WWII in Focus: Daily Photos from the Frontlines
German POWs Marched Through Moscow After Operation Bagration, July 1944
June 17, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
German prisoners of war, captured during Operation Bagration, march through central Moscow in one of the largest public displays of enemy defeat in WWII. Read more
Soviet 152-mm Howitzers D-1 Fire on German Forces in the Battle for Belarus, July 1944
June 17, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Soviet 152-mm D-1 howitzers of the 110th Howitzer Regiment shell German positions during Operation Bagration. In the foreground: Lt. Vyacheslav S. Tsarapkin, commander of a firing platoon. Read more
Hungarian POWs Captured by the Red Army, Possibly near Voronezh, 1942–43
June 16, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Captured Hungarian soldiers, possibly taken during the Soviet counteroffensive around Voronezh, after the collapse of the 2nd Hungarian Army. Read more
Downed Ju 88 Displayed in Moscow as a Wartime Trophy
June 16, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Wreckage of Ju 88 F6+AK displayed publicly in central Moscow after being shot down near Istra during a reconnaissance mission. Read more
Wrecked German Ju 88 Recon Plane Displayed in Central Moscow, July 1941
June 16, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Junkers Ju 88 reconnaissance aircraft F6+AK, shot down near Istra, displayed in central Moscow as a wartime trophy. Read more
Fallen Brother on Omaha Beach
June 9, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
A fallen American soldier is honored by his comrades with crossed rifles after the D-Day landing. Read more
The Jaws of Death: Omaha Beach Landing, D-Day 1944
June 9, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
E Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st U.S. Infantry Division disembarks from an LCVP landing craft from USS Samuel Chase under heavy fire. Read more