Residents of Marseille watching the evacuation of French military flags destined for North Africa, February 2, 1941. 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
The Notre-Dame Church in Saint-Lô, France, stands heavily damaged after the Allied bombing campaign during the Battle of Normandy in August 1944. Read more
German Tiger I heavy tank abandoned in the streets of Marle, France, during the Allied advance in September 1944. A rare World War II photograph documenting the retreat of German armored forces in Western Europe. Read more
American paratrooper standing near a destroyed French Renault UE tankette and a crashed Waco CG-4 glider near Neuville-au-Plain, Normandy, August 1944. Read more
French M4 Sherman tanks of General Leclerc’s 2nd Armored Division land at Utah Beach on August 1, 1944. Read more