Major-General Lev Dovator and his Cavalry Corps
Cavalrymen from the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps of the 16th Army of the Western Front and with a map in hand, the commander of the Soviet Cavalry Corps – Guards…
I am an American poster over a Japanese store in the USA
A large poster “I am an American” above the window of a Japanese store in San Francisco. The owner of a store of Japanese origin (a US citizen, a graduate…
American soldiers in Siegfried fortified line
American soldiers cross the fortified Siegfried line (Westwall or Siegfriedstellung) on the border with Nazi Germany. Location: Germany Date: March 1945 Source of the American soldier: www.defenseimagery.mil.
Japanese family expects deportation to internment camp in USA
A little girl from a Japanese family is waiting for the bus to be deported to the “internment camp” (in fact, a concentration camp), where during the war, there were…
Physicians of the 4th Infantry Division of the US Army on Utah Beach
Medics from the American 4th Infantry Division assist a wounded comrade from the Marine Corps in the Utah Beach Disembarkation Zone in Normandy, France. Location: Normandy, France Date: June 6,…
US President Harry Truman announces the surrender of Japan
US President Harry S. Truman at the White House, Washington, declares the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II on August 14, 1945. Location: Washington, USA Date:…
The Dachau Concentration Camp
Aerial view of the Dachau concentration camp in the Nazi Germany. After the liberation of the death camp of Dachau, his guard from SS-Totenkopfverbände was executed. Location: Dachau, Germany Date:…
The bombing of the military plant of the Hispano Suiza company in France
The bombing of the Hispano Suiza military plant in Paris by Boeing B-17 bombers from the 8th Air Army of the United States. The firm Hispano Suiza produced military aircraft…
Junkers Ju.52 the German transport plane in the sky
German Junkers Ju.52 military transport aircraft from the Luftwaffe in the sky during World War Two in Europe. Junkers Ju.52/3m, “3m” in designation means drei Motoren – three-engined – German…
Russian peasants in the street of the occupied village
The German photograph captured the Russian peasants on the street of the Nazi-occupied village. Location: USSR