Jülich

Pfc. Thomas Snyder and Pvt. Paul Mattox both of Company C, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, Ninth U.S. Army, displaying this sign in Jülich, Germany, 24 February 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corpse / SC 201660
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Füssenich

9th Infantry Division men carefully enter Fussenich, Germany in 1945.
Then image: https://9thinfantrydivision.net/
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Vaals – The three country point

Allied soldiers reached the three country point of Netherlands, Germany and Belgium in december 1944.
Then image: ??
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Singapore (13)

Led by the cruiser’s Royal Marine band, men of HMS JAMAICA march through the streets of Singapore, 22 October 1945.
Then image: © IWM A 30916
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Singapore (12)

Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and his Chiefs of Staff entering the Municipal Buildings in Singapore for the Japanese surrender ceremony, 1945.
Then image: © IWM CF 717
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Singapore (11)

A convoy of landing craft carrying Indian troops entering the bay at Singapore on
5 September 1945.
Then image: © IWM SE 4636
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Singapore (10)

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, inspects men of the Royal Navy at the Singapore Victory Parade which followed the signing of the formal document marking the surrender of all Japanese southern armies.
Note: When I was there they were working on the formula 1 circuit.
Then image: © IWM SE 4712
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel 2023

Singapore (9)

At sea en route to Singapore. C. 1945-08. Ships of the occupation convoy on the way to Singapore following the Japanese surrender on 1945-08-15. Men of the RAF Regiment are manning the gun in the foreground.
Note: Of course not the same location but the now photo is taken in Singapore waters.
Then image: AWM SUK14736
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Köln – Christophstraße (2)

Germans that already surrender are bringing away from the frontline here walking in the Christophstraße during the battle for the city.
Note: The angle is not fully correct but still the same place.
Then image:
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Haarlem – Klokhuisplein

NSB (National Social Movement) on an inspection in 1942 in Haarlem with in the black uniform one of the founders of the NSB named C. van Geelkerken. Behind him the NSB major of Haarlem named S.L.A. Plekker but quickly named ”Slaap Lekker” that in Dutch means Good night, or Sleep well.
Then image: Noord Hollands Archief
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / JvdBroek2014