War damage

Two unknown Japanese men stand in a doorway near rubble of a building in post-war Japan. Image taken by John Brannon who was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, Japan.

This is a view of Tokyo, Japan, from the War Ministry Building in post-war Japan. John Brannon was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals.

This is a street scene in post-war Tokyo, Japan in early 1946. Cars were scarce on the streets, and a person rides by on a bicycle. Image taken by John Brannon who was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals.

Agent Richard Beckman of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Detachment stationed in Berlin, Germany leading up to the Potsdam Conference, stands among Berlin ruins.

A bicyclist passes by the damaged remains of the Berlin University where Russian signage has been put in place for Soviet troops.

This photograph show the rubble of a technical high school that was destroyed during the Battle of Berlin.

Rubble remains of the Berlin Sports Platz in Berlin, Germany caused by the Battle of Berlin.

This is a photograph of Brandenburg Gate in 1945 after Allied Forces occupied Berlin. The gate survived World War II and was one of the damaged structures still standing in the Pariser Platz ruins in 1945.

This is an exterior view of the Reichstag Building in Berlin, Germany. This was where the German parliament met until 1933.

An image of Joseph Stalin is displayed on a monument along side a row of burnt buildings on the Unter den Linden, a boulevard in the central Mitte district of Berlin. All people are unidentified.