American fighter pilots from 99th Squadron listen to combat mission
Black American fighter pilots of the P-51 Mustang of the 99th Fighter Squadron listen to a combat mission at an airfield in the Battle of Italy. Source: US National Archives.Source…
American pilots Lemuel R. Custis and Charles B. Hall on vacation in New York
Black American pilots from the 99th Fighter Squadron on vacation in New York: left, Captain Lemuel R. Custis, right Charles B. Hall.The 99th Fighter Squadron was staffed primarily by black…
American sailor from the U.S.S. Otter, DE-210 aboard his ship
An American sailor from the escort ship Otter (U.S.S. Otter, DE-210) aboard his warship. Copyright title of the American sailor photo: “His crew sank a German submarine”. We are talking…
Portrait of Soviet Lieutenant General Mikhail Efremov
Mikhail Grigorievich Efremov was born on February 27, 1897 in the city of Tarusa (now the Kaluga region). In 1915 he was drafted into the Russian army.He graduated from the…
Soviet fighter pilot from the 186th IAP Lieutenant Grigory Egunov stands near the I-153 Chaika fighter
Soviet fighter pilot from the 186th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Red Army Air Force, flight commander Lieutenant Grigory Ivanovich Egunov stands in front of his I-153 Chaika fighter. Grigory…
Soviet squadron commander Captain F.V. Khimich at the airfield
Soviet squadron commander of the 127th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Red Army Air Force Captain Fyodor Vasilyevich Khimich (April 22, 1917 – March 20, 2009) at the airfield.Fyodor Khimich…
American battleships Wisconsin and Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor
The American battleships Wisconsin (BB-64, foreground) and Oklahoma (BB-37) at the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. Location: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USAPhoto time: November 11, 1944
German military vehicles burning on the road after attack by American attack aircraft
Four wrecked Nazi Wehrmacht German military vehicles burn on the road.German military vehicles were attacked by American P-47 Thinderbolt attack aircraft. Source: National Museum of the United States Air Force.Source…
Aerial view of the Brandenburg Gate after fighting in the Battle of Berlin
Aerial view of the Brandenburg Gate after the end of the fighting between the Red Army and the Wehrmacht in the Battle of Berlin and World War II in Europe.…
Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill during negotiations in the Moscow Kremlin in August 1942
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during talks in the Moscow Kremlin on August 12-16, 1942. Location: Moscow, USSRPhoto time: 12-16 August 1942