Finnish Fighter

Finnish MS 406 fighter preparing to take off from a snowy field, Viitana, Karelia, Russia, winter 1941-1942.

A scale model of the MS 406

Japanese Soldier

Japanese soldier, 1945.

Luftwaffe Ace

Kurt Ebersberger, Luftwaffe ace with 30 known victories.

Fighting Men Need Nurses

An American Red Cross poster, 1944.

Mussolini and Hitler

Mussolini with Hitler, on the Eastern Front, August 1941.

Hot Poppas

Known as the "Hot Poppas", these men, wearing heavy asbestos protective suits, risked their lives to rescue pilots and crewmen from burning aircraft during emergency situations.

Keeping Warm

Three United States GIs from the 85th Infantry Division (Custer Division) keeping warm near a fire, Italy, April 1944.  Photo by bridgeman.

Paratrooper

A close-up of a German paratrooper with an MP40.

Creully, France

United States Army in Creully, France, 1944.

Accepting Surrender

Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney, U.S. Third Fleet Chief of Staff, at the surrender of the Yokosuka Naval base to U.S. forces, August 30, 1945. He received the surrender on behalf of the U.S. Navy. 

Recruiting

Canadian armed forces members talk outside of a recruiting office.

Stuka

Junkers Ju.87 D-5 'Stuka' of 1.SG3 being hand crank started in Immola, Finland 1944.  Colorized by Doug Banks.

Shaving

Germans soldiers helping one another shave.  On the Eastern Front.

Princess Elizabeth

HRH Princess Elizabeth in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, April 1945.

Moroccan Goumier

Moroccan Goumier, were admittedly soldiers who killed, robbed, raped men and women, especially in Esperia.

10th Battalion

A Vickers machine gun team of 10th Battalion The Rifle Brigade, training near Bou Arada, Tunisia, April 30, 1943.

T-34

A column of Russian T-34 tanks.

Amsterdam

Amsterdam after the German bombardment, May, 1940.

Atlanta

A view of the American home front.  Atlanta, 1941.

Destroyed

A destroyed Sherman tank, in France.

Midget Submarines

At the end of World War II, Allied Occupation forces found hundreds of midget submarines built and being built in Japan, including large numbers of the “Koryu” type. Many of these boats were in massed groups at shipyards and naval bases.