A B-29 Superfortress with one engine out continues its mission over Osaka during one of the most destructive bombing campaigns of World War II. Read more
Three German prisoners of war guarded by an American soldier during the final months of the war in Western Europe. Read more
A damaged B-29 returns from a combat mission over Japan only to be destroyed during a crash landing on Iwo Jima in 1945. Read more
The damaged B-29 Ramblin Roscoe crashes during an emergency landing on Iwo Jima after returning from a bombing mission against Tokyo in April 1945.
A damaged B-29 Superfortress lies wrecked in the waters off Iwo Jima after returning from a bombing mission against Japan in 1945. Read more
Damaged B-29 Superfortress "Gravel Gertie" after a crash landing on Iwo Jima following a bombing mission against the Japanese city of Saga on Kyushu, August 1945. Read more
Residents of a liberated Czech town burn a Nazi flag before Red Army soldiers during celebrations marking the end of German occupation in the summer of 1945. Read more