Arctic convoys of World War II, Duke of York battleship in sea
Arctic convoys of World War II, British battleship “Duke of York” (HMS Duke of York) of the Royal Navy in stormy seas on the way to Murmansk, USSR. The Arctic…
Sergei Platov lieutenant, Soviet pilot of the 34th Fighter Regiment
Fighter pilot, deputy squadron commander of the 34th Fighter Aviation Regiment, Lieutenant of the Red Army, Sergei Platov. The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Nation. While serving in the…
OS2N Kingfisher seaplane takes off from the US cruiser “Astoria”
The OS2N Kingfisher reconnaissance seaplane, piloted by Lieutenant Charles Tanner, takes off from the catapult of the American “Astoria” cruiser (USS Astoria CA-34)) of the US Navy in the South…
Mo i Rana, German MG-34 machine gun in the Battle of Norway
Mo i Rana, German Mountain Jaegers (Gebirgsjagers) from the 137th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Nazi Wehrmacht stand near an MG-34 machine gun on a military boat in…
6th Marine Division mortarmen sleep on the Okinawa island
Mortarmen from the U.S. 6th Marine Division sleep in a safe location during a break in the battle for the city of Naha on the island of Okinawa, Japan. World…
Günter Rohr, Maria Tarnowska and Alfred Lewandowski in Warsaw
Major General of the Wehrmacht Günter Rohr during negotiations with representatives of the Polish Red Cross Maria Tarnowska (1880-1965) and Dr. Alfred Lewandowski on the provision of humanitarian corridors for…
Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt at Quebec Conference
Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt at the Second Quebec Conference – (codenamed “QUADRANT”) was a summit meeting between the United States and Great Britain held in Canada from August 17…
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina flying boat from New Zealand in flight
New Zealand Air Force flying boat Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina (tail number XX-S) in flight over ocean waters in search of Japanese submarines of the Imperial Navy. Pacific Theater of Combat…
Swastika, a Polish participant in the uprising breaks the Nazi flag
The Swastika, Polish participant in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, is tearing off the German flag with the Nazi symbols of the Third Reich from the wall of the city…
USS Finback, Launching of an American submarine in Portsmouth
Launching of the American “Finback” submarine (USS Finback, SS-230) from the US Navy at the naval shipyard in Portsmouth, USA, during World War II. USS Finback is famous for the…