Aircraft hangar of the US Yorktown aircraft carrier
Aircraft hangar of the US “Yorktown” aircraft carrier (USS Yorktown CV-10). The hangar is filled with deck fighter Grumman F6F Hellcat. Date: 1943 Author: Charles Curle Source of Yorktown aircraft…
Japanese sailors against the background of the Fuso battleship
A group of Japanese sailors posing against the background of the “Fuso” battleship at the naval base in Kure. Location: Kure, Japan Date: 1943
Soviet officers at the captured German Panzer IV tank
Soviet officers of the Red Army are posing against the background of the captured German Panzer IV ausf. H medium tank from the 9th Panzer Division of the Nazi Wehrmacht.…
The sailor of the Soviet cruiser Molotov reads the newspaper The British Ally
Sailor of the Soviet cruiser of the Black Sea Fleet project 26-bis “Molotov” I. Chertov reads the newspaper “British Ally”. In the background there is a 12.7-mm quadruple shipborne anti-aircraft…
German military-sanitary train № 684, destroyed by Soviet partisans
Bulgarian soldiers posing against the destroyed German military-sanitary train number 684. Six wagons of this German train on April 20, 1943, were blown up on a bomb planted by Soviet…
Japanese soldier who died of wounds
A Japanese soldier who was left by his comrades in the jungle on a stretcher and died of wounds. The islands of Arundel and Sagekas (Solomon Islands). Location: Solomon Islands…
Killed German soldiers in the Battle of Stalingrad
The frozen corpses of German soldiers in the Battle for Stalingrad, winter 1942-1943. Location: Stalingrad, USSR Date: 1943 Author: Natalia Bode
Rex Barber with Navy Cross medal for shooting down the plane of Admiral Yamomoto
Lieutenant Rex T. Barber during the receipt of Navy Cross for participating in the operation to destroy the G4M “Betty” aircraft with the Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on April 18,…
B-17 Memphis Belle crew against the background of the bomber
The crew of the famous Boeing B-17 “Memphis Belle” heavy bomber, named after the crew commander’s girl, poses after his 25th and last flight to the bombing. The air force…
Delegation of the Allies near the Soviet Embassy in Tehran
Delegation of the Allies of World War 2 near the Soviet Embassy in Tehran. Tehran Conference. Delegation of the Allies from left to right: an unknown British officer, General George…