 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.

Welcome home

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

Kiri and Many were circus elephants in Hamburg, Germany. During the Second World War, their strength was mobilised by local authorities to clear the wreckage resulting from Allied bombing raids. Kiri and Many continued to clear up bomb damage after the war ended. This photograph of the two elephants moving a wrecked car was taken six months after the German surrender.

Source: IWM/taken from fb/WW2 uncovered