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• THE CAMPAIGN IN SICILY 1943

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Operation Husky: The Sicily Landings 9 - 10 July 1943: Aerial view of the Allied landings showing landing craft along the shore as troops go and supplies move inland.

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer

  The Falaise Gap: An aerial view of more than 10,000 German prisoners of war in a large POW stockade for transport to camps in the rear. All were trapped in the Falaise pocket.

• BOMBING RAIDS OVER FRANCE, MAY 1944

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  B26 Marauders of the 9th US Air Force passing over the smoking target area during the height of the second heavy daylight raid on the railway yards at Valenciennes, northern France. Three separate fires can be seen in the railway freight yards in the...

• THE CENTRAL PACIFIC FRONT 1943-1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Capture of Iwo Jima, February - April 1945: Aerial photograph of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima.

• AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  American prisoners escorted by Japanese soldiers on the Bataan Death March.

• THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC FRONT 1943 - 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 3 March 1943: A dramatic aerial view of a Japanese destroyer as an American plane sweeps over the vessel.

• THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC FRONT 1943 - 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Capture of New Britain, December 1943 - May 1944: US Combat Naval Engineers (Seabees) examine the body of a Japanese soldier in the ruins of his pillbox after a four day battle for the airfield at Cape Gloucester.

• THE CENTRAL PACIFIC FRONT 1943-1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Capture of Iwo Jima, February - April 1945: American landing craft approaching the island of Iwo Jima. An aerial photograph showing Mount Suribachi in the distance, and smoke rising from the shore as a result of the heavy pre-landing bombardment.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Allied Counter Attack 25 December 1944 - 28 January 1945: An aerial view of snow-bound Einskirchen during a raid. Smoke clouds mark the destruction of the key rail bridges over the Erft River which was a vital link for supplies from Cologne to the...

• THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST: THE BURMA CAMPAIGN 1941-1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Campaign in North and Central Burma February 1944 - August 1945: Aerial view of the road linking India and China - the 'Ledo Road'.