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Admiral Chester Nimitz, third from left, with members of his staff on the lanai of his residence on Guam, 1945.	Adolf Hitler speaking with generals Wilhelm Berlin, Robert von Greim, Franz Reuß, Job Odebrecht, and Theodor Busse at the headquarters of German Army Group Vistula, Mar 1945

At the Naval Hospital at Bethesda Maryland, United States, Captain Dixie Kiefer (center) signs the cast of Captain George Mentz as Captain Thomas Inglis looks on, early 1945.	Brigadier General Franklin Hart and Major General Clifton Cates studying a map, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945

Brigadier General Franklin Hart, Major General Clifton Cates, and an unidentified officer (right, with glasses) at Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945	Captain Edward Steichen, head of the Navy’s combat photography and Director of the Naval Photographic Institute, right, speaking with US Marine Corporal William Damato on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Mar 1945

Clifton Cates in conference with his staff officers and regimental commanders, aboard a ship off Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945	Heinz Guderian presenting awards to German soldiers, Mar 1945

Lieutenant General Helmuth Reymann inspecting defenses, Berlin, Germany, Mar 1945	Lieutenant General Holland Smith congratulating Major General Graves B. Erskine, Iwo Jima, Japan, Mar 1945

Major Vladimir Meretskov and Marshal Kirill Meretskov, Russia, Mar 1945	United States Navy Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, 1945

Vice Admiral Richmond Turner aboard USS Eldorado off Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Mar 1945	General Douglas MacArthur and Philippine President Sergio Osmeña aboard US Navy PT-373 for transportation to Corregidor, 2 Mar 1945.

Joseph Goebbels shaking hands with Hitler Youth member Willi Hübner, who had just received the Iron Cross 2nd Class medal for bravery in combat, East Prussia, Germany, 9 Mar 1945	USS Randolph Captain Felix Baker (pointing) showing Admiral Raymond Spruance damage to the flight deck after a P1Y Ginga special attack bomber crashed into the ship at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 11 Mar 1945.

Jewish chaplain (Rabbi) Captain Manuel Poliakoff of the US Army 29th Infantry Division (center) conducting a memorial service in Schloss Rheydt, the former home of Joseph Goebbels, 18 Mar 1945.	O'Callahan giving last rites to a seriously injured crewman Robert C. Blanchard (who later survived the ordeal) aboard carrier Franklin, 19 Mar 1945

Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith and Colonel Dudley S. Brown surveying wreckages at the Iwo Jima invasion beaches, circa Mar 1945	British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (right) awarding Major General James Gavin (left) of US 82nd Airborne Division the Distinguished Service Order award, Mönchengladbach, Germany, 21 Mar 1945