Yunnan Province

A rest and recuperation area for US airmen in Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944.

Rotes Kreuz

A German Rotes Kreuz helmet.

Fallschirmjäger

Fallschirmjäger in Crete, 1941.

Private Clyde Peacock

Private Clyde Peacock and the rest of the 1st Military Police Platoon of the US 1st Army wait in England to board transports to Normandy. (Early June, 1944). Source: U.S. Army.

Beer

A collection of beer cans from World War II.

Arrival at Yalta

German officers arriving at Yalta, Russia (now Ukraine), circa 1942.

Ruins of Cologne

U.S. Army Private Brookey is standing in the ruins in front of Cologne Cathedral, which suffered seventy hits by aerial bombs during World War II. May 1945. In June 1945 American troops used it as a rifle range. Most of the town in this area was flattened during the war.

The Flying Boat

The rise of a German flying boat, BV.222 "Viking" from the surface of the Elbe, during tests.

Plane Spotting

July,1942. "Training high school boys to identify planes. There's no question about these young people's ability to recognize airplanes by their silhouettes. They're learning this and other essential facts of aviation at Weequahic High School, Newark, New Jersey, in a course designed to teach students the fundamentals of flying." Office of War Information photo.

Going Home

Discharged Japanese soldiers crowd around trains at Hiroshima Railroad Station as they take advantage of free transportation to their homes after the end of the war. 8th of September, 1945. After Japan's capitulation, more than 5,400,000 Japanese soldiers and 1,800,000 Japanese sailors were taken prisoner by the Allies.The damage done to Japan's infrastructure, combined with a severe famine in 1946.