An elderly Jewish woman wearing a yellow Star of David walks the streets of occupied Paris in 1941. A powerful color image reflecting persecution under Nazi rule. Read more
Place de la Concorde in German-occupied Paris, 1942. A rare color photograph showing everyday life in the French capital under occupation. Read more
Short description: Wehrmacht musicians of the 30th Infantry Division parade along the Champs-Élysées in occupied Paris in June 1940, illustrating the use of ceremonial displays during the early German occupation of France.
Wehrmacht musicians of the 30th Infantry Division march in a parade on the Champs-Élysées in occupied Paris in June 1940, illustrating the early German occupation of France and the symbolic use of military ceremonies. Read more
A rare wartime photograph showing Soviet fighter ace Semyon Sibirin congratulating French pilot Albert Littolf after his aerial victory while serving with the famous Normandie squadron on the Eastern Front in June 1943. Read more
Soviet-built Yak-3 fighters of the French Normandie-Niemen Regiment after their return to France in 1945, still bearing traces of their Soviet wartime markings. Read more
Soviet-built Yak-3 fighters of the French Normandie-Niemen Regiment in France after returning from the Eastern Front, 1945. Read more
British and French prisoners of war captured by German forces near Veules-les-Roses, Northern France, during the Battle of France, May 1940. The photograph was later published in Picture Post with an incorrect caption identifying the location as Dunkirk. Read more