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Members of the Allied Occupation Force stand in the streets of Yokohama. Devastation from Allied bombs can be seen on every side. NI 6204

Westkepelle, Walcheren Island, Province of Zeeland. Results of bombs and shells. Here, where the Royal Marines landed, is the devastation facing repair squads. Note overturned boat on top of debris.

Krupp plant destroyed by Allied bombing. The devastation wrought to the Krupp arms works in Essen by Allied bombs is shown in this aerial photo made from an artillery observation plane of the 79th Division, Ninth U.S. Army. Troops of the 17th U.S. Airborne Division occupied Essen April 10, 1945, against little enemy resistance. The largest steel work of Europe, the Krupp plant was vital to the enemy ...

U.S. Marines defeat Japanese on South Pacific Tarawa Island. U.S. marines, crouched behind sandbags and amid the devastation and smoke of battle, prepare to advance in the offensive that captured the strategic Japanese air base on Tarawa and the adjoining South Pacific Gilbert Islands of Makin and Abemama. The Gilbert Islands offensive, in which 5.700 Japanese were killed or captured, was an important ...

Ploesti oil refineries and property burning and smoking during historic raid by 9th U.S. Air force bombers. Most of the damage shown in these photos was caused by incendaities and gunfire from the planes. The Major devastation was wreaked after the planes left the target area, by the delayed action bombs.

Verwoestingen Rotterdam. The destruction of Rotterdam. Drawn by Joseph Arens on Commission from Adolf Hitler. This is a rare close-up of the devastation wrought by the Luftwaffe in Rotterdam, which was attacked without warning with heavy loss of life to the civilians.

Holland.....This Swiss Cheese effect shows some of the 800 bomb craters inflicted on Volkel Airfield, 12 miles north of Helmond, Holland after an all-Canadian attack early in September of this year. Runways and buildings at the airfield suffered heavy devastation.