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Pamoesian oilfields, Tarakan Island, resume production. Destruction on Pamoesian oilfields caused by Japanese demolition and the Allied bombardment which preceded the recapture of the area by Allied forces in May, 1945. In the forground can be seen several measuring tanks which were damaged by fire but not destroyed. NI 7269

Foto (portret) van Flight Sergeant Raymond Fraser Norman, 416145 RNZAF, 75 Squadron RAF, gesneuveld 30 mei 1943, age 23, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, collective Grave 13-B-15-17 2nd Pilot of Short Stirling Mk. III, BK776, JN-B Take off from Newmarket/UK at 23.09 hrs LT for Operation to Wuppertal Crashed atOdenspiel, 22 km WNW of Siegen/GER. Four were buried at Odenspiel on 31 May, but P/O Bennett ...

The Jerries really messed up bridges when they retreated. But our engineers built them up again, either on what was left of the old one or from scratch. Lots of times we had bridges in use while the old one still smoked.

Sweeping german mines from the Corfu channel. Petty Officers dragging ashore one of the German GY mines swept in the Corfu Channel. Normally mines are not handled in this way but these men are experts.

Allied prisoners rescued by U.S. troops. A liberated Italian prisoner, whose right leg is missing, stands with a comrade in the reception camp for the freed men behind Seventh U.S. Army lines. All but 200 of the bed-ridden prisoners at Stieringen-Wendel walked, crawled or were carried by friends toward U.S. lines.

Kampong Makassar, Batavia, Java, Netherlands Indies. European internees cutting up meat for a meal at the civilian internment camp, Kampong Makassar, where conditions a short while ago were indescribable, but since this photograph was taken Allied authorities have taken over and many improvements have been made and medical supplies are more plentiful. NI 6098

Germany also used surface raiders against Allied shipping at sea. But the German pocket battleships as commerce raiders ceased to be a prime cause of worry to the Allies, when the battered Graf Spee was scuttled by her own crew off Montevideo in December 1939.

Origineel bijschrift van het NIGIS luidt: 'Ambon. Evidence of Japanese brutality is shown in the remains of this former victim which was exhumed by Japanese soldiers, whilst Allied troops stood by to investigate any detail of clothing, personal belongings or equipment which was unearthed in an effort to identify the body. Note the cleft skull testifying to the statement that many died not with the ...

"For three long years, Anna hid from the Nazis in Mr. Bree's attic and never saw her parents. Now the war is over, and her family is reunited—but Anna can't pick up the pieces of her life. All of her friends are gone. She's three years behind in school. Worst of all, her parents refuse to talk about what happened. Anna may be out in the world, but inside she's still hiding—unless she can find a way ...

Nazi Bavarian Gauleiter exhumed for investigation. This is the body of Nazi Bavarian Gauleiter Paul Giesler, exhumed from his unmarked grave June 6, 1945, in Berchtesgaden, Germany for investigation of his mysterious death May 4, 1945. The investigation was ordered by military authorities of the Seventh U.S. Army. Giessler was brought to the Reserve Lazarett Military Hospital May 3, suffering from ...

In this manner the Frenchs were destroying a bridge in France. The locomotive could still pass the bridge, but was then even touched by the bursting.