Month: June 2018

The seaport in the island of Cebu (Philippines), occupied by Japanese troops, was attacked by American aircraft. In the lower right-hand corner of the photo, a Japanese ship, immersed in…

The Cant Z.506B rescue hydroplane belonged to the Italian 139th Squadron. July 29, 1942 Cant Z.506B “Airone” saved the crew of the downed English bomber “Bristol Beaufort” (4 people). In…

Italian Macchi C.200 “Saetta” fighter flies over the English fighter “Spitfire”, standing at the airfield Grottaglie in Italy. This Italian fighter Macchi C.200 “Saetta” in this photo is fighting against…

34th Vitebsk Guards Red Banner Tank brigade of the Order of Suvorov. Until February 7, 1943 – the 52nd Tank Brigade of the Red Army Armoured Force.

Soviet pilots from the 3rd squadron of the 15th Guards Ground Attack Air Regiment of the Red Army receive a combat mission at the preflight briefing. Soviet pilots from left…

Consolidated B-24 Liberator Little Warrior (861st Bomber Squadron of the 493rd Bomber Group, 8th Air Army) crashed on June 29, 1944 near the town of Fallersleben, Germany. The last person…

Color photo of the Second World War: Nazi officer talks with an elderly Jew in the ghetto of the town of Kutno. Jews had to wear a yellow star on…

American Marines from the 1st Marine Division of the US Navy after a hard battle posing with captured Japanese flags at Cape Gloucester. Location: New Britain Date: January 1944

Lieutenant General Alexander Ilyich Rodimtsev (1905-1972), Soviet military commander, twice Hero of the Soviet Union with all the awards. The post-war photo, 02 February 1949. Alexander Rodimtsev

The commander of the 384th Guards heavy self-propelled artillery regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Ilya Egorovich Malyutin (with a map in his hands) sets the task for subordinate officers – battery commanders.…