M18 Hellcat is firing on the Japanese Shuri Line
The American M18 “Hellcat” self-propelled gun of the US Army fires on the fortified positions of the Japanese on the Shuri Defence Line. Location: Okinawa, Japan Date: May 11, 1945
American Marine throws a hand grenade in battle at Tarawa atoll
The American Marine of the US Army throws a hand grenade in battle during the invasion of Tarawa Atoll. Location: Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Archipelago Date: November 20, 1943
B-25 Mitchell, shot down by antiaircraft artillery in the bombing of the Japanese oil refinery
Burning bomber North American B-25J-10-NC Mitchell (serial number 43-36192, “Jaunty Jo” (“Boy Boy Joe”) from the 345th bomber group, shot down by anti-aircraft artillery when bombing a Japanese oil refinery…
Sapper from Argyll&Sutherland Highlanders in the French city near the burning M4 Sherman
Sapper from the Canadian regiment “Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders” on the street of the French town of Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives at the burning tank M4 “Sherman”. A Canadian Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders…
Japanese soldier surrounded by American Marines on Roi-Namur Island
A Japanese soldier surrounded by marines from the 4th Marine Division of the United States on the island of Roi-Namur. The Japanese soldier is naked to show that he does…
General Dwight Eisenhower look at the shot prisoners from the Ohrdruf concentration camp
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and other American officers in the Ohrdruf concentration camp shortly after the liberation of the camp. When the US army approached, SS security guards shot the…
American B-24 Liberator Flak magnet bomber
American bomber Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Flak magnet” from the 753rd squadron of the 458th bomber group of US Air Force (USAF).
The dead American sailors of the New Mexico battleship
The American sailors of the US New Mexico battleship, killed on the deck of their ship, died as a result of the attack of the Japanese pilot-kamikaze. Okinawa. Location: Okinawa,…
American bombers are returning from the first mission of Operation Frantic
American bombers Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress from the 97th and 99th bomber groups are returning from the first combat mission of the Soviet-American Operation Frantic: American bombers taking off from…
Burnt American B-17 bomber No. 297247 at the airfield in Ukraine
Destroyed by German air raid American bomber Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress No. 297247 at the airfield of the 169th airbase special purpose near Poltava. Operation Frantic. Location: Poltava, Ukraine, USSR…