WWII Photo Archive

Finnish Air Force Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 Fighter, 1944

August 26, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes

Finnish Air Force Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 fighter MT-408 from HLeLv 34, photographed in Finland, spring 1944. Read more

Soviet A-20 Boston Bomber Crew under Major Georgy Osipov, 1944

August 25, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes

Soviet A-20 Boston bomber crew commanded by Major Georgy Osipov, 1944. Read more

Soviet La-5F Pilots Sergey Yasanis and Kalmyatov, 1944

August 22, 2025 Reading time: 2 minutes

Soviet fighter pilots Sergey Yasanis and Kalmyatov are seen beside a La-5F fighter in 1944. Both men served in the elite Guards aviation units. Read more

Romanian Peasant Woman Feeds Soviet Soldier with Cow’s Milk, August 1944

August 15, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes

A Romanian peasant woman feeds a Soviet soldier with cow’s milk in August 1944, symbolizing friendship between liberators and locals. Read more

First German City Falls: Aachen Captured by US Forces, October 1944

August 14, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes

In October 1944, Aachen became the first German city to fall to the Allies after brutal street combat. Captured German POWs stand in the heart of their homeland, marking a turning point in the Western Front campaign. Read more

German POWs March on Moscow’s Garden Ring, July 17, 1944

August 14, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes

German POWs march through Moscow’s Garden Ring in July 1944 after their capture in Operation Bagration, with street-cleaning trucks symbolically following to cleanse the city of their presence. Read more

Street Washing in Moscow After the March of German POWs, July 17, 1944

August 13, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes

Soviet street-washing trucks clean Moscow after 57,000 German POWs marched through the city in July 1944, marking the Soviet victory in Belarus. Read more