![View of Rotterdam after German bombing during the Western Campaign in May 1940. [LCID: 51422]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/0827e6c6-7b30-4a3f-9a06-fa7d9ec14d21.jpg "View of Rotterdam after German bombing during the Western Campaign in May 1940. [LCID: 51422]")
View of Rotterdam after German bombing during the Western Campaign in May 1940. Rotterdam, the Netherlands, May 1940.
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German troops parade through Warsaw after the German invasion of Poland. This photo was most likely taken on October 1, 1939. On that day, Adolf Hitler came to Warsaw to review German troops during a military parade. Warsaw, Poland.
Item View![Units of a German armored division on the eastern front in February 1944. [LCID: 09575]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d6d8b704-efb4-4159-b80b-c28ee41eef0e.jpg "Units of a German armored division on the eastern front in February 1944. [LCID: 09575]")
Units of a German armored division on the eastern front in February 1944. Soviet forces, largely on the offensive since the battle of Stalingrad, pushed German troops to the borders of East Prussia by the end of 1944. Soviet Union, February 1944.
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![British troops land on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, the beginning of the Allied invasion of France to establish a second front ... [LCID: 04733]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/74b01dd7-58d1-4608-950c-89f07953b810.jpg "British troops land on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, the beginning of the Allied invasion of France to establish a second front ... [LCID: 04733]")