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A French Jew at a subcamp of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp, Nordhausen, Germany, Apr 1945	A group of US Navy flight nurses walking away from a Douglas R5D Skymaster aircraft, Guam, Marianas, Apr 1945

A Marine Corps F4U Corsair flying over Marine ground troops during a close air ground support training exercise, 1945. Note M1 Rocket Launcher (or ‘Bazooka’) and M2 Flame Thrower.	A pile of human remains at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, near Weimar, Germany, Apr 1945

Aachen in ruins, Germany, Apr 1945, photo 1 of 3	Aachen in ruins, Germany, Apr 1945, photo 2 of 3

Aachen in ruins, Germany, Apr 1945, photo 3 of 3	Aerial view of Tokashiki Island, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Aerial view of USS Makin Island off Okinawa, Japan, 1945; note FM-2 Wildcat and TBM Avenger aircraft on the flight deck	American analysis of bombing damage upon Tokyo, Japan, 1945

American and French troops east of the Rhine River, Germany, 1945	American Marines examined the wreck of a G4M bomber at one of Iwo Jima's two operational airfields, Mar-Apr 1945

American soldiers inspecting a crematorium stuffed with several bodies, location unknown, Apr 1945	Australian Destroyer HMAS Nizam alongside carrier USS Shangri-La for refueling, April 1945. Note Corsairs of Air Group 85 spotted on the flight deck.

B-17G 'Big Yank' of the 483rd Bomber Group, circa 1945	British aircraft carriers Victorious, Formidable, Unicorn, Indefatigable, and Indomitable, comprising the carrier component of Task Force 57, at anchor in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, Apr 1945.

C-47 aircraft at Lashio Airfield, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945; photo taken by personnel of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)	C-47 aircraft taking off at Lashio Airfield, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945; photo taken by personnel of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)

Cathedral at Cologne, Germany with the collapsed Deutz Suspension Bridge beyond, Mar 1945.	Civilians, Germany, Apr 1945