[American paratroopers, their hair cut Mohawk-style for luck and esprit de corps, are briefed for the next day's jump across the Rhine, Arras, France]

[Two American paratroopers lying on the ground, near Wesel, Germany]

[American paratroopers tending to the wounded, near Wesel, Germany]

[German soldiers, captured by American forces, sitting on ground, near Wesel, Germany]

[American soldier striking a German soldier, Leipzig, Germany]

[Group of children with bundles on cart in front of rubble, Berlin]

[German woman registering with the Allied military government in this recently captured area, Breinich, Germany]

[Families of a collective farm seated for a meal, Ukraine]