Men of B Btry., 163rd AAA Bn., grouped around the barrel of their 90mm AA gun named "Tojo Special", Goodenough Island, New Guinea.
The Polish Government In Exile issued a statement declaring itself to be "the only and legal steward and spokesman of the Polish Nation". It further called and called for the Soviet Union to respect the rights and interests of Poland, a rapid reestablishment of a Polish republic and agreement between itself and the Soviet Union which would allow for Soviet coordination with the Polish Home Army.
In other words, it saw the handwriting of betrayal on the wall and was desperately trying to do what it could to prevent it.
Sailors of the USS Hoggatt Bay, CVE 75, eat chose at battle stations, January 5, 1944.
The Red Army captured Berdychiv, Ukraine, a city which was fought over by the Poles, Ukrainians and Soviets after World War One and which was rocketed in the ongoing Russo Ukrainian War. Prior to World War Two it had a major Jewish population.
German survivors of the SS Weserland, sunk on January 5, 1944, are shown below, disembarking to imprisonment.
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