Adolf Hitler decorating Hitler Youth members, Berlin, Germany, 25 Apr 1945American 2nd Lt. William Robertson and Russian Lt. Alexander Sylvashko met near Torgau, Germany, 25 Apr 1945American soldier guarding a corner of a German prisoners of war camp near Remagen, Germany, 25 Apr 1945Australia
Adolf Hitler decorating Hitler Youth members, Berlin, Germany, 25 Apr 1945American 2nd Lt. William Robertson and Russian Lt. Alexander Sylvashko met near Torgau, Germany, 25 Apr 1945American soldier guarding a corner of a German prisoners of war camp near Remagen, Germany, 25 Apr 1945Australia's delegation to the United Nations Conference, San Francisco, California, United States, 25 Apr 1945; note Frank Forde and H. V. Evatt seated in center
Marinship Company president Stephen Bechtel, Sr., left, and HRH Prince Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and his party boarding the tanker Tamalpais at the Marinship yard, Sausalito, California, 25 Apr 1945.Marinship Company president Stephen Bechtel, Sr., left, and HRH Prince Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and his party touring the Marinship yard, Sausalito, California, United States, 25 Apr 1945.PV-1 Ventura aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-125 taking off from Natal, Brazil, 25 Apr 1945; note PB4Y-1 Liberator bombers in backgroundRussian soldiers with PPSh-41 submachine guns entering the Frankfurter Allee station in Berlin, Germany, late-Apr 1945
Marinship Company president Stephen Bechtel, Sr., left, and HRH Prince Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and his party boarding the tanker Tamalpais at the Marinship yard, Sausalito, California, 25 Apr 1945.Marinship Company president Stephen Bechtel, Sr., left, and HRH Prince Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and his party touring the Marinship yard, Sausalito, California, United States, 25 Apr 1945.PV-1 Ventura aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-125 taking off from Natal, Brazil, 25 Apr 1945; note PB4Y-1 Liberator bombers in backgroundRussian soldiers with PPSh-41 submachine guns entering the Frankfurter Allee station in Berlin, Germany, late-Apr 1945
Ulm Münster standing amongst devastation, Ulm, Germany, 25 Apr 1945US 69th Infantry Division Captain Hans Trefousse posing with a SdKfz 165 self-propelled gun that he had captured by persuading the German crew to surrender on 25 Apr 1945, near Wurzen, Sachsen, GermanyUS Army African-American crew of the 761st Tank Battalion on a M5A1 Stuart light tank in Coburg, Bayreuth, Germany, 25 Apr 1945. Note white flags hanging from upper palace windows. Also note evidence that those windows have been machine gunned.
Ulm Münster standing amongst devastation, Ulm, Germany, 25 Apr 1945US 69th Infantry Division Captain Hans Trefousse posing with a SdKfz 165 self-propelled gun that he had captured by persuading the German crew to surrender on 25 Apr 1945, near Wurzen, Sachsen, GermanyUS Army African-American crew of the 761st Tank Battalion on a M5A1 Stuart light tank in Coburg, Bayreuth, Germany, 25 Apr 1945. Note white flags hanging from upper palace windows. Also note evidence that those windows have been machine gunned.US Army soldiers examining artist Edouard Manet's 'In the Conservatory' which had been hidden away by Germans in the Merkers salt mine, Germany, 25 Apr 1945


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