A German Wehrmacht motorcycle dispatch rider on a Zündapp KS 500 sidecar motorcycle talks with Bulgarian peasant women tending livestock in the countryside during the German military buildup in the Balkans, spring 1941. Read more
British recovery crews remove a damaged German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter after a forced landing in Windsor Great Park during the Battle of Britain in October 1940. Read more
Short description: Wehrmacht musicians of the 30th Infantry Division parade along the Champs-Élysées in occupied Paris in June 1940, illustrating the use of ceremonial displays during the early German occupation of France.
Wehrmacht musicians of the 30th Infantry Division march in a parade on the Champs-Élysées in occupied Paris in June 1940, illustrating the early German occupation of France and the symbolic use of military ceremonies. Read more
Junkers Ju 87B dive bomber of III./St.G 3 after a forced belly landing during the Battle of France, summer 1940. Read more
Rare photo of the first KV-2 heavy tank prototype, Leningrad, January 1940. Read more
Junkers Ju 88C V1, the first prototype of the Ju 88 heavy fighter series, photographed in 1940, equipped with Jumo 211B-1 engines and MG 15 machine guns, marking an important step in the evolution of German military aviation. Read more
British and French prisoners of war captured by German forces near Veules-les-Roses, Northern France, during the Battle of France, May 1940. The photograph was later published in Picture Post with an incorrect caption identifying the location as Dunkirk. Read more