American mortar team are hiding in a large crater from a powerful explosion
American mortar team (of 81-mm mortar) of the US Army Artillery take refuge in a firing position in a large funnel from a powerful explosion. A soldier of the American…
Landing of American paratroopers from the 503rd Airborne Regiment to the island of Corregidor
American paratroopers from the 503rd Airborne Regiment of the US Army land on the territory of the Corregidor island, occupied by the Japanese, the Battle of Philippines. Location: Philippines Date:…
Exhumation of mass graves in the Netherlands
German war criminals and Dutch collaborators make an exhumation of the mass burial of the victims of the Nazis under the supervision of Canadian soldiers and the Dutch police. Location:…
Soviet ship of the Amur Flotilla drops Marines on the Sungari River
The landing of marines from the Soviet Sverdlov ship of the Amur flotilla on the Sungari river. The 2 nd Far Eastern Front of the Red Army. Location: China Date:…
Pz IV tank and destroyed convoy of armored vehicles in France
The German convoy of armored vehicles destroyed by the Allies Forces. In the foreground are the German Army shielded Pz IV tank of the Nazi Panzerwaffe, behind it the FlaK…
US Army Private Sam J. Abbott with a Browning M1919 machine gun
American Army soldier Private Sam J. Abbott from Chicago city with a Browning M1919 machine gun. Operation Cobra. Location: Saint-Lô, Normandy, France Date: July 27, 1944
A group of arrested Dutch collaborators and members of the Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging
A group of arrested Dutch collaborators and members of the National Socialist Party of the NSB (NSB – Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging). After the liberation of the Netherlands from the German occupation…
The damaged Soviet JS-2 heavy tank in Masaryk Square
The Soviet JS-2 heavy tank (Joseph Stalin) of the Red Army Armored Force, damaged in battles, drives to Masaryk square in one of the Czech cities. Location: Czechoslovakia Date: 1945
Aerial photo of German military equipment destroyed in Falaise pocket
An aerial photograph of destroyed German military equipment in the Chambois area, where German troops were surrounded by allies (the so-called “Falaise pocket”). In the center there is a half-track…