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.

#23 Oyida Peaks rivets as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic in the Assembly and Repair Department.

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#12 A North American Aviation employee places metal parts on masonite before sliding them under a hydraulic press at the plant in Inglewood, California, 1942.

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#28 A Vultee Aircraft worker makes adjustments to the wheel well of a “Vengeance” dive bomber before installation of the landing gear at the plant in Nashville, Tennessee, 1943.

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#11 London smolders, 1940

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#7 Supreme Allied Commander American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, his deputy, British Chief Air Marshal Arthur Tedder , and the principal commander of Allied ground forces in Europe, British General Bernard L. Montgomery, stand in a US armored vehicle as they review a tank exercise, Salisbury, England

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#23 Marines torch a Japanese defensive in Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi by using flamethrowers in 1945. These military tools were an effective weapon for burning out entrenched fighters who would have otherwise continued to fight, costing more lives. Pictured are Pvt. Richard Klatt and PFC Wilfred Voegeli

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#39 El Guettar Valley, Tunisia in 1943.

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#55 Alligator landing vehicles heading toward defenses on Peleliu in September 1944.

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#71 A Kriegsberichter (war correspondent) holding an Arriflex 35 2 1942 camera 35mm ACR 0292 and he is leaning against a knocked out Soviet BT-5 light tank. c.1940/41

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#87 Royal Marines from 45 (RM) Commando, 1st Commando Brigade on the look-out for snipers among the ruins in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. 4th of April 1945

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