Soviet pilot Major Ivan S. Polbin poses with his SB bomber on 17 August 1941, showing one of the most famous bomber commanders of the Red Army Air Force. Read more
Wedding rings taken from victims of Nazi camps and discovered by U.S. soldiers in Buchenwald on 5 May 1945, documenting the material evidence of mass murder. Read more
Red Army artillery crew with a 45 mm anti-tank gun during the fighting in Belarus in June 1944 as part of Operation Bagration. Read more
The Royal Castle in Warsaw burning after German artillery fire during the siege, Poland, 17 September 1939 Read more
Photo documenting German and Soviet officers speaking with a Polish railway worker during the invasion of Poland in September 1939, illustrating the early occupation of Poland and the later manipulation of historical photographs. Read more
Polish cavalry in Sochaczew during the Battle of the Bzura in September 1939, showing the largest Polish counteroffensive of the campaign and its outcome. Read more
Photo documenting the mass execution of 56 Polish civilians by German occupation authorities in the Uzbornia Forest near Bochnia on 18 December 1939 during the early occupation of Poland. Read more