Category: 1940

British tanks Mk.II “Matilda” with the names “Glanton” and “Glouster” were part of the squadron of the 7th Royal Tank Regiment. This squadron went into a detour through the forest…

Tank Char B1-bis from the 3rd company of the 8th Battalion of Combat Tanks (8e BCC 3e compagnie, BCC-Batallion des Char de Combat), number 236 “GLORIEUX”. The tank was named…

A German soldier looks inside the French Renault R35 light tank abandoned by the crew in the Battle of France. Location: France Date: May 1940

Waffen-SS soldiers under enemy fire during the invasion of Holland. Waffen-SS – military formations security units of Third Reich. At first they were called “reserve troops of the SS”. Name…

Squadron of English “Spitfire” fighters from the 92nd Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in flight during the Battle of Britain. Location: Biggin Hill airfield, Great Britain Date: 1940

Front 1940, the German soldiers from the 2. Gebirgs-Division of the Nazi Wehrmacht (“Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 137”) are reviewing the destroyed French Panhard 178 armored car and the grave of his crew.…

The heroic Feldwebel of the division “Großdeutschland” of the Nazi Wehrmacht surrounded by happy German girls after the victory over France. Location: Germany Date: 1940

Fueling of the British Gloster Gladiator Mk II fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF) at one of the Libyan airfields in the Western Desert of North Africa. The Second…

British pilots from the fighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other servicemen look at the wreckage of the downed German medium bomber Junkers Ju 88, shot down…

Training of the Russian artillery team 21-K – 45-mm artillery gun of the Baltic Fleet the Soviet S-1 submarine from the Red Navy. Pre-War photo. Location: Baltic Sea, USSR Time…