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  2. Aftermath of World War II - Wikipedia

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    The aftermath of World War II saw the rise of two global superpowers, the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR). The aftermath of World War II was also defined by the rising threat of nuclear warfare, the creation and implementation of the United Nations as an intergovernmental organization, and the decolonization of Asia, Oceania, South America and Africa by European and East Asian ...

  3. V-J Day in Times Square - Wikipedia

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    V-J Day in Times Square, a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, was published in Life in 1945 with the caption, "In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers" Alfred Eisenstaedt signing a copy of his famous V-J Day in Times Square photograph during the afternoon of August 23, 1995, while sitting in his Menemsha ...

  4. Category:Aftermath of World War II - Wikipedia

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    Only articles eligible for Category:World War II should be placed in this subcategory. Examples include peace treaties, war reparations, post-war diplomatic negotiations. The articles should be primarily concerned with World War II and its aftermath, and not a consequence that arose in subsequent years.

  5. Sonderkommando photographs - Wikipedia

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    The images were taken within 15–30 minutes of each other by an inmate inside Auschwitz-Birkenau, the extermination camp within the Auschwitz complex. Usually named only as Alex, a Jewish prisoner from Greece, the photographer was a member of the Sonderkommando , inmates forced to work in and around the gas chambers.

  6. 'The greatest American battle': See photos from WWII's Battle ...

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    Monday marks 80 years since the Battle of the Bulge, when the Nazi army made its last offensive push of World War II. The battle was one of the costliest of the war, with the U.S. Army suffering ...

  7. Wikipedia : Featured pictures/History/World War II

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    An appeal to self-interest during World War II, by the United States Office of War Information (restored by Yann) Wait for Me, Daddy , by Claude P. Dettloff (restored by Yann ) Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau at Auschwitz Album , by the Auschwitz Erkennungsdienst (restored by Yann )

  8. Remains of WWII airman identified 80 years after plane shot down

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    The remains of a World War II airman were identified 80 years after his plane was shot down during a bombing mission in Germany, military officials said this week. In the spring of 1944, U.S. Army ...

  9. Demobilization of United States Armed Forces after World War II

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    The shock of peace: military and economic demobilization after World War II (1983) online; Bennett, Michael J. When Dreams Came True: The GI Bill and the Making of Modern America (Brassey's, 1996). Childers, Thomas. Soldier from the war returning: The greatest generation's troubled homecoming from World War II (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009 ...