World War II / WWII

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American soldiers land near Algiers
Torch: The Allied Invasion of French North Africa, 1942
a ceremony in Ukraine
Soviet Ukraine in a Nutshell
Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Ukraine in a Nutshell
Downstream view of Marco Polo Bridge by Thomas Child, 1877. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (1937)
Japanese people in line at induction station during WWII
Japanese Internment, Nativism, and Today
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
Bombing Hiroshima
Francisco Franco speaking to his naval forces in 1938
The Death of Franco
The defendants in the dock at the International Military Tribunal. They were organized in the dock according to the importance of their positions in the Nazi leadership.
The Nuremberg Judgment
Cover of Faustian Bargain: The Soviet-German Partnership and the Origins of the Second World War by Ian Ona Johnson.
The Soviet-German Exchange: Beyond Ideology and Opportunism
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
D-Day ship
Top 10 Best Things to Know About D-Day
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