This Day in #WWII#History: Men of the 16th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 1st Infantry Division wade ashore on Omaha Beach on the morning of June 6, 1944 (colorization by @marinamaral2).
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As Allied forces advance across Germany, they discover treasures of Europe gathered by the Nazi Reich. One U.S. soldier poses for a photograph while wearing the imperial crown of the Holy Roman Empire, made in 962.
After three days of brutal room-to-room combat in Berlin's Reichstag, Red Army troops hoist the Soviet Union's flag over the heart of the conquered German capital.