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.

#61 An automatic rifle man fights on the outskirts of Stalingrad, 1942.

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#6 Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation by American forces, 1945.

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#22 Buchenwald concentration camp – The Image shows dead bodies of those that were held captive as prisoners of war, 1945.

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#38 French prisoners Camille Sautereau and commander Bellon talk together in the courtyard of Nazi camp of Buchenwald, 1945.

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#13 AP photographer Joe Rosenthal, holds a wood carving depicting his famous photo of the flag raising at Iwo Jima, 1945.

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#29 Two U.S. Marines directing flame throwers at Japanese defenses that block the way to Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi, 1945.

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#45 The battleship USS New York, veteran of the Okinawa and Iwo Jima campaigns, returns with World War II veterans at San Pedro, Ca., 1945.

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#11 The Baker test during Operation Crossroads, a series of two nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll, 1946.

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#7 Harvesting has been in full swing in Normandy, and in spite of the war a good harvest was anticipated. Reapers everywhere, cutting the wheat in the midst of all kinds of machines of war, have carried on. British soldiers, off duty, have in many instances helped with the harvesting. The Germans had put barbed wire in abundance through the crops. The wire had to be carefully cleared away before the reapers could begin. General view of reapers at work with British soldiers helping French farmers in France, 1944.

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#23 French girls give a hearty welcome to Canadian troops passing through a town in the Normandy coast area of France, 1944.

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