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First picture from the destroyed Kiew. That has beenn made out of the wonderful capital of the Ucraine by the Soviets. many houses were blasted or set into fire by the Jews.

The fighting in Surabaya....... The tangled situation in Java has made much fighting necessary in recent weeks. The mission of the British in the first instance was to enter Java to disarm the Japs and evacuate Allied Prisoners of War and Internees. That the Indonesians desire their independence is a matter between themselves and the Dutch. Unfortunately, instead of allowing the question to be discussed ...

Nica unit landing at Cape Sansapor. The main landing was made about a quarter of a mile from a native village. A scene in the native village. NI 5264

Nica unit landing at Cape Sansapor. The main landing was made about a quarter of a mile from a native village. A scene in the native village. NI 5263

The one house blitz on the Hague made by six Mosquitoes which destroyed thousands of vital German documents, was carried out at the special request of the Netherlands Government. The attack was led by Wing Commander R.N. Bateson, who is here seen being decorated with the Dutch Flying Cross by H.R.H. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.

Baal-Bearing plant bombed. This photograph was made from a B-17 Flying Fortress of the Eight U.S. Air Force December 31, 1944, in an attack on the vital CAM ball-bearing plant and the nearby Hispano Suiza aircraft engine repair depot in Paris. Meeting little fihter opposition and favored by good visibility, they left their cargo well within the target area. The CAM ball-bearing plant in Paris manufactured ...

U.S. troops relax after battle. Members of an American infantry unit who made the initial push against St. Lo relax after they had been brought back from front lines at an outdoor show put on by a French vaudeville troup. The troup, which provided the first organized entertainment in Normandy for U.S. soldiers, was formed in Paris three and a half years ago and spent the intervening time giving shows ...