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- Collection: World War II - Fall 2023
GERMAN JEWISH REFUGEE ERWIN EISFELDER IN SHANGHAIGerman Jewish refugee Erwin Eisfelder stands outside Cafe Louis on Ward Road. The cafe was named in honor of his father. It was a popular gathering…
Women Riveting Tail Cones, Willow Run Bomber Plant, June 1944Women represented approximately one third of the workers at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant during World War II. Women did everything from…
Interior of the Ford Willow Run Bomber Plant during Construction, 1941Ford's Willow Run Bomber Plant, designed by Albert Kahn and constructed in 1941, undoubtedly contributed to the outcome of World War II. With 3.5…
Workers Arriving and Departing by Bus at Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1942Getting workers to and from Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant, 35 miles west of Detroit, was a significant challenge -- especially when…
Employee Handling the Material Flow for the B-24 Bomber, Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1944Women represented approximately one third of the workers at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant during World War II. Women did everything from…
Comparing Cast and Welded Part with Pieced and Riveted Part to Improve Production, Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1944The American automobile industry's greatest contribution to the World War II effort, apart from the sheer scale of its work, was its technical…
Executive Order 8807—Establishing the Office of Scientific Research and DevelopmentEstablishing the Office of Scientific Research and Development
A German soldier, heavily armed, carries ammunition boxes forward with companion in territory taken by their counter-offensive in this scene from captured German film. Belgium, December 1944.A member of Kampfgruppe Hansen, they ambushed and completely destroyed the U.S. 14th Cavalry Group on the road between Poteau and Recht.
Remember Pearl Harbor - Crush Them!Poster created by a New York based publishing company intended to be propaganda promoting the vengeance that they believed needed to be exacted…