Celebrating VJ Day outside the Criterion Hotel in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 15 August 1945.

Celebration down under

American troops at the Parisian Rainbow Corner Red Cross Club celebrate victory over Japan, posing with the Paris Post newspaper, with the headlines "JAPS QUIT"; August 1945.

Joy at the Red Cross Club

Military vehicles assemble on the street, waiting to embark on the Normandy invasion, while on the other side of the wall, life goes on like normal.
taken from fb/Mike McCollum