Mortar Team

A United States mortar team in a foxhole, during the Battle of the Bulge, in the snowy St. Vith.

The Knight's Cross

Oberfeldfebel Rudolf Kruger (Rudolf Krüger), holder of the Knight's Cross. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of October 5, 1941 while serving in the 6th company of the 32nd Infantry Regiment.

Covered in Mud

A Fallschirmjaeger.   His face covered with mud and grime, Crete, 1941.

Superman Joins the War

July 1, 1942 - Superman #17 is released with what will become a classic cover, right in step with America's anti-axis propaganda crusade.

Asterperious

Lt. Ken Strong, who’d been an artist for Walt Disney, created the Pacific Islander character Asterperious for the 319th Bomb Squadron. The jolly roger with cross-bombs was the insignia for the 90th Bomb Group.

Hitler at Wolf's Lair

Walter Frentztook this photograph in the winter of 1942-43 at Hitler’s headquarters Wolf’s Lair at Rastenburg in East Prussia.

Free French Troops

French troops in the Liri Valley, on the road to Rome, Italian Campaign, 1944.

Recently Captured

German POWs recently captured, and in the custody of American military police.

The Dutch Greet the Nazis

May 1940, Arnemuiden, The Netherlands. Children in traditional clothing at the start of World War II. This photograph was taken by Otto Kropf. He was a member of a German propaganda unit.

On Guard Duty

Japanese soldiers on guard duty in North China, 1938.  On the left, a Type 11 light machine gun.

Just Enough Time for a Smoke

A German paratrooper takes time to take a smoke from his pipe.   Monte Cassino, Italy, January 1944.  Pipe smoking was quite common with German paratroopers during World War II.

Stalingrad Attack

German infantry prepare to attack a Soviet position, on the outskirts of Stalingrad.

Okinawa Bombardment

USS Idaho BB-42,fires the 14/50 guns of Turret Three at nearly point-blank range, during the bombardment of Okinawa, 1 April 1945.Photographed from USS West Virginia (BB-48).

Truck Driver

A United States Marine truck driver at New River, North Carolina, during the latter stages of World War II.

Soviet Poster

Translated, it reads:  “Mercilessly annihilate fascist saboteurs”

South African Air Force

Douglas Boston light bombers of No. 24 Squadron, South African Air Force, flying low over the Tunisian desert, March, 1943.

Source:  www.iwm.org.uk/

German Gas Mask

The Gas equipment that every German soldier during World War 2 was expected to carry about their person.

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65th Panzer Battalion

PzKpfw IVs (Panzer IV) of 65th Panzer Battalion in May, 1941.  These photographs were taken in East Prussia, prior to the invasion of the Soviet Union.  

Amicable Meeting

Coast Guard seamen Aylward (left) and Goodwin (back to the camera) in an amicable meeting with German POWs aboard a USCG cutter off the Normandy coast on the day of the landings, June 6, 1944.

Armor on Rails

German troops rail loading armor at Kharkov, 1942.

A Helping Hand

A U.S soldier offers his hand to a woman leaving a cave where she had hidden with her child during the battle between Japanese and American forces.

IMAM Ro.37

The Meridionali Ro.37 Lince was a two-seater Italian reconnaissance plane, a product of the Industrie Meccaniche Aeronautiche Meridionali (IMAM) company. It appeared in 1934 and had a composite structure of wood and metal.  The aeroplane first saw operational duty in the Spanish Civil War, and during the Second World War it saw duty on almost all fronts, except for Russia. 

Along the Appian Way

American armor moves up the Appian Way during the drive towards Rome.

River Recon

An incredible piece by an amazing artist.  Read all about him here.  You will be amazed.

German Field Cooks

Field cooks assigned to a German mountain troop unit in the Vosges mountains, France in January of 1945.

Long Range Desert Group

Three men of the Long Range Desert Group enjoy a moment's relaxation with cigarettes after returning to headquarters in, Siwa, Libya, in 1942.

A colorization of a photo from the Imperial War Museum.

Paulus

General Paulus with officers of Sixth Army HQ on the steppes to the west of Don-Stalingrad area, August, 1942.

Under Construction

Avro Lancaster aircraft under construction at the A V Roe & Co Ltd factory at Woodford in Cheshire, 1943. Despite constant losses in air battle over Germany, new production meant that the numbers of aircraft available were always increasing.

Hitler's Mistress

Eva Braun, Hitler's mistress, with toy cat.

Surrender of Yokosuka

Japanese personnel stand in formation, during the surrender of the Yokosuka Naval base to U.S. Navy and Marine Corps forces, 30 August 1945.

Photographed by Lieutenant Dewey Wrigley. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.

Wounded on the Eastern Front

A wounded German officer on the Eastern Front, 1941.

Loose Talk Can Cause This

American poster from World War II.

German Field Kitchen

A German field kitchen ('Gulaschkanone') at the side of a roadway in Russia.

Pilots of the 78th Fighter Squadron

Pilots of the 78th Fighter Squadron pose for a picture.

The Bushmasters Patch

Flamethrower

A Wehrmacht flamethrower team on the Eastern Front, 1941.

In the Rubble

American troops, northwestern France, summer 1944.