American soldiers look at just some of the mines, booby traps and firing devices used against them by the Germans. -  Included are Teller Mines, Schu-mine 42s, Bangalore torpedoes. French, German and Russian hand grenades, all of which were commonly booby trapped, demolition charges and firing devices. 

Mines, grenades, explosives...

Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, U.S. Army (left),
Commanding General, Fifth Army, and
Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN,
Commander Task Force 85
On board USS Ancon (AGC-4) during the Sicily operation, July 1943.
In the right background is Captain Paul L. Mather, USN, Ancon's Commanding Officer.

Invasion of Sicily, Italy

American soldiers reading about Hitler's death in the newspaper (Stars and Stripes). The title alone takes up half a page; May 1945.