Gen. Harold Alexander (center left), Gen. Miles Dempsey, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery cross the Rhine river; 1945.


Across the Rhine

Lieutenant General Takazo Numata, Chief of Staff Southern Army and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo, Deputy Chief of Staff, arrive at Mingaladon airfield, Rangoon, Burma, to discuss arrangements for the surrender of the Japanese Army.

Negotiation for surrender

General Montgomery stops his car to talk to Royal Engineers working on a road near Catania, Sicily; 2 August 1943.