Go to Town

Soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division sing "Go to Town" in Barenton, France, 1944.

Kamikaze Pilot

A magazine cover showing a Japanese kamikaze pilot, 1944-5. Printed and distributed in Japanese schools.

Dangerous Combatant

Two U.S. Marines conduct an Okinawan woman to the rear. 

Rumor Board

US soldiers of the 791st Ordnance (91st Division) reading a 'rumor board' in Bologna, Italy, 1945. 

Grenadier on the March

A color portrait of a German grenadier on the march in Russia in June 1941, shortly after the invasion.

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-2

A Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-2  at rest in an airfield.

Slowly Forward

Over the body of a dead comrade, Canadian infantrymen advance cautiously up a narrow lane in Campochiaro, Italy, on Nov. 11, 1943. The Germans left the town as the Canadians advanced, leaving only nests of snipers to delay the progress.

London Blitz

Home on fire during the London blitz, 1940.

Wireless Set No. 46

The British made Wireless Set No 46, developed in 1941 for Combined Operations Command, was a portable manpack set primarily designed for communications during beach landings.It was manufactured by E K Cole. The No 46 Set provided R/T or MCW communications over short ranges of 6-10 miles working to a similar set with aerial rod. It had three pre-set, crystal controlled channels, and operated on the 3.4 to 9.1 MHz range. The set was waterproof and could be immersed in seawater for up to one minute without becoming inoperable.It was a highly successful design and a significant technological achievement.

Luftwaffe Funeral

The occupation of Kharkov. A Luftwaffe reconnaissance unit holds a funeral for a member of the unit.  

Mt. Vesuvius

Mt. Vesuvius spewing ash into the sky, erupting as a U.S. Army jeep speeds by shortly after the arrival of the Allied forces in Naples, Italy in 1944.

WAAC

A member of the US Army Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) wearing an M43 field jacket, circa 1944.

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Tokio Kid

A United States propaganda poster.

2nd SS Panzer Division

2nd SS.Panzer Division 'Das Reich' advancing in Russia, 1941.  Colorization by Doug Banks.

2nd SS Panzer Division in Russia

Planning the Attack

Oberst von Huenersdorff, CO of 11th Pz.Regt. - and of the division from February to July 1943- holds a front-line orders group during a January, 1943 attack on the Soviet position known as 'Rabbit Farm'. During the costly fighting between the Don and the Donets that winter von Huenersdorff commanded an armored battle-group of 6th and 7th Pz.Divs. and Army reserve assault artillery units.

Kischentsy, Ukraine

This diorama portrays Michael Wittmann’s Tiger tank, belonging to 501st SS Heavy Tank Battalion, next to an 8 ton semi track 3.7cm flak 37 sd.kfz 7/2 at rest beside an abandoned village home in Kichentsy, Ukraine. Four exhausted soldiers from Battalion 113 (Panzer Grenadier Regiment) are seen walking by on a muddy village road, probably after an encounter with Soviet T-34 tanks in the large offensive. This #007 late-production Tiger was destroyed at Villers Bocage, France, during the retreat further from Ukraine in 1944, by several Sherman VC "Firefly" tanks, part of British 7th Armored Division.

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Cherbourg Street Traffic

Cherbourg street traffic after liberation from German occupation. Local civilian and military vehicles crowd the Place de la Republique. June 27-30, 1944. Normandy Campaign, France.

After the Invasion

"Jewish women and children bearing the Star of David after the German invasion of Poland. Photograph by Hugo Jaeger. Gostynin, Poland, October, 1939".

Cleaning Rifles

Sgt. John C. Clark...and S/Sgt. Ford M. Shaw...(left to right) clean their rifles in bivouac area alongside the East West Trail, Bougainville. Members of Co. E, 25th Combat Team, 93rd Division.

Bogged Down

A US Sherman tank bogged down on Tarawa Island.

Wreckage

Soldiers retrieving part of the tail section belonging to a Messerschmitt Bf.110C-4 3M+EL (Wk.Nº 3113) of 3./ZG2 shot down on Tuesday 3rd. Sept. 1940. Both crew baled out, survived and were taken prisoner. It was shot down possibly by F/O Count M.B.Czernin of 17 Squadron, Debden (Hurricanes) and crashed at Canewden in Essex.  650 German aircraft attacked London and Kent that day and 42 were destroyed for the loss of 13 RAF planes.  (Colorised by Vitaly Lopatin from Russia). Found here. 

Sweet Victory

American servicemen buy ice cream from a stall outside the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris after the liberation of the city in August, 1944.

(Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

German Armor

A Panzer 38t and Panzer II in Poland.

Brazilian Flyer

Pisa, San Giusto airfield, Italy, Spring 1945: Brazilian Air Force’s 1° Ten. Av. (1st Lt) Othon Corrêa Neto, nickname “Serião”, in the cockpit of his aircraft, the Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt.

A Present for the Enemy

A serviceman at an RAF bomber station ties a ribbon round a bomb, circa 1943.