Photos Taken on 20 Apr 1945 | World War II Database


An American soldier observed the destruction of an industrial town near Nürnberg, Germany, 20 Apr 1945	An oil tank explosion at Deggendorf harbor, Bavaria, Germany after an aerial bombardment by A-20 Havoc aircraft of US 426th Bomb Group, 20 Apr 1945

Armorers equipping a F4F Wildcat fighter with HVAR rockets aboard USS Anzio, 20 Apr 1945 off Okinawa.	B-24M Liberator, pathfinder aircraft for the 707th Bomb Squadron, drops a smoke marker as well as its bomb load on the rail junction at Mühldorf, Germany, Apr 20 1945 (Hitler’s birthday).

Bob Christensen, Jim Bough, L. D. Smith, and Frank Schwartz manning the arresting gear controls aboard USS Anzio, 20 Apr 1945	Funeral service for Ernie Pyle, Okinawa, Japan, 20 Apr 1945

German Volkssturm soldier with Panzerschreck launcher, near Berlin, Germany, late Apr 1945	Men fusing bombs aboard USS Anzio, 20 Apr 1945

Soviet BM-13 Katyusha rocket launchers firing on Berlin, Germany, Apr 1945	Two wrecked M4 Sherman tanks at Bloody Ridge, destroyed by Japanese artillery, Okinawa, Japan, 20 Apr 1945