German commandos caught behind American lines in the Ardennes, during the Battle of the Bulge; January, 1945.

Held by armed MPs

U.S. Army Cpl. Larry Matinsk of the 42nd Infantry Division hands out cigarettes to inmates at Allach concentration camp (a sub-camp of Dachau, Germany, near Munich) on the day of their liberation. 30 April 1945. 


Taste of liberation

A 7th Infantry Division soldier with his weapon next to him, catches a smoke break in the lull of the battle for Okinawa; 1945.

