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.

#88 Marine Pfc. Douglas Lightheart (right) cradles his .30 caliber M1919 Browning machine gun in his lap, while he and Marine Pfc. Gerald Thursby Sr. take a cigarette break, during mopping up operations on Peleliu on 14th September 1944.

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#104 At 2.41am on the morning of 7 May 1945, at Allied headquarters in Reims, France, Chief-of-Staff of the German Armed Forces High Command, General Alfred Jodl, signed the unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies. The West awoke to the news the following day, with celebrations being h

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#120 40-mm automatic anti-aircraft gun at Finnish airfield, Leningradskaya oblast, August 26, 1943

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#136 Mountain soldiers of Wehrmacht troops relax on the sun loungers at a hunting lodge

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#152 Tank driver, Ft. Knox, Kentucky, June 1942

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#168 Workers on the Liberator Bombers, at Consolidated Aircraft Corp., in Fort Worth, Texas, in October of 1942

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#1 Stunning Color Photos of WWII Tank Crews of U.S. in Training at Fort Knox #1 WWII

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#17 A construction worker helps build a new power line into the rapidly growing installation.

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#12 Fleet Air Arm, Westland Wyvern, Douglas Skyraider and Hawker Sea hawk aircraft on the deck of HMS Eagle, 1955

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#28 Vampire T.11s of the RAF College’s Flying Wing, June 23, 1959

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