Under the leadership of Captain J. Breman, the 2nd Engineer Company at Amsterdam has begun recovery operations of very far-reaching scope. Its task is to remove all traffic obstructions in the city of Amsterdam as quickly as possible, including clearance work in the harbor. The work further consists of clearing roadblocks created by the Germans, filling the gaps in the road surface caused by wooden blocks, pumping out flooded cellars, etc. A very special task is the lifting of the lifting cranes on the Javakade, which were blown up by the Germans and deep in the water form a major obstacle for navigation. Before the cranes sunk by the Germans at the Javakade in Amsterdam are lifted, a diver from the Royal Navy goes to investigate, June 1945, divers, ports, navy, military, reconstruction, The Netherlands, 20th century press agency photo, news to remember, documentary, historic photography 1945-1990, visual stories, human history of the Twentieth Century, capturing moments in time
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