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One of the meetings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo Trial) – an international trial of Japanese war criminals. Location: Tokyo, JapanPhoto time: April 1947
Fedor von Bock, (1880-1945) – one of the most famous German military leaders during the initial period of World War II, he commanded armies and army groups during the Anschluss…
Burning tanks at the Columbia Aquila refinery in the Romanian city of Ploiesti after a raid by American B-24 Liberator bombers on August 1, 1943. Operation Tidal Wave. Columbia Aquila…
American Curtiss P-40 fighter aicraft of the US Air Force (USAF) with an additional fuel tank in flight over the clouds. March 1943. Source: Library of Congress
British aircraft technicians pushing a British Short Stirling heavy bomber on the runway of a RAF military airfield. British aircraft technicians photo source: US Library of Congress.
Four crew members of the American B-17 bomber Flying Fortress who escaped from the crash in the North Sea while returning from the bombing of the German city of Hamm.…
British aerial bombs lie on the airfield in front of a B-24 Liberator bomber of the Royal Air Force at one of the Allied airfields in the Battle of North…
Captured German bomber crew in the Battle of North Africa.After an emergency landing, the crew of the German bomber tried to escape, but were detained by Allied forces.In the photo…
US Marines of the American Navy Sergeant F. Smith and Corporal S. Brown attempt to crack a coconut in the Battle of Saipan. US Marines photo source: US National Archives.…
US Marines prepare for an amphibious operation on an island in the Pacific Ocean aboard a American Coast Guard transport ship. American Marines photo source: US National Archives. Location: Pacific…