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(2048 x 1599) USS Sims (DD-409) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship to be named for William Sims, an Admiral who pushed for the modernization of the Navy

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Japanese playing a clarinet for a group of amused Filipinos. This photograph was originally featured in The Sunday Times Magazine on April 16, 1967, as part of a series documenting World War II in the Philippines.

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A soldier from 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich with two little dogs during Operation Barbarossa in summer of 1941

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Imperial Japanese Army 80th Infantry Brigade surrenders to the US 37th Infantry Division in Tuguegarao, Philippines. Major General Toshitaro Iguchi formally surrendered his command and his Samurai sword to Major General Robert S. Beightler during a ceremony. September 5, 1945

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A damaged Russian Stz-5 is pushed into a crater by the German soldiers as it was blocking the road along which they were advancing. Photo taken on 2 July 1941 near Ostrecht

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British soldiers congratulating Imperial Japanese troops on their recent victory over the Chinese Kuomintang. Shanghai , China, 22 November 1937.

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(2048 x 1365) Massive fleet of Swedish Navy CB-90 maritime assault craft sailing in the Baltic during exercise AURORA 26

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Two Japanese soldiers from the Manila Naval Defense Force being transported aboard U.S. Army utility jeep of the 37th Infantry Division to interrogation area at the Bilibid Prison in Manila.

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Japanese officers demonstrate origami, folding paper into birds and boxes, for Marine combat correspondents and photographers on Mille Island in September 1945 following the surrender.

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German prisoner of war Erich Holzer of Augsburg, Bavaria, was photographed at Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation in Newport News, Virginia, on September 28, 1944. He had been captured by British forces near Civita Castellana, Italy, on June 6, 1944.

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Local surrender ceremony in the Philippines. IJapanese officer reading the Daily Pacifican newspaper while 38th Division officers negotiate surrender terms in the Sierra Madre mountains east of Manila, resulting in the surrender of 40 Japanese soldiers. 29.08.1945

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