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Dwight Eisenhower inspecting Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, Thuringia, Germany, 12 Apr 1945; note George Patton in crowd about a quarter of the way from the left of the photograph	Field Marshal Lord Archibald Wavell, Viceroy of India, and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery during a visit to Montgomery’s headquarters in Germany, 12 Apr 1945.

George Patton, Omar Bradley, and Walton Walker touring the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, Gotha, Germany, 12 Apr 1945	Harry Truman being sworn in as the President of the United States, White House, Washington DC, United States, 12 Apr 1945

Patton and Bradley at the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp in Thuringia, Germany, 12 Apr 1945	Patton arriving at the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp in Thuringia, Germany, 12 Apr 1945

Patton preparing to depart from the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp in Thuringia, Germany, 12 Apr 1945	Survivors of Ohrdruf Concentration Camp demonstrating a method of torture they were subjected, Thuringia, Germany, 12 Apr 1945; Alois Liethe (mustached) was interpretor to Eisenhower

US Generals Eisenhower and Bradley examining a suitcase of German loot stored in the Merkers salt mine, Germany, 12 Apr 1945	US Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, and Eddy and Colonel Bernard Bernstein touring the Merkers salt mine in which treasures were stored, 12 Apr 1945

Funeral procession of Roosevelt, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, United States, 14 Apr 1945	The Ship’s Chaplain leads a memorial service for President Franklin D Roosevelt on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, c. Apr 15 1945.

Audie Murphy's Croix de Guerre citation, 16 Apr 1945	Journalist Ernie Pyle shortly after being killed on Iejima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, 18 Apr 1945

Funeral service for Ernie Pyle, Okinawa, Japan, 20 Apr 1945	Telegram taken from Adolf Hitler’s bunker in Berlin, Germany addressed to Hitler from Göring dated 23 Apr 1945. According to Speer, Bormann used this telegram to finish turning Hitler against Göring.

Adolf Hitler decorating Hitler Youth members, Berlin, Germany, 25 Apr 1945	Australia's delegation to the United Nations Conference, San Francisco, California, United States, 25 Apr 1945; note Frank Forde and H. V. Evatt seated in center

Bodies of Nicola Bombacci, Benito Mussolini, Claretta Petacci, Alessandro Pavolini, and Achille Starace on display at Milan, Italy, 29 Apr 1945	American leaders at Okinawa, Japan: Spruance, Nimitz, and Buckner, circa May 1945