The dead American sailors of the New Mexico battleship
The American sailors of the US New Mexico battleship, killed on the deck of their ship, died as a result of the attack of the Japanese pilot-kamikaze. Okinawa. Location: Okinawa,…
Japanese aircraft carriers Amagi and Katsuragi under American bombs
The Japanese aircraft carriers Amagi (in the foreground) and Katsuragi (in the background) under American bombs at the Kure military base of Japan. Location: Kure, Japan Date: July 28, 1945
Soviet KV-1 tank of the Red Army destroyed on the road
The Soviet KV-1 tank of the Red Army Armored Force destroyed on the road and captured by the Nazi Wehrmacht of the Third Reich during the “Operation Barbarossa“, summer 1941.…
German soldiers use a Soviet anti-aircraft gun in Sevastopol
The German soldiers are using the captured Soviet 76.2-mm 3-K anti-aircraft gun of the 1931 model in Sevastopol. Location: Sevastopol, Crimea, Russia Date: 1942
German infantry before the attack on the Soviet defensive positions in the Battle of Stalingrad
German infantry before the attack on the Soviet defensive positions in the Battle of Stalingrad. The second from the left, a Wehrmacht’s infantry soldier carries a 50 mm mortar leGrW…
Russian soldier Ivan Semenov swears to defend his homeland
Russian soldier Private of Red Army Ivan Semyonov from the Soviet 1151st Ipatovsky Regiment of the 343rd Infantry Division swears to defend the Motherland and kisses his rifle in it.
German locals dig anti-tank ditches in East Prussia in 1944
East Prussia, Germany, summer of 1944. German locals dig anti-tank ditches to stop armored hordes of Bolsheviks from the East. By order of the Nazi Gauleiter, Erich Koch, all the…
Japanese Army transport military cargo on the backs of elephants in Burma
Japanese Army transport a military cargo of elephant backs during the fighting in Burma. Location: Burma Date: 1944
American bombers are returning from the first mission of Operation Frantic
American bombers Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress from the 97th and 99th bomber groups are returning from the first combat mission of the Soviet-American Operation Frantic: American bombers taking off from…
Burnt American B-17 bomber No. 297247 at the airfield in Ukraine
Destroyed by German air raid American bomber Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress No. 297247 at the airfield of the 169th airbase special purpose near Poltava. Operation Frantic. Location: Poltava, Ukraine, USSR…