M18 Hellcat in the street of the French city of Lunéville
The American 76 mm M18 Hellcat self-propelled gun from the 603th battalion of tank destroyers on the street of the city of Luneville, liberated from the Nazis. Location: Luneville, France…
Loading of wounded American marines on a hospital ship on the island of Bougainville
Wounded in the initial phase of the landing on the island of Bougainville (New Guinea), American marines are sent from the landing boat to the side of the hospital ship.…
The landing of American Sherman tanks on the Anzio bridgehead
The landing of American Armored forces on the bridgehead of Anzio. In the foreground are two medium M4 Sherman tanks from the 1st US Tank Division. Location: Anzio, Italy Date:…
American and English sailors drink beer in the port of Rosyth
Allies in the Second World War – American of the US Navy (the first in the left row) and English sailors of the Royal Navy are drinking beer in the…
American B-24 Liberator bomber in fire over Germany
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Little Warrior (861st Bomber Squadron of the 493rd Bomber Group, 8th Air Army) crashed on June 29, 1944 near the town of Fallersleben, Germany. The last person…
American Marines with captured Japanese flags at Cape Gloucester
American Marines from the 1st Marine Division of the US Navy after a hard battle posing with captured Japanese flags at Cape Gloucester. Location: New Britain Date: January 1944
Japanese I-401 submarine in Pearl Harbor after surrender
The Japanese aircraft-carrying submarine I-401 was moored in Pearl Harbor after Japan surrendered in World War II. US military experts are studying the internal arrangement of a submarine, one of…
American sailors and pilots play basketball aboard the aircraft carrier Monterey
American sailors of the US Navy light aircraft carrier “Monterey” (USS Monterey CVL-26) and naval aviation pilots play basketball aboard their ship. The left American sailor is the future 38th…
Lieutenant Edwin Dowell and fighter of the French resistance in the Battle of Marseilles
American Lieutenant Edwin E. Dowell of the US Army with a Colt 1911 pistol and a French partisan with Stan English-made submachine gun, during a street battle in Marseilles. Source…
Two US marines, amphibious drivers DUKW-353, in the battle of Iwo Jima
Two black US marines, amphibious drivers DUKW-353, join the battle as ordinary infantrymen after their amphibious vehicles were destroyed during the landing on Iwo Jima island. US Marines source: National…