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Groepsfoto met de Souburgse burgemeester A.H.S. Stemerding. Hij was burgemeester van 1937 tot 1962 met een korte onderbreking tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, van links naar rechts op de 10de plek middelste rij

Openingsplechtigheid van de gemeenschappelijke R.A.F. — U.S.A.A.F-tentoonstelling in de Bijenkorf te Den Haag. Rondgang. Prinses Juliana en prins Bernhard. Links air chief marshall sir Sholto Douglas. Rechts de Amerikaanse luitenant-generaal John K. Cannon

U.S. Navy warship founds Okinawa positions. A blanket of smoke billows from the guns of a U.S. Navy warship as it hurls shells on Japanese positions on Okinawa. The Americans landed on the strategic Ryukyu (Leechee) island, 375miles (600 km.) from Japan, March 31, 1945. By June9, they had isilated elements of the Japanese forces on Oroku Peninsula and were attacking the last main defense line in the ...

New U.S. amphibious tank. The guns of a new-type ampgibious U.S. LVT (landing vehicle-tank) vehicle fire in unison on a night test run in the U.S. Mounting a 37-mm. cannon and two .50-caliber machine guns, the new 'water buffalo'has already been used in American amphibious assaults on Japanese strongholds in the Pacific.

Japanese gun on Borneo Smashed by U.S. Bombers A U.S. soldier (right) near Balikpapan, on Borneo's southeast coast, inspects a Japanese 120-mm. twinbarrel gun which was smashed by the 13th U.S. Army Air Force's pre-landing bombing of the japanese-held oil center. On july 1, 1945, U.S. General of the ArmyDouglas Macathur, commander of Allied military forces in the facific, announced that Australian ...

Depuis 1939 Des Bruxellois s'intéressent à un des sujets destinés à l'Exposition qui s'ouvrire prochainement chez MM Vanderborght Frères, 52-58 rue de l'Ecuyer. Depuis 1939 c'est l'histoire de la guerre en photos et autres sujets qui seront exposés pendant I mois a partir du 22 février. l'Exposition est organisee sous les auspices de la Psychological Warfare Division, SHAEF.

U.S. submarine returns rom Pacific patrol. A American flag flies from the ice-coated conning tower of a U.S. Navy submarine as it comes into an Arctic port after a campaign against enemy shipping in the Pacific. Japanese flags indicate that the submarine has sunk three enemy warships and two merchantmen. The broom attached to the periscope is the crew's symbol of a clean sweep of all enemy vessels ...

U.S. and Russian airmen address bombs to the enemy. Airmen of the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. prepare a joint message to the enemy at an airbase in Russia used by American aircraft. The Russian word for bomb is written above the American word on a 250-pound (113-kilogram) demolition bomb lying on its side in the foreground. American aircraft have used bases in Russia since June 2, 1944, when Flying Fortresses ...

U.S. anti-tank troops take cover in France. A U.S. anti-tank unit, battling German armored forces in western Normandy, nugs the ground while enemy shells drop near their position. The Americans, less than 200 yards from the German lines, are part of the forces that on July 31, 1944, liberated the town of Avraches. The Germans in that area were making a last desperate stand to stem the American drive ...

'End of a Fortress. A B-17 Flying Fortress of the U.S. Army 8th Air Force goes down over Germany with fuel tank blazing, during an attack on oil targets at Merseburg. Other targets for the day included synthetic oil plants at Lutzkendorf, Bohlen and Zeitz, and a marshalling yard in the Searbrucken area.'