Supreme Command

Walter Model visiting the Supreme Command of the Hungarian 1st Army.

Ju 188

A captured German Junkers Ju 188, Italy, 1944-45.

German Red Cross

A World War II poster that reads: "Donate to the War Relief of the German Red Cross".

Volleyball

South African pilots play volleyball in Tunisia, 1943.

Source:  IWM

The Casualties are Coming

View of military ambulances lined up on shore at Guam, awaiting the arrival of the USS Solace with casualties from Okinawa, June, 1945. 

Young Soviet Soldier

A young Soviet soldier carrying an MG 34.  Colorization by Doug Banks.

Gebirgsjäger

A Gebirgsjäger cleans his rifle. Most likely during the Battle of the Caucasus, late 1942.

Dead Man Walking

Luftwaffe troops securing areas recently overran by Soviet troops at Stalingrad, suburb of Minina, September 19, 1942. The man in the foreground, Oberleutnant der Reserve Helmut Wilhelm Schnatz, Chef of 3.Batterie/Flak-Regiment 25, would die later that same day. Possibly the last photograph of him.

B Company

Infantry men of "B" company, 44th armored infantry battalion, 6th division, cross the street pass the body of PFC Robert Vardy Wayne, who was just been shot by a sniper, age 19, 1945, in Germany. Colorized by Sanna Dullaway.

Poker Game

During Pacific operations, crewmen relax by playing a game of poker in the cramped quarters of the USS New Mexico.

Execution

A German soldier finishes off Serbian civilians executed at random in Pancevo, north of Belgrade, Serbia, on April 22, 1941. The executions were filmed in color by Gottfried Kessel of the propaganda company of the Gross Deutschland Regiment.

Motorcycle Messenger

A German motorcycle messenger wearing his rain gear, to keep dirt and dust off his uniform.

African-American Marines

March 10, 1945: U.S. troops in the Pacific islands continued to find enemy holdouts long after the main Japanese forces had either surrendered or disappeared. Guam was considered cleared by August 12, 1944, but parts of the island were still dangerous half a year later. Here, patrolling Marines pass a dead Japanese sniper. These Marines may belong to the Fifty-second Defense Battalion, one of two black units sent to the Pacific.

Polish POWs

Polish soldiers captured by Germans during the invasion of Poland,September,1939.