Marines are elated when they got the word that the Japanese on Iwo Jima had surrendered; March 1945

Jubilant Marines after hearing the news

March from Taccoa to Atlanta

Tanks and GIs with the US 2nd Armored Division advance near Lemgo, Germany, taking prisoners on the way, April 1945. 


POWs moving to the ear

Tanks and GIs with the US 2nd Armored Division advance near Lemgo, Germany, taking prisoners on the way, April 1945. 

Some surrender to be taken POW

During the Battle of the Bulge, GIs of the 486th Armored Anti-Aircraft Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, pause for a meal near Trou-Du-Bois, Belgium, December 1944.


Some of the fighting men must eat

The Valentine Tank, Infantry, Mk III, was an infantry tank produced in the United Kingdom during World War II. More than 8,000 were produced.
 It was used extensively by the British in the North African campaign.  It proved to be both strong and reliable.

British Valentine tanks in Tunisia

Tanks and GIs with the US 2nd Armored Division advance near Lemgo, south-west of Hanover, Germany, April 1945.

GIs following lead tank for protection

This photo is taken near the Potsdam Station, Berlin, May 1945

Tiger 2 "101"

Italian soldiers captured in Sicily following the landing of allied troops. July 1943


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