Liberation of Warsaw, Poland by the Russians...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., January 17, 1945



* Liberation of Warsaw Poland by the Russians



The front page has a banner headline: "WARSAW LIBERATED BY REDS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.



Complete with 10 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, generally very nice.

Official Pearl Harbor attack probe released...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass.., August 29, 1945



* Official Pearl Harbor attack report

* President Harry S. Truman releases

* Japan occupation just before peace signing



On August 29, 1945, with America’s enemies vanquished, President Harry S. Truman released the results of secret Army and Navy investigations into the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that took the live... See More  

Capture of Koblenz... George S. Patton...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 18, 1945 (first/front section)



* Third & Seventh United States Army

* Operation Lumberjack - Rhine River

* Capture of Koblenz, Germany

* General George s. Patton & more



The front page has a nice banner headline: "COBLENZ FALLS IN SWIFT ASSAULT BY 3RD ARMY; PATTON AND 7TH CLOSING TRAP ON NAZIS IN SAAR" with subheads and related map. (see images) ... See More  

General George S. Patton welcome home....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 8, 1945



* General George S. Patton

* Welcome home celebration

* Post European theater



The top of the back page has a photo of Patton with family headed: "Gen. Patton Arrives in U.S." Page 13 has a one column heading: "NOISY BOSTON CROWDS GREET PATTON RETURN" with subhead. (see images) Coverage on General George S. Patton's welcome home i... See More  

Military "camp" newspaper from "somewhere in Netherlands East Indies"...

RIMBA POST, printed: "Somewhere In Netherlands East Indies" as noted in the masthead, Jan. 27, 1945  



* Rare military title from a remote island



This was actually printed on the Island of Biak. Biak is a small island located just northwest of New Guinea.  

During World War II it was a strategic airfield of the Japanese Army serving as a base for operations in the P... See More  

Death of Franklin Roosevelt, from a newspaper in the war...

SUNDAY VICTORY (or "Victory News" as noted on the back page), Manila, April 8, 1945  A rare title that apparently began earlier in 1945 as this is the volume 1, number 30 issue.

The war in the Pacific was still much in progress at this printing. The liberation of The Philippines began on October 20, 1944 when General MacArthur famously waded ashore. The U.S. First Calvary arrived a... See More  

Great headline from the occupied Philippine Islands...

MANILA FREE PHILIPPINES--EXTRA, Manila, April 22, 1945  



* During the liberation by the allies

* Berlin, the last holdout of the Nazis



A very rare title that began on February 9, 1945 during the liberation efforts of the Philippines, existing thru Sept. 3, 1945, just one day after the official surrender of Japan ending World War II. It was published by the Psychological Warfare Branch.... See More  

1945 concentration camp for children liberated...

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, April 24, 1945



* Concentration camp for children found

* Jewish holocaust realization



The front page has a two column heading: "Camp of 'Slave Children' Freed by Russian Troops" First report coverage of a concentration camp for children that was found by Russian troops in Poland. What better evidence to confirm of what really happened then havi... See More  

1945 Battle of Okinawa ending...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 21, 1945



* Battle of Okinawa, Japan ends (eve)

* Operation Iceberg victory



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "U. S. OKINAWA GUNS HOLD FIRE AS AMERICANS DIG OUT FOE IN LAST THREE TINY POCKETS" with subheads. (see) More on page 2 with related map. Coverage on the final day of the Battle of Okinawa with the occupation of United States mil... See More  

Patton's Third Army crosses the Rhine...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 10, 1945



* First & Third United States Army

* Operation Lumberjack - Rhine River

* Battle of Remagen - Ludendorff Bridge

* General Courtney Hodges & Patton



The front page has a great banner headline: "NAZIS HIT BRIDGEHEAD; Enemy Shells Yank-Held Span Over Rhine" with subheads. Nice for display. More on pages 2 & 3. Related photos on the b... See More  

Plane crashes into the Empire State Building...

NEW YORK POST, July 30, 1945 



* B-25 Mitchell bomber crash

* Empire State Building

* Betty Lou Oliver miracle fall



The front page has a heading: "EMPIRE STATE CRASH PROBED"

Page 5 has a three column heading: "Army Investigating Empire State Crash; Sailor's Body Found" with 2 related photos.

Also of interest is a four column heading on the same page: "The... See More  

1945 Attack on Yokosuka, Japan....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1945



* Attack on Yokosuka - Japan

* United States Navy air raid

* Imperial Japanese Navy



The front page has a great banner headline: "CARRIER PLANES LASH REMNANTS OF FOE'S NAVY AS OUR WARSHIPS SHELL TOKYO BAY ENTRANCE" with subheads. Nice for display. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.

Comple... See More  

1945 Troopship Queen Mary homecoming photo...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 12, 1945



* RMS Troopship Queen Mary photo

* American military homecoming

* European Theatre of World War II



The top of the front page has a four column photo showing the RMS Queen Mary which was converted into a troopship during WWII with heading: "It Was A Record Day For Allied Soldiers As 34,355 Arrived Here" Also a two column heading: "34,355 More... See More  

Battle of Luzon begins in 1945...

THE DETROIT FREED PRESS, January 10, 1945 



* Battle of Luzon begins

* Gen. Douglas MacArthur

* Pacific Theater of Operations

* Lingayen Gulf



The front page has a nice banner headline: "YANKS LAND ON LUZON; 4 Lingayen Beachheads Won; Loss Light" with subheads and two related maps. Nice for display.

Complete with 18 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally... See More  

Peace terms accepted: World War II is over...

THE CINCINNATI POST--2nd EXTRA, Aug. 14, 1945 



* World War II ends

* Japanese surrenders

* Nice headline for display



Two-line banner headline proclaims: "PEACE TERMS ACCEPTED, JAPANESE INFORM SWISS" with subhead: "Japs Calling Ships At Sea, Allies Hear" "Yanks Wreck 43 Jap Ships - 600 Planes Used In One Attack" "3 B-29 Fleets Renew Raids On Nip Islan... See More  

Closing months of the war: U.S. forces on Iwo Jima...

NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 22, 1945  



* Marines battle on Iwo Jima Island

* Fighting on Mount Suribachi

* United States Flag planting close



The three-line banner headline announces the advance of Allied forces in the war, including the battle on Iwo Jima. It would be the next day--Feb. 23--when the iconic & historic photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima would be taken.

"3D ARMY SU... See More  

From a remote island in the South Pacific...

WORLD OBSERVER, Biak Island, Sept. 23, 1945 



* Rare military publication from a remote island



A very uncommon "camp" newspaper from the South Pacific, actually a remote island just northwest of New Guinea.

During World War II it was a strategic airfield of the Japanese Army serving as a base for operations in the Pacific theater. American forces eventually captured the islan... See More  

Russian and American forces link up in Germany...

STARS & STRIPES--EXTRA, Paris edition, April 27, 1945 



* United States Army join Russian troops in Germany 

* Elbe Day - historic meeting - World War II 



The uncommonly bold & large front page headline announces a key event in the European theater of the war: "REDS LINK WITH YANKS" with the report beginning: "U.S. and Russian forces have linked in the ... See More  

B29s pound Osaka... Audie Murphy...

STARS & STRIPES, June 16, 1945  This was the: "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations" as noted in the masthead.

The front page reports: "520 B29s Hammer Osaka" "Plan to Raze Japan Told By Arnold" and more, plus an article: "Hero Groggy After Day at Home & Learning About Rationing" which is about Lt. Audie Mu... See More  

Jimmy Doolittle... Fighting on Okinawa...

STARS & STRIPES, Paris Edition, May 28, 1945  This was the: "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations" as noted in the masthead.

Front page reports include: "Eighth Air Force Is Pacific-Bound Under Doolittle" which a photo of Lt. Gen. [Jimmy] Doolittle.

Also a photo of soldiers fighting on Okinawa, with: "Heavy Rains Turn Okinaw... See More  

Battle of Okinawa... Shuri Castle...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, May 31, 1945



* Battle of Okinawa, Japan

* Capture of Shuri Castle



The front page has a nice banner headline: "HOIST U.S. FLAG OVER SHURI" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Related map and photo on page 2. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.

Complete with all 28 pages, light toning at the margins, sm... See More  

Japan makes a surrender offer...

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, Aug. 11, 1945



* Japanese surrendering

* Atomic bombs taking affect

* A few days away to make it official



The front page has a nice banner headline: "'WAR GOES ON,' SAYS MACARTHUR; ALLIES STUDY SURRENDER OFFER" with subhead. and related photo.

Complete with 14 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally good.... See More  

Dramatic announcement of the end of World War II...

THE CALL BULLETIN, San Francisco, Aug. 14, 1945 



* World War II ends

* Japanese surrenders



The front page has one of the  more dramatic announcements of the end of World War II with a very large, bold banner headline dropped out of a black box: "WAR OVER ! " with a lead-in printed in red ink: "Truman Announces: ".

The front page "BULLETIN - Truman Announc... See More  

1945 USS Bunker Hill... Japanese kamikaze attacks....

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., June 28, 1945



* USS Bunker Hill - Essex-class aircraft carrier

* Invasion of Okinawa - Kamikazes attack



The front page has a two column heading: "Bunker Hill Hit by Two Suicide Planes Will Fight Again" with 3 related photos above the masthead. (see) First report coverage on the Japanese kamikaze attacks on the USS Bunker Hill during the invasion of Ok... See More  

1945 USS Saratoga comes back to port...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 14, 1945



* USS Saratoga (CV-3) aircraft carrier

* United States Navy "Welcome Home"



The front page has a four column photo headed: "The Old Lady Comes Home" Also a two column heading: "Gallant Saratoga Docks with 3,710 Pacific Vets" (see)

Complete with 22 pages, light toning and some wear along the spine, generally good.... See More