Jeep Willis of the US 5th Army crossing the river in Volterra city
Jeep Willis of the US 5th Army as they cross a river washed out by rains near the city of Volterra in the Battle of Italy during World War II.…
Kōki Hirota, the former Japanese Minister hears his death sentence
Former Japanese Prime Minister (1936-1937) and Foreign Minister (1933-1934, 1937-1938) Kōki Hirota (廣田 弘毅, 1878-1948) hears his death sentence.Sentence for Kōki Hirota read by the chairman of the International Tribunal…
Ernest Hemingway and the Colonel Charles Lanham in Germany
The famous American writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) and the commander of the US Army 22nd Infantry Regiment, Colonel Charles T. (Buck) Lanham, are in the Hürtgenwald region of Germany. Ernest…
Royal Canadian Navy, 1st Corvette Flotilla near Newfoundland
The 1st Corvette Flotilla of the Royal Canadian Navy enters the harbor of Port St. John’s on Newfoundland Island during the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. The…
1st Corvette Flotilla of the Royal Canadian Navy, Newfoundland
The 1st Corvette Flotilla of the Royal Canadian Navy enters the harbor of the Port of St. John on the island of Newfoundland during World War Two. The 1st Corvettes…
TBF-1 Avenger American torpedo bombers flight over Maui island
American torpedo bombers TBF-1 Avenger from VT-10 Squadron of the US Air Force flying over the island of Maui (Hawaii).TBF-1 Avenger bombers from VT-10 Squadron belonged to the USS Enterprise…
Radiation and thermal burns of a victim of the atomic bombing
Radiation and thermal burns on the body of a Japanese civilian – a victim of the American atomic bombing of Hiroshima – during World War II. Color photography. Radiation and…
Francis Birch, US engineer marks the atomic bomb “Little Boy”
Francis Birch, American Engineer Commander (Albert Francis Birch, 1903-1992) marks the atomic bomb “Little Boy” with the inscription “L11”.To the right of Francis Birch is Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., 1915-2011.…
American Little Boy atomic bomb lies on the trailer
The American Little Boy atomic bomb lies on a trailer and is intended for the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima during World War II. The main characteristics…
B-29 Enola Gay bomber after atomic bombing of Hiroshima city
American bomber B-29 Enola Gay (Boeing B-29 Superfortness “Enola Gay“) at the airfield in Tinian in the Mariana Islands on the day it returned from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.…