Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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The schoolhouse in Reims, France used by Eisenhower as the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF). This is also where the first German surrender was signed on 7 May 1945.	View of the conning tower of USS Barb, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 7 May 1945; note USS Sunfish in background

Female members of the German military in a prisoner of war camp for women at Regensburg, Germany, 8 May 1945	German Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, and Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg at the surrender ceremony at Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany, 8 May 1945. Photo 2 of 2

Marshall, Leahy, and King announcing victory over Europe, Washington DC, 8 May 1945	Men of the US Army 77th Infantry Division at Okinawa, Japan listening to radio reports for the German surrender, 8 May 1945

Wilhelm Keitel signing surrender documents at the Soviet headquarters near Berlin, Germany, 8 May 1945	African-American troops read President Truman's Proclamation of Victory in Europe, Burma, 9 May 1945

Augusta off Portland, Maine, United States, 9 May 1945	Liberty parties returning from Honolulu board LCVPs in Pearl Harbor to return to their ships, 9 May 1945. The LCVPs are from attack transports USS Hyde, USS Colusa, and USS Effingham.

Citizens of Ludwigslust, Germany made aware of the atrocities at a nearby concentration camp, May 1945	Leading petty officers of US Navy's new African-American logistics companies, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 10 May 1945; front: Chase, Perry; rear: Vaultz, Williams, Beech, Cook

US Marine Private First Class Paul E. Ison running through Japanese fire at 'Death Valley', Okinawa, Japan, 10 May 1945	Carrier Bunker Hill burning after first special attack, off Okinawa, Japan, 11 May 1945

Carrier USS Bunker Hill burning after the second special attack off Okinawa, Japan, 11 May 1945	Destroyer HMS Malcolm approaching German submarine U-541 after the U-Boat surrendered pursuant to Germany’s surrender terms, 11 May 1945 off Portugal, photographed from a PBY from VPB-63.

Front: Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower, Bradley, Hodges, Gerow. Back: Stearley, Vandenburg, Smith, Weiland, and Nugent. 12th Army Group Headquarters Bad Wildungen, Germany, 11 May 1945	German citizens made aware of the atrocities at a nearby prisoners of war camp for captured Soviets, Suttrop, Germany, May 1945

Marc Mitscher and Arleigh Burke aboard USS Enterprise, 11 May 1945	The USS Bunker Hill, already burning from one special attack aircraft, is struck by another off Okinawa, 11 May 1945. Note cruiser USS Wilkes-Barre at left.