The Snapshots in Time Collection

Verso of Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph, Bremen, 2 May 1945

Verso of Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph, Bremen, 2 May 1945

Reverse of a WWII Allied aerial reconnaissance photograph of Bremen, Germany, dated 2 May 1945 -- six days before the German surrender. Intelligence annotations identify the shipyard harbor (Werft Hafen) and commercial harbor district visible in the corresponding aerial view, part of the photographic record compiled during the final Allied advance into Germany. Project: 218448