Wayback Wednesday, sponsored by Jamie Lockwood, broker/owner of Sutton Group Muskoka Realty!
Main Street Huntsville looked like a busy place between 1944-1946, around the time this photo was taken. Around that same time, Allied forces were fighting back the Germans during World War II. Rome was being liberated (June 1944). Allied divisions had also landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, pushing German troops east. By the end of 1944, the Allies had managed to liberate a majority of Axis territories occupied during the war. In early 1945, Allied troops managed to enter Germany. By mid-April, the Soviets had surrounded the German capital, and on April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler killed himself. The German armed forces surrendered unconditionally in the west on May 7, 1945, and two days later in the east, marking the end of World War II. (Photo from the Muskoka Heritage Place Collection).
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