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Japanese prisoner of war listening to Emperor Showa's surrender announcement, Guam, 15 Aug 1945

Japanese prisoner of war listening to Emperor Showa's surrender announcement, Guam, 15 Aug 1945

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.

USS Arizona Burning in the Shallows of Pearl Harbor

The USS Arizona and its crew attempted to make an escape into the open ocean but their efforts were promptly curtailed as Japanese bombers swiftly…

Japanese Warplanes Bomb US Military Airfield in an Effort to Delay Organized Response to their Attacks

US Aviators look up in dismay as Japanese bombers relentlessly strike the US military airfield on the morning of Pearl Harbor

Charles E. Sorensen, William S. Knudsen and Edsel Ford at Willow Run Airport

View of General William S. Knudsen, Charles E. Sorensen and Edsel Ford posing with group of men in front of military plane at Willow Run Airport in…

SHERMAN TANK MOVES DOWN UP A ROAD FOLLOWED BY 2 TON TRUCK, ANOTHER TANK AND THIRD VEHICLE IN ITALY, CIRCA 1944-45

99.Photograph. M4 Sherman tank moving up hill on muddy road followed by 2 ton truck filled with GIs. Further down the road another tank and another…

FATE OF RELATIVES

Jewish refugees in Shanghai look for names of relatives and friends who may have survived the war. Awaiting repatriation, these displaced persons were…

GERMAN JEWISH REFUGEE ERWIN EISFELDER IN SHANGHAI

German 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…

WWII: Europe: Wetzlar, Germany; "Sgt. Edward Hill, Manchester, England, captured five years ago at Dunkerque was freed when American Seventh Armored Division, First Army captured Dulag-Luft POW Camp"

"Sgt. Edward Hill, Manchester, England, captured five years ago at Dunkerque was freed when American Seventh Armored Division, First Army captured…