Editing Hamburg (section)

===Post-war history===
[[File:Phb dt 8107 CTA.jpg|thumb|Container Terminal at the Port of Hamburg]]
The city was surrendered to [[British Armed Forces|British Forces]] on 3 May 1945, in the [[Capture of Hamburg|Battle of Hamburg]],<ref>Ortwin Pelc, Kriegsende in Hamburg, Hamburg 2005</ref> three days after [[Adolf Hitler]]'s death. After the [[Second World War]], Hamburg formed part of the [[Allied-occupied Germany|British Zone of Occupation]]; it became a state of [[West Germany]] in 1949.

On 16 February 1962, a [[North Sea flood of 1962|North Sea flood]] caused the Elbe to rise to an all-time high, inundating one-fifth of Hamburg and killing more than 300 people.

The [[inner German border]] – only {{convert|50|km|mi|-1}} east of Hamburg – separated the city from most of its hinterland and reduced Hamburg's global trade. Since [[German reunification]] in 1990, and the accession of several Central European and [[Baltic region|Baltic]] countries into the [[European Union]] in 2004, the [[Port of Hamburg]] has restarted ambitions for regaining its position as the region's largest deep-sea port for container shipping and its major commercial and trading centre.