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Helmuth Weidling (left) and other German generals in Soviet captivity, Berlin, Germany, 2 May 1945	Hitler's death as reported by the 2 May 1945 issue of US Army magazine Stars and Stripes	Red Army soldier Mikhail Alekseevich Yegorov of Soviet 756 Rifle Regiment flying the Soviet flag over the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, 2 May 1945, photo 1 of 3	Red Army soldier Mikhail Alekseevich Yegorov of Soviet 756 Rifle Regiment flying the Soviet flag over the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, 2 May 1945, photo 2 of 3

Red Army soldier Mikhail Alekseevich Yegorov of Soviet 756 Rifle Regiment flying the Soviet flag over the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, 2 May 1945, photo 2 of 3	Stuart tank of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment on the autobahn during the British Army’s approach to Lubeck in northern Germany, 2 May 1945.	A Cromwell tank guarding a bridge over the Elbe River, Hamburg, Germany, 3 May 1945	After liberating Dachau concentration camp, members of the US 42nd Division inspecting a railroad carriage full of dead prisoners, May 1945.

British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery hosting a delegation of German officers at his headquarters at Lüneburg Heath, Germany to discuss surrender plans, 3 May 1945.	Captured Japanese L2D2-3 transport with US markings, Clark Field, Philippine Islands, 3 May 1945	Cromwell tanks of British 7th Armored Division, Hamburg, Germany, 3 May 1945	Fence, Flossenbürg Concentration Camp, Germany, 3 May 1945

General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny presenting awards to French, French colonial, and American troops, Stuttgart, Germany, 3 May 1945; note Brigadier General Carl Baehr (front row) and Brigadier General Charles Palmer (second row) also present	German civilians using ox carts to transport corpses of prisoners out of Flossenbürg Concentration Camp for burial, Germany, 3 May 1945; note 'Arbeit macht frei' slogan on the gate	Men of the UK 6th Airborne Division greeting the crew of a Russian Army T-34/85 tank near Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 3 May 1945	Prisoners at Dachau concentration camp cheer as the US 42nd Division moves in to liberate the camp, 3 May 1945

Prisoners' barracks, Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 3 May 1945	Recently liberated prisoners of Flossenbürg Concentration Camp recovering from typhus, Germany, 3 May 1945	Sgt Frank Bond, a photographer with the USAAF 40th Photo-Recon Squadron, found the streets littered with Japanese Occupation Currency as US forces entered Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), May 3 1945. Photo 1 of 2.	Sgt Frank Bond, a photographer with the USAAF 40th Photo-Recon Squadron, found the streets littered with Japanese Occupation Currency as US forces entered Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), May 3 1945. Photo 2 of 2.