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Soviet female anti-aircraft gunner Elena Petrovna Ivanova (1923) after returning from the Soviet-German front in the village of Voznesenovka after the end of World War II in Europe.Junior Sergeant Elena…
Czechoslovak nurses accompany a Prague insurgent wounded in the head during a battle near the Town Hall in Old Town Square against the occupying forces of the Nazi Wehrmacht. Czechoslovak…
The ceremonial formation of the servicemen of the British Jewish Brigade. Mauritius island. At the end of 1940, the British arrested the ship Atlantic with refugees from Europe near the…
Abandoned German artillery guns of the Nazi Wehrmacht near the ruins of a building in Konigsberg after the city was captured by the Red Army. Location: Konigsberg, East Prussia, GermanyPhoto…
French General Charles de Gaulle addresses his compatriots from the balcony of the Hôtel de ville in Cherbourg. General Charles de Gaulle photo source: www.defenseimagery.mil. Location: Cherbourg, FrancePhoto Time: Aug…
Photo of the Russian city of Uritsk in the Leningrad region, taken from a German observation balloon.The photo clearly shows the devastated front-line city of Uritsk (currently part of the…
US Marine Corps pilot George E. Dawkins in the cockpit of his aircraft at an airfield in the Solomon Islands. George E. Dawkins photo source: www.defenseimagery.mil. Location: Solomon IslandsPhoto Time:…
German MG-34 machine gunner from the 6th Mountain Division of the Wehrmacht (6. Gebirgs-Division) resting on skis in the Battle of the Kola Peninsula in the winter of 1941-1942.The German…
A group photo of American pilots who volunteered for the war against Japan in China.The American pilots in the photo stand from left to right: Colonel Clinton D. “Casey” Vincent,…
American General Douglas MacArthur greets the future first president of South Korea Syngman Rhee (Syngman Rhee, 이승만, 李承 晩, 1875-1965). Location: KoreaPhoto time: 15 August 1944