A Cromwell tank guarding a bridge over the Elbe River, Hamburg, Germany, 3 May 1945British 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 1945Cromwell tanks of British 7th Armored Division, Hamburg, Germany, 3 May 1945
A Cromwell tank guarding a bridge over the Elbe River, Hamburg, Germany, 3 May 1945British 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 1945Cromwell tanks of British 7th Armored Division, Hamburg, Germany, 3 May 1945
Fence, Flossenbürg Concentration Camp, Germany, 3 May 1945General 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 presentGerman civilians using ox carts to transport corpses of prisoners out of Flossenbürg Concentration Camp for burial, Germany, 3 May 1945; note 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
Fence, Flossenbürg Concentration Camp, Germany, 3 May 1945General 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 presentGerman 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 gateMen 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
PrisonersRecently liberated prisoners of Flossenbürg Concentration Camp recovering from typhus, Germany, 3 May 1945Sgt 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.
Prisoners' barracks, Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 3 May 1945Recently liberated prisoners of Flossenbürg Concentration Camp recovering from typhus, Germany, 3 May 1945Sgt 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.
Ships in Kerama Retto anchorage near Okinawa, Japan spreading an anti-kamikaze smoke screen, 3 May 1945, as viewed from USS Sargent Bay. Note TBM Avenger and FM-2 Wildcat aircraft in foreground.Technical Sergeant James Flaha of US 97th Infantry Division band at a funeral for former Flossenbürg Concentration Camp prisoners who had died after liberation shortly after liberation, Germany, 3 May 1945Universal carriers of British 1/5th QueenUS Army M24 Chaffee light tank fighting in Salzburg, Austria, early May 1945
Ships in Kerama Retto anchorage near Okinawa, Japan spreading an anti-kamikaze smoke screen, 3 May 1945, as viewed from USS Sargent Bay. Note TBM Avenger and FM-2 Wildcat aircraft in foreground.Technical Sergeant James Flaha of US 97th Infantry Division band at a funeral for former Flossenbürg Concentration Camp prisoners who had died after liberation shortly after liberation, Germany, 3 May 1945Universal carriers of British 1/5th Queen's Regiment, 7th Armored Division, Hamburg, Germany, 3 May 1945US Army M24 Chaffee light tank fighting in Salzburg, Austria, early May 1945
Walter Dornberger, Herbert Axter, Wernher von Braun, Hans Lindenberg, and Bernhard Tessmann (partially cropped), Austria, 3 May 1945
Walter Dornberger, Herbert Axter, Wernher von Braun, Hans Lindenberg, and Bernhard Tessmann (partially cropped), Austria, 3 May 1945


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