Soviet border guards inspect captured Finnish arms
Soviet border guards inspect captured Finnish small arms. The Finnish machine gun Maxim M/32-33 (or M/21) and the Finnish Mosin rifle of the 1939 model are visible. Location: Finland Date:…
German prisoners of war pass by Soviet ISU-122 in Berlin
A convoy of German prisoners of war of the Nazi Wehrmacht passes by Soviet ISU-122 self-propelled artillery guns of the Red Army along Berlin street. Location: Berlin, Germany Date: 1945…
Sergeant V. Francis of the 19th Canadian Artillery Regiment demonstrating Panzerschreck rocket launcher
Sergeant V. R. Francis from the 19th Canadian Royal Field Artillery Regiment shows the captured German “Panzerschreck” rocket launcher and a rocket for it. Sources of information about the Sergeant…
General Douglas MacArthur signs an act of surrender of Japan aboard the Missouri battleship
General Douglas MacArthur signs the act of surrendering Japan aboard the US battleship “Missouri”. September 2, 1945. To the left of MacArthur, in the foreground – Lieutenant-General Jonathan Wainwright, behind…
M18 Hellcat and American soldiers
American M18 “Hellcat” self-propelled gun from the 603rd battalion of tank destroyers and infantrymen on the street of the town of Marnach in Luxembourg. Location: Marnach, Luxembourg Date: February 21,…
American A-20 Havoc bomber attacks a Japanese transport ship
American A-20-30DO Havoc bomber (serial number 43-9477) Tobias the Terrible from the 89th assault squadron of the 3rd bomber group of the 5th Air Army of the US Air Force…
M18 Hellcat in the street of the French city of Lunéville
The American 76 mm M18 Hellcat self-propelled gun from the 603th battalion of tank destroyers on the street of the city of Luneville, liberated from the Nazis. Location: Luneville, France…
A German soldier in the background of a bridge near the Polish city of Sanok
A German soldier from the Nazi Wehrmacht of the Third Reich poses against the background of a bridge near the occupied Polish city of Sanok. Location: Sanok, Poland Date: 1942
Loading of wounded American marines on a hospital ship on the island of Bougainville
Wounded in the initial phase of the landing on the island of Bougainville (New Guinea), American marines are sent from the landing boat to the side of the hospital ship.…
Group photo of the crew of the British Hood cruiser
Group photo of the crew of the British “Hood” cruiser (HMS Hood). The photo was taken on the basis of the British fleet in Malta. In battle against the German…