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ITALY Ramitelli -- c.1944 -- Pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group, "Tuskegee Airmen" - the elite, all African American 332nd Fighter Group - Ramitelli airfield, Italy. From left to right, Lt Dempsey Morgan, Lt Carrol S Woods, Lt Robert Nelson Jnr, Capt Andrew D "Jug" Turner and Lt Clarence D Lester. They are pictured in front of Capt (later Major) Turner's mount - P-51C Mustang 42-103960 "Skipper's Darlin' III". Capt "Jug" Turner was the CO ("Skipper")of the 100th Fighter Squadron. -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USAF

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These four female pilots leaving their B-17 Fortress "Pistol Packin' Mama" at the four engine school at Lockbourne Army Air Field, Ohio, in 1944 are members the WASPS (Women Airforce Service Pilots) who are being trained to ferry heavy bombers. Left to right they are Frances Green, Margaret "Peg" Kirshner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn. USAAF photo (released) -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USAAF *NB Not retouched for blemishes LRS00917

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PACIFIC OCEAN Marianas Islands -- Aug 1945 -- The ground crew of the B-29 "Enola Gay" which drpped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Col Paul W Tibbets Jnr, the pilot is at the centre. USAAF photo -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USAF

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UK Southern/Eastern England -- 06 Jun 1944 -- General Dwight D Eisenhower gives the order of the day on D-Day. "Full victory-nothing else" to American paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe. Gen Eisenhower thought these troops would suffer high casualties, though in the end, these American Airborne paratroopers ( probably from the 82nd or 101st Airborne ) defeated the German forces defending France and later went on to liberate France and Germany as well -- Picture by Moore | Lightroom Photos | US Army

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UK Southern/Eastern England -- 06 Jun 1944 -- General Dwight D Eisenhower gives the order of the day on D-Day. "Full victory-nothing else" to American paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe. Gen Eisenhower thought these troops would suffer high casualties, though in the end, these American Airborne paratroopers ( probably from the 82nd or 101st Airborne ) defeated the German forces defending France and later went on to liberate France and Germany as well -- Picture by Moore | Lightroom Photos | US Army

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GERMANY Near Puffendorf -- 25 Dec 1944 -- Happy Christmas...Alerted American GIs of M-51 Anti-aircraft Battery are silhouetted against German sky streaked with vapor trails from allied and enemy planes engaged in Christmas Day dogfight near Puffendorf, Germany -- Picture by M S Kelly | Lightroom Photos | US Army

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GERMANY Frankfurt -- 06 Jul 1945 -- In the cellar of the Race Institute in Frankfrut, Germany, US Army Chaplain Samuel Blinder examines one of hundreds of Saphor Torahs ( Sacred Scrolls ), among the books stolen from every occupied country in Europe. July 6, 1945 -- Picture by Irving Katz | Lightroom Photos | US Army

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GERMANY Nuremberg -- Sep 1937 -- Grand review of Nazi troopers by Nazi political leaders on the searchlight-illuminated Zeppelin field in Nuremberg -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | US National Archives

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KENYA Mombasa -- 1943 -- Group portrait of officers and NCOs of the 1st Battalion of the Mauritius Regiment - also known as the Mauritian Rifles - photographed at their base during World War II in Mombasa, Kenya. Many Mauritians fought in North Africa in World War II -- Picture by Lightroom Photos *NB Frank Lamy is pictured on the second row, 4th from the right

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NEW GUINEA Cape Sansapor -- 1944 -- Water Buffalos (amphibious tanks) line up for invasion of Cape Sansapor at the western end of Dutch New Guinea. In silhouette, US Coast Guardsman Robert Campbell stands guard -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USCG

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UK Unidentified port in southern England -- 01 Jun 1944 -- LSTs prepare for the invasion of Normandy, France. Artillery equipment is loaded aboard LST's at an English port. Allied forces invaded continental Europe a few days later after weather hindered the start of the operation. Eventually on the 6th June, the weather cleared and the invasion of Normandy began, leading to the eventual defeat of Hitler's Nazi Germany -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / US Army

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PACIFIC OCEAN Cape Torokina -- 08 Mar 1944 -- Hide and Seek...SGT Paul Mascall, T/SGT George Sintetos, and PFC Albert Flagler, 37th Division search for Japanese snipers on March 8, 1944 as the Japanese counterattack the US Army XIV Corps. Cape Torokina perimeter -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / US Army

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ITALY Anzio Harbour -- Jul 1943 -- Tanks of an armoured regiment are debarking from an LST US 77 in Anzio harbour, Italy. These tanks were to reinforce the US Fifth Army [VI Corps] forces on the beachead during the Allied invasion of Italy -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / US Army

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GERMANY -- 12 Apr 1945 -- US Army General Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, accompanied by Gen Omar N Bradley, and Lt Gen George S Patton, inspect art treasures stolen by Germans and hildden in salt mine in Germany -- Picture by Moore / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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PACIFIC OCEAN Okinawa -- Apr 1945 -- US Marines pass through a small village where Japanese soldiers lay dead after fighting Japanese forces on Okinawa during the War in the Pacific -- Picture by Norris G McElroy | Lightroom Photos | USMC

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PACIFIC OCEAN Bougainville -- c. Dec 1943 -- US Marine "Raiders" and their dogs, which are used for scouting and running messages, starting off for the jungle front lines on Bougainville -- Picture by J Sarno / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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FRANCE Near Brest -- 28 Aug 1944 -- US Army medics remove a casualty from the battle field to an aid station in an air raid shelter, near Brest, France, formerly used by the Germans -- Picture by Gilbert / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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PACIFIC OCEAN Tarawa -- Nov 1943 -- US Marines wounded during the landing on Tarawa are towed out on rubber boats by their buddies to larger vessels that will take them to base hospitals for better medical care -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USMC

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BURMA Pinwe -- 12 Nov 1944 -- US Army medics treat casualties at an American Portable Surgical Unit (the forerunner of the M*A*S*H*) during the 36th Division drive on Pinwe, Burma -- Picture by W Lentz / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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Feb 1945 -- A squadron group portrait of the USAAF Detachment 'H' of the 8th Air Force taken at RAF Cheddington, Buckinghamshire. This is possibly a cover name for the 36th Bombardment Squadron, flying B-24 Liberators, which were assigned special operations, electronic countermeasures and leaflet dropping duties. This squadron had a few members of the Royal Air Force among it's crews during this late stage of WW2 in Europe. The date shows that the photo was taken just before the unit's move to RAF Alconbury -- Picture by Matt Coupe Collection | Lightroom Photos

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GERMANY Berlin -- c. 01 Apr 1933 -- On April 1st, 1933, the boycott which was announced by the National Socialist (Nazi party) party began. The placard reads: "Germans! Defend yourselves! Do not buy from Jews!" This image was taken at the Jewish Tietz store in Berlin, Germany. Repeated across Germany, the Nazis later became one of the most sinister dictatorships and sent thousands of Jews and Gypsies to their deaths in the notroious concentration camps, killing millions before Germany was liberated by Allied forces in April 1945, ending 12 years of tyranny under the Nazis -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | USIA

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USA Roswell Airfield -- 1945 -- 509th Composite Group Commander Colonel Paul W Tibbets Jr. pictured with his B-29 Superfortress aircraft named "Enola Gay" after his mother. This aircraft dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6th August 1945. -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USAF

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USA Fort Benning -- Aug 1946 -- Twenty-one students of the Airborne School, Lawson Field, Fort Benning, Georgia, climb aboard a waiting Douglas C-47 of the 75th Troop Carrier Squadron which will take them up for a practice jump. -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USAF

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UK Cambridgeshire -- c.1930 -- A Royal Air Force squadron aircrew line up for a formal group photograph on a airfield somewhere in Cambridgeshire, England in front of a Westland Wapiti IIA biplane. These general purpose biplanes were used as bombers and reconnaissance aircraft in India and Iraq and were in service until the outbreak of WWII -- Picture by Lightroom Photos

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GERMANY Nuremberg -- 09 Nov 1935 -- Overview of the mass roll call of SA, SS and NSKK troops at Nuremberg -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / US National Archives

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FRANCE Normandy -- 06 Jun 1944 -- American supply ships unload armour, supplies and troops onto the Normandy beachhead after the Allied invasion in the early hours of the 6th June, 1944. This photo was taken in the afternoon, when the beachhead was secured. "D-Day" as it was termed, was a turning point in World War 2 and marked the beginning of the end of the Nazi regime. Within one year, Germany had surrended and these forces were marching on Berlin -- Picture by Steck / Lightroom Photos / US Army

PACIFIC OCEAN Iwo Jima -- Feb 1945 -- From the crest of Mount Suribachi, the Stars and Stripes wave in triumph over Iwo Jima after US Marines had fought their way inch by inch up its steep lava-encrusted slopes -- Picture by John Papsun | Lightroom Photos | USCG

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PACIFIC OCEAN Guam -- Jul 1944 -- a US Marine awaits signal to go ahead in battle to recapture Guam from Japanese -- Picture by Paul Dorsey / Lightroom Photos / US Navy

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USA Pearl Harbour -- 07 Dec 1941 -- The US Navy base ar Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA, was taken by surprise, during the Japanese aerial attack on the 7th December 1941 which destroyed much of it's Pacific fleet. Here the USS ARIZONA burns after being bombed by Japanese Zeros -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / US Navy

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FRANCE Normandy -- 06 Jun 1944 -- Landing on the coast of France under heavy Nazi machine gun fire are these American soldiers, shown just as they left the ramp of a Coast Guard landing boat, marking the begining of the end of Hitler's Third Reich -- Picture by Robert Sargent / Lightroom Photos / USCG

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EUROPE -- 1940s -- A Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, nicknamed "Jug" During WW II, the P-47 served in almost every active war theater and in the forces of several Allied nations. Used as both a high-altitude escort fighter and a low-level fighter-bomber, the P-47 quickly gained a reputation for ruggedness -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USAF

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BELGIUM Near Murringen -- 31 Jan 1945 -- US Army troops of the 1st Division march through snow towards Murringen, Belgium, after a major German counter-attack which later became known as the 'Battle of the Bulge' -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / US Army