#38 Austro-Hungarian mountain troops pose for a photograph in Dolomite mountain range on Italian front in World War 1; 1916. Danish born reporter Jacob Riis documented this chapter of American history, venturing into the city’s most ominous neighborhoods to capture the crime, poverty and overcrowding. to encourage not spreading information which might be sensitive in the War effort during World War II; 1943. Whilst not the end of World War Two, the significance of VE Day clearly cannot be understated. Witnessing the birth of Germany he went on to become a major Military leader during the First World War.