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US 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, Germany	US 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	British Army convoy of Canadian Chevrolet CMP 3-ton trucks crossing a temporary bridge in Burma on their way to Rangoon (now Yangon), 26 Apr 1945.

Franklin approaching New York City, New York, United States, 26 Apr 1945; note damage on her flight deck	African-American soldiers of the US Army 92nd Infantry Division entering the Galleria Giuseppe Garibaldi, Genoa, Italy, 27 Apr 1945	Essex received provisions via highline from USS Mercury (AK-42), off Okinawa, 27 Apr 1945	Anti-aircraft tracers in the night sky above Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 28 Apr 1945; note US Marine Corps Corsair fighters in foreground

Church service on carrier Franklin's ruined hangar deck, in or near New York Harbor, New York, United States, circa 28 Apr 1945	Ensign Richard Hansen (with Division Chief Kenneth Firestone) inspecting sailors aboard USS Anzio, 28 Apr 1945	Female SS guards made to bury victims of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany, 28 Apr 1945	Franklin anchored in New York Harbor, New York, United States, 28 Apr 1945

Soviet and US officers at Torgau, a city on the Elbe River, Germany, 28 Apr 1945; note left Soviet officer's TT-33, center Soviet captain's Luger in belt, right US Lieutenant Dwight Brooks's holstered Colt 1911 and in-hand Walther P38	USS Franklin in New York Harbor, New York, United States, 28 Apr 1945	USS Franklin in New York Harbor, New York, United States, circa 28 Apr 1945; note Manhattan skyline in background	USS Franklin sailing past USS Marblehead in New York Harbor, New York, United States, 28 Apr 1945

Bodies of Nicola Bombacci, Benito Mussolini, Claretta Petacci, Alessandro Pavolini, and Achille Starace on display at Milan, Italy, 29 Apr 1945	General Otto Fretter-Pico of German 148th Infantry Division in Brazilian custody, Fornovo di Taro, Italy, circa 29 Apr 1945	Karl Renner walking to the Parliament building, flanked by Soviet officers, Vienna, Austria, 29 Apr 1945	Kaufering Concentration Camp, southern Germany, 29 Apr 1945