Allied bombings, the Germans managed to keep some of the port facilities open.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. Once the pride of German shipping, the former luxury liner Europa starts its trip to a drydock in Bremerhaven after being out of service for five years. Some of the 13 harbor tugs needed to maneuver the 52,000-ton vessel are shown pushing her as civilians and U.S. soldiers stationed in the area watch. The Europa will undergo general overhauling and repairs before ...

U.S. Forces take over German ports. Spectators on shore watch as tugboats begin moving the captured former luxury liner Europa from its berth in Bremerhaven toward drydock one mile and a half away. It will be overhauled and refitted as a troop carrying ship for the U.S. Army.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. Ship workers at the stern of the dry docked Europa scrape barnacles from the rudder and propeller housing. The ship is being overhauled and repaired in Bremerhaven before being converted to a troop transport for the U.S. Army.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. The 52,000-ton Europa lies at a dock in Bremerhaven awaiting removal to drydock, where she will undergo repairs and general overhauling before being converted to a troop transport. She is guarded by U.S. Navy personnel. Built in 1928, the Europa lay idle during the five years of war.

U.S. forces take over German ports. Two German U-boats pens on the Weser River just of Werfthafen show the results of Allied bombings. Each pen rises about 50 feet above the water. The roo, which was to have been 15 feet thick, was never completed because of the bombing.