WWII in Focus: Daily Photos from the Frontlines
Destroyed German StuG III and Fallen Crewman Near Roncey, France, 1944
June 24, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
German StuG III Ausf. G destroyed in battle, likely by heavy Allied artillery. The body of a crewman lies beside the vehicle. Read more
Canadian Sherman M4A4 Rolls into Caen, France — Operation Overlord, 1944
June 24, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
A Canadian Sherman M4A4 from the 27th Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusiliers) enters the city of Caen during the Allied campaign in Normandy. Read more
American Convoy Rolls Through Liberated Cherbourg, 1944 — With Captured Nazi Kettenkrad
June 22, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
A U.S. military convoy crosses Cherbourg’s Place du Général de Gaulle in 1944. Visible on the right is a captured German NSU HK-101 Kettenkrad, pressed into Allied service. Read more
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 of the Luftwaffe in Flight, 1944
June 22, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft of the Nazi Luftwaffe in flight during the later stages of World War II. Read more
Red Army Soldiers Battle on the Rybachy Peninsula, 1944
June 22, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Soviet infantrymen armed with Mosin rifles, PPD-40s, and DP-27 light machine guns fight during the Arctic battle for the Rybachy Peninsula in 1944. Read more
Sherman tanks equipped with snorkels en route to normandy, June 1944
June 20, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
U.S. M4 Sherman tanks equipped with snorkels aboard landing ships, preparing for D-Day invasion. Read more