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.

#20 A mobile canteen is presented in London by the Buffalo, N.Y., branch of the Aid to Britain organization on Jan. 4, 1943.

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#36 Red Cross worker Roxane Pollack (right), of Philadelphia, Pa., hands coffee and doughnuts to Pfc. Marvin Clover, of Clayton, Ala., as he stands guard at his gun position on the fringe of a Dutch New Guinea air base on Oct. 23, 1944. Mobile canteen of the Red Cross is mode of transportation of the food.

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#1 British Military Policemen hoist the Union Jack as the British Army enters Berlin, 1945.

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#17 Wrecked enemy vehicles burning on one of the roads after attacks by aircraft in Normandy, 1944.

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#33 As the Allied invasion of the Normandy gets underway, American troops are shown embarking in landing crafts at a British port, 1944.

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#49 Smoke from Agana torpedo bomber targets are seen in the distance as landing craft race toward the Asan shore at Guam, 1944.

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#15 When Japanese American Families were Forced to Live in Internment Camps in 1942 #15 WWII

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#9 An aerial view of the Submarine Base with the fuel farm at left, looking south, 1941.

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#25 Battleships burning in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Hawaii, USA. L. to R. USS Arizona, USS Tennessee, and USS West Virginia.

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#41 Meeting of the ‘Imperial Conference’ in Tokyo, 1941.

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