Treating the Wounded

U.S. medics treat a wounded soldier during the Battle of the Bulge.  Winter, 1944.  A colorized photo.

Buchenwald

American soldiers of the 80th Infantry Division standing next to a pile of corpses on a trailer at Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany, 12th, April 1945.

Land Army Girls

The Women's Land Army (WLA) was a British civilian organisation created during the First amd Second World Wars to work in agriculture replacing men called up to the military.

Panzer 38t

Deutsche Panzer 38t in Russia.  The 38t was originally a Czech tank of pre-World War II. 

Kawasaki Ki-61

A Kawasaki Ki-61 on an airfield.

Planning

Two American pilots from the 56th Fighter Group discussing possible strategies with the Colonel at their military base in north Suffolk. 

Source

The Dead

German cemetery, near El Ouina airfield, Tunisia, May 1943.

Antitank Rifle

Russian Soldiers with a Mosin Nagant & PTRD 14.5x114mm Antitank rifle.

Just Before the Invasion

US soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division in England just prior to the Normandy Invasion - June 1944.

Strategic Planning

German general Heinz Wilhelm Guderian and other high officers during a briefing, Russia, 1941.

U.S. Army Rations

Samples of some of the rations used by the United States Army during World War II.

Panzer IV - # 2

A Panzer IV making a river crossing in Russia, 1942.

Siegfried Line

At the Siegfried Line, a 7th Army soldier looks over the trench and pill-box defenses near the village of Steinfield.

Lancaster Bomber

Troops loading a 400 lb Cookie bomb into a Lancaster bomber, 1942.

Watching the Coast

German soldiers on the island of Crete.

Abandoned Field Kitchen

An abandoned hand-drawn Soviet field kitchen, near Kursk.

Worst Machine Gun

Type 92 Japanese Nambu Machine Gun. That was the worst possible machine gun of its time. Instead of a clip like the BAR or BREN Gun, or a belt like the M1917 Browning or the M1919A4 Browning and the MG34 and MG42, the Type 92 Nambu required the 20 round clips that had to be fed individually, and could not be connected like the belts. It the the reason these machine gun positions were easily overrun.

Captured Machine Gun.

An American soldier showing off a Japanese heavy machine gun captured during the battle against Japanese forces holding the Buna area, Papua New Guinea, 1943.  The gun is a Japnese Type 11 machine gun.

Airstrip

A United States airstrip on Tarawa Island.

U-Boat Crew

1943 U-Boat crew with tropical uniforms, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Medical Treatment

Medics of the 10th Mountain Division treat an unidentified American soldier, wounded in the mouth, during the 5th Army's push for Bologna, Italy.

Sudetenland

Invasion of the Sudetenland, front row L to R: Colonel General von Schobert, General von Epp and unidentified. Date taken: 1938.

Jimmy Stewart

Captain James Stewart with pilots of his squadron in Marrakesh on the way to England. November, 1943.

Dunkirk Aftermath

In the aftermath of Dunkirk.  British vehicles left behind.

Smack the Japs

Smack the Japs.  Join the Submarine Service.

Demarcation Line

German and Russian soldiers at demarcation line, Augustovo, Poland. Oct, 1939.

On Leave in Venice

Soldiers of the British Army on leave in Venice, Italy, June, 1945.  In a gondola on the Grand Canal, Venice.

Bazooka Training

Brazilian soldiers, now in training in Italy, are being instructed on the Bazooka by American soldiers.

Ruins of Normandy

United States armored vehicles on the move past civic buildings in Avranches, summer 1944.

Identification

July 22, 1938: The Third Reich begins issuing special ID cards for German Jews.

Bread

A German soldier eating bread.

Salvage Collection

Boy Scouts, Cubs and Sea Scouts; Boy Scouts, Cubs and Sea Scouts collect waste paper for salvage, Balderton, Nottinghamshire, 1944. Children were enthusiastic recruits in Britains salvage campaign.

USS North Carolina

USS North Carolina at sail during the Gilbert Islands operation, November, 1943.

In Wilmington, North Carolina, 1961.

Hungarian Hussars

Hungarian hussars in Poland, 1944. Note the tomahawk carried by one trooper.

The Ready Room

Aboard the USS Yorktown, in the Ready Room, SBD pilots tell of their exploits after returning from a raid on Wake Island, October, 1943. 

German Airfield

A German airfield on the Western Front.

Meet and Greet

American and Soviet troops enjoying a song on a Russian tank after their forces link up near Griebo, Germany, May, 1945.