Aerial view of the Bergkristall complex of the Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp, Austria, 14 Apr 1945After being liberated by the US 1st Army, a Russian prisoner points out one of the particularly brutal guards at Buchenwald, Germany, 14 Apr 1945. Note guard’s black wound badge indicating he is combat wounded.Bodies of victims piled in a trailer at Buchenwald concentration camp at Weimar, Germany, 14 Apr 1945Bones and ashes of anti-Nazi German women in the crematoriums in the concentration camp at Weimar, Germany, 14 Apr 1945
Aerial view of the Bergkristall complex of the Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp, Austria, 14 Apr 1945After being liberated by the US 1st Army, a Russian prisoner points out one of the particularly brutal guards at Buchenwald, Germany, 14 Apr 1945. Note guard’s black wound badge indicating he is combat wounded.Bodies of victims piled in a trailer at Buchenwald concentration camp at Weimar, Germany, 14 Apr 1945Bones and ashes of anti-Nazi German women in the crematoriums in the concentration camp at Weimar, Germany, 14 Apr 1945
Funeral procession of Roosevelt, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, United States, 14 Apr 1945Gunners aboard USS Miami firing at Japanese aircraft, off Okinawa, Japan, 14 Apr 1945Men of the US 6th Marine Division observing shelling of a Japanese position near Yae Take Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 14 Apr 1945Men of US 101st Infantry Regiment running past a burning fuel trailer in square of Kronach, Bayreuth, Germany, 14 Apr 1945
Funeral procession of Roosevelt, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, United States, 14 Apr 1945Gunners aboard USS Miami firing at Japanese aircraft, off Okinawa, Japan, 14 Apr 1945Men of the US 6th Marine Division observing shelling of a Japanese position near Yae Take Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 14 Apr 1945Men of US 101st Infantry Regiment running past a burning fuel trailer in square of Kronach, Bayreuth, Germany, 14 Apr 1945
Strike photo from the combined 8th Air Force raid on the gun positions at Royan, France Apr 14 1945 showing the aftermath of a friendly fire incident. See Comment below.US bombers attacking Lamsepo Airfield with parafrag bombs, Linkou, Taiwan, 14 Apr 1945, photo 1 of 3US bombers attacking Lamsepo Airfield with parafrag bombs, Linkou, Taiwan, 14 Apr 1945, photo 2 of 3US bombers attacking Lamsepo Airfield with parafrag bombs, Linkou, Taiwan, 14 Apr 1945, photo 3 of 3
Strike photo from the combined 8th Air Force raid on the gun positions at Royan, France Apr 14 1945 showing the aftermath of a friendly fire incident. See Comment below.US bombers attacking Lamsepo Airfield with parafrag bombs, Linkou, Taiwan, 14 Apr 1945, photo 1 of 3US bombers attacking Lamsepo Airfield with parafrag bombs, Linkou, Taiwan, 14 Apr 1945, photo 2 of 3US bombers attacking Lamsepo Airfield with parafrag bombs, Linkou, Taiwan, 14 Apr 1945, photo 3 of 3


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