Photographs

Soviet soldiers of the 1st Baltic Front during an attack in the Latvian city of Jelgava on August 16th 1944, towards the end of Operation Bagration. The 1st Baltic Front was a major formation of the Red Army during World War II and was involved in multiple important battles, most …

USS Pennsylvania battleship heading towards Lingayen Gulf before landing in Luson, Philippines, in January 1945. Behind USS Pennsylvanya we can see USS Colorado, USS Louisville, USS Portland and USS Columbia in a real show of force by the US Navy. Laid down in October 1913, USS Pennsylvania was not sent …

Camouflaged Tiger I tank number 222 of German Schwere Panzer Abteilung 502, pictured while soldiers are operating work for the snowy weather on the Eastern Front. The Tiger 1, a heavy tank produced between 1942 and 1944, was quite a remarkable design at its time, but it was also expensive …

Albanian guerrilla fighters pose under a sign identifying their hometown of Tirana on November 28th 1944, the end date of the German occupation of the country. Albania was set up as a protectorate state following the Italian invasion of April 1939 and was later occupied by German forces. The fascist …

Adolf Hitler and high ranking German officials photographed in front of the Compiegne Wagon on June 21st, 1940. In the picture we can see Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler, Erich Raeder (mostly obscured) and Walther von Brauchitsch. The famous carriage hosted Germany’s virtual surrender …

A British RAF Lancaster bomber over the German city of Hamburg in the Summer of 1943, during Operation Gomorrah. Operation Gomorrah was carried out by the US Air Force and British Royal Air Force, lasting for 8 days starting with July 24th 1943. It was the heaviest aerial assault in …

U.S. Army Air Force Lieutenant Robert L. Hite is carried from a Japanese transport plane after he was flown from China to Tokyo along with seven other captured US airmen. Lt. Robert L. Hite was co-pilot of crew 16 (B-25B s/n 40-2268 Bat out of Hell, 34th Bomb Squadron) of …

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 “Sparviero” (Sparrowhawk) was an Italian medium-bomber with three engines, developed in 1934 and employed in service of the Regia Aeronautica during the entire duration of World War II. The “Sparviero” had various uses, being employed as a transport aircraft, a medium bomber and a torpedo bomber. There …

Ju-87 “Stuka” squadron flying a mission over Poland sometime in September 1939 during the German invasion. The famous “Stuka” dive bomber, officially known as Junkers Ju 87, was one of the most successful aircrafts of World War II – although it became vulnerable by the time Germany lost air superiority, …

Moroccan Goumier soldier photographed while sharpening his bayonet sometime during 1944 in the Italian hills. Goumiers were indigenous Moroccan soldiers recruited from various tribes in the Atlas Mountains, and serving as an extension to the French Army of Africa between 1908 and 1956 (although officially they were under the rule …