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• THE BATTLE OF CASSINO, JANUARY-MAY 1944

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

  Second Phase 15 February - 10 May 1944: Monastery Hill shrouded in smoke after an Allied air raid.

• THE BATTLE OF CASSINO, JANUARY-MAY 1944

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

  Second Phase 15 February - 10 May 1944: Aerial view of thick clouds of smoke rising from the Monastery during the first Allied air raid.

• THE BATTLE OF CASSINO, JANUARY-MAY 1944

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

  Second Phase 15 February - 10 May 1944: An American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber photographed over Monte Cassino during the first Allied air raid on the Monastery.

• THE BATTLE OF CASSINO, JANUARY-MAY 1944

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

  First Phase: 17 January -13 February 1944: Smoke from American shells hangs over the town of Cassino while on the hill above and behind it is the Monastery.

• THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC FRONT 1943 - 1945

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  The Campaign in the Philippines, The Battle of Leyte Gulf 23-26 October 1944: The Japanese battleship MUSASHI under air attack. The battleship later sank after receiving hits from 19 torpedoes and 17 bombs.

• PREPARATIONS FOR OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS): D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944

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  US troops with jeeps, half-tracks and other vehicles on crowded landing craft, waiting for the order for the Normandy invasion to proceed, June 1944.

• 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

  Sherman tanks and other vehicles of the 2nd Squadron, 12th Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique, French 2nd Armoured Division (2ème Division Blindée or 2e DB) at a marshalling area in Normandy, shortly after landing on Utah Beach on 1 August 1944. The...

• THE HOME FRONT IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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  A newspaper seller on the Embankment in London. His placard reads "War Declared (Official)".

• THE SCHUTZSTAFFELN (SS)

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  The "Asphalt Soldiers" of Nuremberg rallying in September 1938.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN SICILY 1943

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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

• OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS): D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944: PERSONALITIES

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

  General Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, during a five day tour of the Normandy fighting front.