WHITE ENSIGN HOISTED OVER KIEL
Symbol Of End Of German Sea Power (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, May 9. The Royal Navy’s White Ensign was hoisted at noon on Tuesday over Germany’s great naval base at Kiel, says the correspondent of Reuter’s at Supreme Headquarters. Thus, this, the symbol of the destruction of German sea power which, it had been boasted, would starve Britain into submission, was hoisted even before Admiral Freideburg had reached Berlin for the signing of the unconditional surrender.
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Southland Times, Issue 25669, 11 May 1945, Page 5
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