2WW gasmask for kids, English nurse demonstrates a gas mask for a child
2WW gasmask for kids: An English nurse demonstrates a gas mask that is designed like a soft spacesuit designed to protect an infant in the event of a Nazi gas…
French Mogador destroyer after hitting a 381-mm British projectile in the stern
The destroyer “Mogador” under the fire of the British squadron, leaving the harbor, got hit by a 381-mm projectile in the stern. This led to the detonation of depth charges…
German Navy sailors bury their dead comrade in Narvik
Battle for Norway: German Navy sailors from the Nazi Kriegsmarine bury their dead comrade in Narvik. Location: Narvik, Norway Date: April-May 1940
Killed black soldier of the french army
Battle of France 1940: Unburied body of a murdered black soldier in French uniform. Location: France Date: 1940
Kawanishi H6K Mavis during the maritime parade in Tokyo Bay
Naval parade of the Japanese Imperial Navy in Tokyo Bay. In the foreground is a flying boat Kawanishi H6K “Mavis”. On the water in columns (from front to rear, from…
Sea Parade of the Japanese Imperial Navy in Tokyo Bay
Naval parade of the Japanese Imperial Navy, dedicated to the 2 600 anniversary of the accession to the throne of Emperor Jimmu. 98 fighting and auxiliary ships appeared before Emperor…
Tests of the German 37-mm anti-aircraft gun FlaK-18 in the tunnel
Tests of the German 37-mm anti-aircraft gun FlaK-18 in a tunnel designed for this. The tunnel was built to test anti-aircraft and aircraft weapons, it had 400 meters in length,…
English sinking Glowworm destroyer and the sailors on its hull
On April 8, 1940, the British Glowworm destroyer was sunk by artillery fire of the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper in the North Sea near Narvik (Norway) after an unequal…
The death of the Italian Gondar submarine
Italian “Gondar” submarine, flooded by the crew off the coast of Egypt in the area of Alexandria on September 30, 1940 after the attack of the British destroyers “Diamond” and…
Sinking French Bourrasque destroyer
During Operation Dynamo (the evacuation of the Anglo-French troops from Dunkirk to England) the destroyer Bourrasque on May 29, 1940, hit a mine in the area of Ostend, Belgium, and…