World War II History

A Japanese Kamikaze aircraft explodes after hitting Essex-class aircraft carriers USS Intrepid (CV-11) off the Philippine Islands, on November 25, 1944. #History #WWII

Tiger I heavy tanks being built in a factory in Germany, 1944. #History #WWII

Soviet soldier surrounded by Finnish troops near the village of Kestenga (Kiestinki) in November, 1941. #History #WWII

Canadian troops at their Lewis machine gun position overlooking the main highway at Iceland on February 10, 1941.

German troops of Army Group North during the advance through Latvia in July, 1941. #History #WWII

A battery of Wespe (German for "wasp") self-propelled howitzers supporting German forces during the Battle of Kursk, 1943. #History #WWII

A Royal Air Force Baltimore light bomber drops a series of bombs during an attack on the railway station and junction at the snow-covered town of Sulmona, a strategic point on the east-west route across Italy, in February, 1944. #History #WWII

Personnel aboard Illustrious-class aircraft carrier HMS Formidable (67) observing the invasion beach at Algiers, Algeria, on November 8, 1942. #History #WWII

Pfc. Lawrence Hoyle, left, of Bangham, Ill., and Pvt. Andrew Fachak, right, of McKeesport, PA, take shelter behind a blasted wall and keep an eye out for enemy snipers near Maizeres Les Metz, France, on November, 1944. #History #WWII

Australian Private H. J. Hunt of A Company, 2/4th Battalion, 6th Division, returns from a patrol along the Danmap River during the Aitape–Wewak Campaign in New Guinea on December 6, 1944. #History #WWII

New Orleans-class cruiser USS Minneapolis (CL/CA-36) picking up survivors from aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) during the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942. #History #WWII

Two German prisoners being taken to the 6th Division Prisoner of War Encampment in, Brest, France, on August 28, 1944. #History #WWII

Escort Carrier USS Barnes departing San Diego, California bound for Brisbane, Australia with a deck load of P-38 Lightning and P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes on July 1, 1943. #History #WWII

Two U.S. medics transport a wounded soldier on a stretcher from the war-damaged town of Oberhoffen-sur-Moder, France, on February 3, 1945. #History #WWII

SS doctors examine Polish children judged "racially valuable" for adoption by Germans, 1942. Failure led to being sent to extermination camps. #History #WWII

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers amidst heavy flak fire over Merseburg, Germany, in 1944. #History #WWII

Jewish youths rescued from Auschwitz show their camp tattoos while aboard a refugee ship on July 15, 1945. #History #WWII

French Colonial troops man a machine gun post in a forward part of the line in North Africa on February 16, 1942. #History #WWII

German pilots captured by soldiers of the 104th Infantry Division after being shot down over Eschweiler, Germany, on December 3, 1944. #History #WWII