Victory in One Frame: Soviet sailors of the Dnieper Flotilla pose with an American cameraman before Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on May 2, 1945, capturing one of the last moments of Allied unity before the Cold War. Read more
Soviet infantryman Mikhail Makarov, one of the participants in raising the Victory Banner over the Reichstag, stands before the shattered building in Berlin on May 2, 1945, shortly after the end of the battle. Read more
A Soviet Red Army soldier directs traffic at Berlin's Schlossplatz in May 1945, only days after the Battle of Berlin ended. The photograph captures one of the first signs of everyday life returning to the devastated German capital. Read more
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10/AS of the Italian National Republican Air Force returns from a combat mission in April 1945, flown by Lieutenant Oddone Colonna during the final weeks of World War II in Europe. Read more
Yak-3 fighter of the Normandie-Niemen Regiment, observed by American servicemen at an airfield near Stuttgart, Germany, before the regiment's return flight to France in June 1945. Read more
Yak-3 fighter of the Normandie-Niemen Regiment, photographed at an airfield near Stuttgart, Germany, on June 20, 1945, shortly before the regiment returned to France with its Soviet-built aircraft. Read more
Soviet 203mm B-4 howitzer under the command of Senior Sergeant S. Shpin, firing at German positions in Sopot during March–April 1945. The Church of the Savior is visible in the background as the Red Army advances toward Gdańsk. Read more