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Female SS guards made to bury victims of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany, 28 Apr 1945	Franklin anchored in New York Harbor, New York, United States, 28 Apr 1945

Soviet and US officers at Torgau, a city on the Elbe River, Germany, 28 Apr 1945; note left Soviet officer's TT-33, center Soviet captain's Luger in belt, right US Lieutenant Dwight Brooks's holstered Colt 1911 and in-hand Walther P38	USS Franklin in New York Harbor, New York, United States, 28 Apr 1945

USS Franklin in New York Harbor, New York, United States, circa 28 Apr 1945; note Manhattan skyline in background	USS Franklin sailing past USS Marblehead in New York Harbor, New York, United States, 28 Apr 1945

Bodies of Nicola Bombacci, Benito Mussolini, Claretta Petacci, Alessandro Pavolini, and Achille Starace on display at Milan, Italy, 29 Apr 1945	General Otto Fretter-Pico of German 148th Infantry Division in Brazilian custody, Fornovo di Taro, Italy, circa 29 Apr 1945

Karl Renner walking to the Parliament building, flanked by Soviet officers, Vienna, Austria, 29 Apr 1945	Kaufering Concentration Camp, southern Germany, 29 Apr 1945

Liberated prisoners killing German guards at Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 29 Apr 1945	Prisoners celebrating the arrival of United States Army troops, Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 29 Apr 1945

Prisoners celebrating, Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 29 Apr 1945; note female prisoners in foreground	Prisoners from Dachau on a forced march along Nördliche Münchner Street in Grünwald, Germany toward camps deeper in Germany as Allied forces closed in, 29 Apr 1945

Spectacular photo showing the moment a VT Proximity Fuze detonated a 5-inch shell nearly in the face of an attacking pilot, 29 Apr 1945, Kerama Retto near Okinawa, Japan. The ship is seaplane tender USS St. George.	SS-Untersturmführer Heinrich Wicker (mostly hidden behind aide) speaking with US General Henning Linden, Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 29 Apr 1945; also present were journalist Paul Levy (with helmet, looking down), Dr. Victor Maurer (facing away)

US Army troops executing German SS guards at Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 29 Apr 1945	USS San Diego assisting USS Haggard after the latter was hit by Japanese special attack, off Okinawa, Japan, 29 Apr 1945

A Marine of the US 1st Marines Division pointed his Thompson submachine gun at a Japanese sniper, Okinawa, Japan, Apr-Jun 1945	An American soldier standing beside the bodies of SS personnel shot by US troops during the liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 29-30 Apr 1945