World War II / WWII

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A Soviet junior political officer urges Soviet troops forward against German positions, 1942
Operation Barbarossa
the cover of a Captain America comic book
Captain America: Changing Conscience of a Nation
Soldiers marching at the Champs Elysee
Recovering the History of the French Far-Right
U.S. Army Officers wearing their “Pinks-and-Greens,” 1943. (Library of Congress)
Throwback Army: World War II-Style Uniforms for Today’s Soldiers
A Soviet Soldier Waves the Red Banner
Stalingrad: The Turning Point of WWII in Europe
French people waving flags and holding "Liberation" sign
The Liberation of Paris
Troops of the French 2nd Armored Division parade down the Champs-Élysées on 26 August 1944
The Liberation of Paris
Still image from the Movie The Bridge (Criterion Collection).
Top Ten Origins: World War II Films
Tanks rolling off a German assembly line in 1943
The Nature of World War II
Soldiers marching in front of the memorial - The Motherland Calls in Volgograd.
Living in History: Stalingrad at 75
Soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad at 75, the Turning Point of World War II in Europe
Under Attlee's direction, the Labour Party's position on foreign affairs in the 1930s was somewhat inconsistent. A believer in the "collective security" represented by the League of Nations, Attlee opposed rearmament even as he pushed for firmer measures against Nazi aggression.
A Sheep in Sheep’s Clothing
Captured soldiers along the march with their hands tied behind their backs
The Bataan Death March
Infamous photograph of German soldiers rounding up Jews for deportation in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1943.
Weathering the Storm: Wartime Lives of Ordinary People
Aerial view of Pearl Harbor, October 1941
Pearl Harbor
Indian troops in Burma, 1944.
A Forgotten Theater of War
ELAS Guerrillas, 1943
The Greek Civil War, 1946–1949
Hiroshima Memorial
A Postcard from Hiroshima
The view of Dresden and the Elbe River from the very top of the Frauenkirche.
A Postcard from Dresden, Germany: Living in the Shadow of World War II
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum with a sign announcing the 70th anniversary ceremony.
A Postcard from Hiroshima
Aerial view of Hiroshima before the bombing
Bombing Hiroshima
Generals Eisenhower and Patton at the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp
On the Liberation of the Concentration Camps
The Sherman M4-A2E8 Tank
12/3/2014: At the Movies: Fury
Hitler with politicians
The Nazis Take Poland and the Start of World War II