Japanese-American troops ran for cover as a German shelling was starting, Italy, 4 Apr 1945Australian Privates Leon Ravet of Parramatta and Bernard Kentwell on patrol with Owen Machine Carbines, New Britain. 4 April 1945Map depicting the Allied encirclement of the Ruhr region, 29 Mar-4 Apr 1945American ships unloading supplies on the beach of Okinawa, Japan, 4 Apr 1945