The Soviet bombing of Helsinki, on November 30, 1939. On this day, the Soviet Union invaded Finland with 21 divisions, totaling some 450,000 troops. 

Helsinki bombed

Two members of the Norwegian Resistance movement stand armed in front of a sign that reads “Norway is again free. Germany has capitulated on all fronts.” Bergen, Norway. May 1945.

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Free again...

 Cheering and waving from the deck of the transport which brought them back to the United States today, men of the 86th Infantry Division of the Third Army stand on deck of their ship while women on the dock, uniformed and civilian,  wave to them, awaiting their arrival; New York City, June 17, 1945.