Photographs

Vyacheslav Molotov (left) shaking hands with Joachim von Ribbentrop after the two foreign ministers signed the famous Molotov-Ribbentrop pact in Moscow on August 23rd, 1939. The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was a non-aggression agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union, which also defined the spheres of influence in Europe between the two …

US Bantam Jeep pictured in flight, pulling an artillery piece during testing in New River, North Carolina, 1941. The American Bantam company developed the first and most effective Jeep prototype for the US Army, but as the company lacked resources to meet the goverment’s design, their blueprints were given to …

V1 flying bomb seen dropping on central London, with the Royal Courts of Justice in the foreground, sometime in the second part of 1944. This particular German bomb is said to have caused significant damage, including the blasting of the Daily Herald office. The V1 was a cruise missile deployed …

Adolf Hitler offering flowers to Leni Riefenstahl at the premiere of the famous propaganda film “Triumph of the Will” (Triumph des Willens). March 28th, 1935, at the Ufa Palace Theater, Berlin. The film was a massive success and is still considered arguably the best propaganda movie ever made, a technological …

The Battle of Castle Itter is one of those “hidden gem” stories from World War Two. Quite remarkable, but not very well known. It is the only known battle from WWII in which Germans and Americans fought on the same side. In the image we can see damage to the …

On September 5th 1938, members of Chile’s National Socialist Movement, known as “Nacistas”, attempted a coup d’état in order to remove the liberal government from power, avoid the election of liberal-conservative Gustavo Ross Santa María as president, and place in power the Popular Alliance candidate, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. As …

Romanian IAR-80 aircrafts are pictured as they return from the factory after undergoing repair work in 1943 or 1944. The IAR 80, Romania’s top fighter plane, first flew in 1939, and at the time it was comparable in performance with similar aircrafts of more advanced military powers. However, due to …

German soldier with a 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36 in the Caucasus mountains, at an altitude of around 3000 meters, on January 21st, 1943. The GebG 36 was the standard light mountain gun used by the Gebirgstruppe (German mountain divisions) during World War II. At least 1193 such guns were built …

US Marine Colonel Francisc Fenton kneeling before the body of his son, Private First Class Mike Fenton, while division staff members pay their respects. May 1945, Okinawa. Michael Fenton reportedly turned down a comission in order to fight on the front. He was killed on May 7th, while fighting off …

Anti mine rollers on a Sherman M4 tank. The rollers were composed of multiple heavy wheels with reinforcements and protection, which could be lowered to apply high ground pressure and detonate mines in front of the vehicle on which they were mounted. In the image we can see a sign …