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. The Stars and Stripes. EXTRA. Daily Newspaper of the U.S. Armed Forces in the Europese Theater of Operations. Paris Edition. Vol 1. No. 279. Wednesday, May 2, 1945. HITLER DEAD. The German radio announced last night [..] (voorpagina). Yanks at Okinawa's 2nd largest city. 1,500 Japs die in fierce fight outside of Shuri. V-E day likely to bring spurt in legislation. Nation's airplines expand despite ...

Mopping up in St. Sauveur. A camouflaged American paratrooper, one of many detailed to make a house-to-house search during mopping-up operations in St. Sauveur, Normandy, proceeds carefully down a street, rifle in hand. St. Sauveur le Vicomte was captured after bitter fighting by American troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force during their drive across the Cherbourg Peninsula.

U.S. troops mop up at Valognes. American soldiers search the ruins of one of the demolished buildings in Valognes during mopping up operations. This Normandy town, situated southeast of Cherbourg, was demolished during the bitter battle which preceded its capture.

Mopping up in St. Sauveur. American paratroops advance along a debris-strawn street in St. Sauveur, Normandy, during mopping up operations. Smoke can be seen rising from one building in the bakcground. St. Sauveur le Vicomte was captured after bitter fighting by American troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force during their drive across the Cherbourg Peninsula.

Manila's business district goes up in smoke. Dense clouds of black smoke (background) billow from the Rizal Avenue area, one of Manila's main business districts, as the Japanese raze and set fire to buildings in the Philippine capital in an effort to impede the Americans who entered the city on February 4, 1945. This picture was made from the roof of the Santo Tomas internment camp from which about ...

U.S. Landing craft supports operations on Corregidor. Gun crews on an American LCS (landing craft, support) fire at Japanese installations on Corregidor in support of the February 16, 1945, Amphibious landing operation of U.S. forces. Paratroops dropped to the top of the Manila Bay island fortress, coördinating their landing with that of infantrymen who ferried across the channel from liberated Bataan ...

Guerilla fighting near Albanian border. Greek Government Artillery being fired during mopping up operations near the Albanian border. Rebel Forces refuge in the Grammos Mountains when Government Forces pushed forward at the thime this picture was taken.

Fifth Army, the fall of Aquino. Aquino, the town was strongly defended by the enemy, fell to troops of the 8th Army in the early hours of May 25th. A Coy of a british Infantry Regiment entered the town and mopped up German positions. The town had been mined and booby-trapped by the enemy before he retreated. Picture taken during the mopping up operations. Picture shows: British infantrymen move forward ...

U.S.-manned craft carries Australians to Sadau shore. A U.S. Navy-manned landing craft carries Australians toward the bombed, smoking shore of Sadau, small island six miles (10 km) northwest of Tarakan, off the east coast of Borneo, April 29, 1945. The next day, Australian troops, transported and supported by U.S. Navy units, landed on Tarakan, one of the world's richest oil fields. By May 23, the ...