War damage

Ruins in Verdun, France, during World War I. From: 35th Division scrapbook

American journalist Louis Lochner (right) looking at wrecked balcony where Adolf Hitler once stood to greet the masses in Berlin. He is talking to the former cook of the Chancellor.

An aerial view of Berlin, Germany taken from an airplane. The image shows the Anhalter Bahnhof (train station) after the Germans surrendered to end World War II in Europe.

The wrecked American embassy on Unter den Linden (a boulevard), Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The building is shown how correspondents found it.

The Reichstag after the bombing of Berlin during World War II. A German anti-aircraft gun sits wrecked in the foreground.

Joseph Goebbels' Ministry of Propaganda in Berlin as it was found by correspondents after the Allies captured Berlin at the end of World War II.

An aerial view of Berlin taken after Germany surrendered to end World War II. To the left is the Reichstag, damaged by the bombings and to the right a destroyed bridge can be seen going over the Spree River.

German soldiers maneuver themselves through the rubble of destroyed buildings. Location unknown. All are unidentified. From a series of captured German photographs.

A German anti-tank gun fires on the town of Wlochy, Poland. All are unidentified.

Destroyed buildings along a street in Warsaw, Poland. All people are unidentified. From a series of captured German photographs.