Category: WWII

Relive the era of World War II through powerful vintage photographs. See the bravery, sorrow, and determination that defined the global conflict.
Each photo reveals human stories from the frontlines, the home front, and the aftermath that shaped our world.

#145 Destroyed Frankfurt on the Main, 1945.

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#4 Hald main farm

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#12 ETO WACS celebrate 3rd anniversary in Paris. View of ETO WACS assembled in review in front of the Place de la Concord in Paris, France. In a history making parade down the famous Champa Xlysses Ave., ETO WACS marched in the first all women parades in the history of the city. Guests in the parade were detachments of English ATS, WAAPS and French WACS. They were led by the US Army Band and a WAC color guard.

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#20 The hospital camp at Hald

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#4 Ammunition stockpiled in the town square for the impending D-Day invasion of France.

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#11 A Japanese policeman stands amidst the dead and rubble-strewn streets of Tokyo in the immediate aftermath of the capital’s firebombing. March 10, 1945. Tokyo, Japan.

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#20 Woman pilot taking pair of soldiers punting on the River Avon.

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#1 Locals reconstruct a bomb damaged wall, Dresden.

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#8 It is not certain that rationing is to be brought for some foodstuffs, rationing is a preventative of shortage, 1939.

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#17 The mayor of Dresden Walter Wiedauer and the architect Conart Herbert (Right) Planned the city’S Reconstruction.

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