Soviet soldier fighting in the ruins of Stalingrad
A Soviet soldier of the Red Army Infantry with a PPSh-41 submachine gun is fighting in the ruins of Stalingrad against the Nazi Wehrmacht. Location: Stalingrad, USSR Date: 1942
American Gambier Bay escort aircraft carrier under the fire of Japanese ships
US Gambier Bay escort aircraft carrier (USS Gambier Bay (CVE 73) under the artillery fire of Japanese ships. The photo shows an episode from a battle in Leyte Gulf (Philippines),…
Freed from German captivity, the French return home
The allies of the USSR in World War II liberated from German captivity — the French are returning home. On the road west of Berlin, hundreds of people liberated by…
Grenadier Otto Funk with comrades from the SS division Hitler youth after an unsuccessful attack
Eighteen-year-old SS-Sturmmann (corporal) Otto Funk from the 25th Grenadier Regiment of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitler Youth in the Rots after a failed attack on Norrey-en-Bessin, northwest of the…
Kharkov resident looks at Nazi propaganda poster
Color photo of the Second World War: A Kharkov resident looks at a Nazi propaganda poster in an occupied city. The inscription in Ukrainian reads: “For the Freedom of Nations”.…
Japanese Kirishima battleship in preparation for the Sino-Japanese War
Japanese “Kirishima” battleship in preparation for the Sino-Chinese war. “Congo” the battleship was photographed after the second modernization of the battleships of the “Congo” class, during which not only the…
Japanese Congo battleship in preparation for the Sino-Japanese War
Japanese “Congo” battleship in preparation for the Sino-Japanese War. “Congo” battleship was photographed after the second modernization of the battleships of the “Congo” class, during which not only the appearance…
German military laboratory with supersonic wind tunnel
German military laboratory with supersonic wind tunnel A-7 in the Third Reich. In this small tunnel in 1939, Nazi engineers achieved an air speed of three times the speed of…
The crash of a downed kamikaze aircraft next to the US Natoma Bay aircraft carrier
Battle of the Philippines: Fall of a downed kamikaze plane astern of the US escort carrier Natoma Bay (USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62)). “Natoma Bay” aircraft carrier at that time was…
Soviet sniper A. Chekhov from the 13th Guards Division at a firing position in Stalingrad
Soviet sniper Anatoly Chekhov (1923–1967) of the 39th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 13th Guards Division of the Red Army at the firing position in the Battle of Stalingrad. Sniper…