Frozen Front: Red Army Engages German Forces on Rybachy Peninsula, 1944

Frozen Front: Red Army Engages German Forces on 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


Shermans Ready to Swim: Tanks With Snorkels Head to Normandy, 1944

Shermans Ready to Swim: Tanks With Snorkels Head to Normandy, 1944

June 20, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes

U.S. M4 Sherman tanks equipped with snorkels aboard landing ships, preparing for D-Day invasion. Read more


Amphibious Landing Drill by US Forces on the Algerian Coast – 1944

Amphibious Landing Drill by US Forces on the Algerian Coast – 1944

June 20, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes

U.S. amphibious assault troops land during a training exercise from USS Cepheus (AKA-18) in Algeria. Read more


Gearing Up for D-Day: Allied Equipment Loaded at Brixham Port

Gearing Up for D-Day: Allied Equipment Loaded at Brixham Port

June 19, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes

Allied vehicles being loaded for the Normandy invasion, including M1A1 wreckers and Caterpillar tractors at Brixham Port. Read more


Heavy Haul: US M4 Tractor Tows 203mm Howitzer in France, 1944

Heavy Haul: US M4 Tractor Tows 203mm Howitzer in France, 1944

June 19, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes

M4 High-Speed Tractor from the 105th Field Artillery Battalion towing a 203mm M1 howitzer through the French countryside. Read more


Priest in Action: US M7 SPG Supports Troops at Cherbourg, June 1944

Priest in Action: US M7 SPG Supports Troops at Cherbourg, June 1944

June 18, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes

An M7 Priest 105mm self-propelled gun from the 14th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Armored Division “Hell on Wheels,” moves through the ruins of Cherbourg during the Allied push to capture the strategic port. Read more


Panther Down: Wrecked German Tank With Warning Placard, Belarus 1944

Panther Down: Wrecked German Tank With Warning Placard, Belarus 1944

June 18, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes

A knocked-out Panther Ausf. A tank destroyed during Operation Bagration. A German transport warning placard remains legible on the hull. Read more