World War II

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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
Bombing Hiroshima
Francisco Franco speaking to his naval forces in 1938
The Death of Franco
Flag of Israel with landscape of Israel in the background
Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and Israel after World War II
A Soviet junior political officer urges Soviet troops forward against German positions, 1942
Operation Barbarossa
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 at the Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad at 75, the Turning Point of World War II in Europe
Captured soldiers along the march with their hands tied behind their backs
The Bataan Death March
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
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
Hitler with politicians
The Nazis Take Poland and the Start of World War II
Hiroshima atomic bomb crew before the flight of Enola Gay.
Not Everyone Wanted to Bomb Hiroshima
Atomic bomb damage on Hiroshima gas building.
Time to Confront the Ethics of Hiroshima
USS ARIZONA sinking during the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.
The 1942 Internments and Today’s Security Crisis
A photo of the Great Synagogue of Rome.
The Catholic Church and the Holocaust