The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Workers stacking bricks recovered from the rubble of postwar Berlin. Possibly some Trmmerfrauen or a Trmmerfrau at work.

U.S. servicemen aboard a Navy vessel returning home after the war in 1945.

Blurry image of paratrooper sitting in a foxhole. Normandy. 1944

Damaged buildings and rubble in postwar Germany.

American soldiers posing with Russian female soldiers in front of two jeeps, Berlin, Germany in April 1945. "Lt....

Civilians swinging corpse off truck, probably Germans insidea a concentration camp after the war's end. "Muniel,...

Bomb damage to the Berlin Cathedral, Berlin, Germany in April 1945.

A German soldier clowns for the camera in his underwear, gas mask , bayonet, and boots pointing his Mauser K-98 at the...

Photograph. Destroyed Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Remagen Bridge Kaput...

Several men work at loading a large tree on horse drawn sleigh in deep snow, unknown date and unknown location. One man...

5th Armored Division in Germany in 1945. Rear view of a large residential building, used as headquarters for the 9th...

The "Chateau Coubert, France." Coubert, France. 1945

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