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Aeronautical technicians repair a P-40 fighter from the American Volunteer Group (Chiang Kai-shek Air Force) at an airfield in Quinming, China. Aeronautical technicians photo source: National Museum of the United…
Launch of the British Terrible aircraft carrier (HMS Terrible), built at the shipyards in Devonport for the needs of His Majesty’s Royal Navy. Location: Devonport, UKPhoto time: September 30, 1944
Portrait of Major General of the US Army Mark Clark (1896-1984) in 1943. Source: US Library of Congress.Source of information on Mark Clark’s portrait: en.wikipedia.org
American soldiers from the US Army stand near a military SUV in a village in New Caledonia. American Soldiers photo source: US Library of Congress. Location: New CaledoniaPhoto time: 1942
An American tank crew member, Private 1st Class Wally Rathgeb, washes clothes using a handicraft washing machine in New Guinea. Wally Rathgeb photo source: US Library of Congress. Location: New…
Aerial view of the bombing of the harbor of the Italian city of Palermo by American bombers Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Bombing of Palermo photo source: US Library of Congress.…
A panorama of the distribution of food to Italian prisoners of war at the Wady Sarar train station in Palestine. Italian POWs photo source: US Library of Congress. Location: Wady…
New Zealand and Australian soldiers pose for a photographer in front of a wagonload of Italian prisoners of war at the Wady Sarar railway station in Palestine. New Zealand and…
US Air Force Lieutenant Hoyt A. Eason poses for a photographer in front of a village in New Guinea. Hoyt A. Eason photo source: Library of Congress. Location: New GuineaPhoto…
German soldiers and officers from the Nazi Wehrmacht stand near the captured Soviet concrete pillbox in the Kiev fortified area during Operation Barbarossa. Location: USSRPhoto time: 1941