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American troops in France

American troop

American troops have shut down the German Army recruitment office

German POWs in Paris, August 1944

Merry Christmas Adolph, December 1944

Armored Divisions, sans tanks

Bridge over the Rhine River, 1945

American troops watch a convoy under attack by Germans.

German POWs; 1945

American infantry moving down the road; 1945.

American infantry kneels before destroyed house; Germany; 1945

Berlin 1945

On the command of the Grand Admiral the Wermarcht has stopped the fight which had become hopeless. The struggle lasting almost six years is accordingly at end.

Germany’s Surrender

VE Day, London, May 8, 1945