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    A YEAR IN PICTURES 1945 The end of the war and a world order in transition

    Apr 23, 2020 4 minutes

    Casualty of war

    A US marine is buried at sea from the attack transport ship USS Hansford during the American invasion of Iwo Jima in February 1945. A large American fleet carried landing craft, vehicles and three divisions of marines across the Pacific, delivering them to the beaches on this island on 19 February following three days of heavy US bombardment of Japanese positions. Despite that preparation before landing, Iwo Jima was captured only after five weeks of bitter fighting, on 26 March.

    The end is nigh

    Workmen rig up loudspeakers in Trafalgar Square, central London, in early May 1945, in readiness for an anticipated

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