Historic and Unforgettable photos from World War Two

1 / 53 A Frenchman weeps as German soldiers march into the French capital Paris, June 14, 1940. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

2 / 53 St. Paul's Cathedral is pictured during the great fire raid of Sunday December 29th 1940 during the Battle of Britain, in London. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

3 / 53 A resident of the Sudeten raises her arm in a Nazi salute after the region was annexed to Germany as part of the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia, 1938. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

4 / 53 Adolf Hitler in Paris, June 23, 1940. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

5 / 53 Children of an eastern suburb of London made homeless during the Battle of Britain, September 1940. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

6 / 53 A captured photograph taken aboard a Japanese carrier before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

7 / 53 This captured Japanese photograph shows the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. In the distance, the smoke rises from Hickam Field.  U.S. Navy/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

8 / 53 A view of the USS Arizona burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, December 7, 1941.   U.S. Navy/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

9 / 53 German troops in Russia, 1941. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

10 / 53 Prisoners of war have their hands tied behind their backs during the March of Death from Bataan to the Cabanatuan prison camp, in the Philippines, May 1942. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

11 / 53 Jewish civilians are led down a street by German soldiers during the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, in Poland, 1943. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

12 / 53 The Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu burns before sinking during the Battle of Midway June 5, 1942.   U.S. Navy/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

13 / 53 A dust storm at the War Relocation Authority center, where evacuees of Japanese ancestry in the United States spent the duration of World War Two, in Manzanar, California, July 3, 1942. U.S. National Archives/Dorothea Lange/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

14 / 53 With a canvas tarpaulin for a church and packing cases for an altar, a Navy chaplain holds mass for Marines at Saipan, June 1944. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

15 / 53 A Japanese plane is shot down as it attempts to attack the USS Kitkun Bay near the Mariana Islands, June 1944. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

16 / 53 U.S. Private Roy Humphrey is given blood plasma by Pfc. Harvey White, after he was wounded by shrapnel in Sicily, Italy August 9, 1943. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

17 / 53 A photo taken from a U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress of the 8th AAF Bomber Command when they attacked a ball- bearing plant and the nearby Hispano Suiza aircraft engine repair depot in Paris, France, December 1943. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

18 / 53 U.S. soldiers land on the coast of France under heavy machine gun fire, June 6, 1944. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

19 / 53 The USS Bunker Hill after being hit by two kamikazes within 30 seconds off Kyushu, May 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

20 / 53 Pilots aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier receive last minute instructions before taking off to attack industrial, and military installations in Tokyo, February 17, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

21 / 53 U.S. soldiers of the 347th Infantry Regiment are served food on their way to La Roche, Belgium, January 13, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

22 / 53 U.S. soldiers are pictured during landing operations on Rendova Island, Solomon Islands, June 1943. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

23 / 53 A member of a U.S. Marine patrol on Saipan finds a Japanese family hiding in a hillside cave during fighting on Saipan, June 21, 1944. The mother, four children and a dog were in the cave. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

24 / 53 A Nazi soldier carries ammunition boxes forward with in territory recently taken by their counteroffensive in this scene from captured German film, in Belgium, December 1944. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

25 / 53 U.S. infantrymen of the 255th Infantry Regiment move down a street in Waldenburg, Germany, April 16, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

26 / 53 A torpedoed Japanese destroyer photographed through the periscope of the U.S.S. Wahoo or U.S.S. Nautilus, June 1942. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

27 / 53 U.S. 2nd Lt. William Robertson and Soviet Lt. Alexander Sylvashko in front of a sign symbolizing the historic meeting of the Russian and American Armies, near Torgau, Germany, April 25, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

28 / 53 U.S. vehicles knocked out by Japanese resistance on the black sands of Iwo Jima, March 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

29 / 53 A German resident is overcome as she walks past the exhumed bodies of some of 800 slave workers murdered by SS guards near Namering, Germany, May 17, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

30 / 53 Wounded are tranferred from the USS Bunker Hill to the USS Wilkes Barre following a Japanese attack off Okinawa, May 11, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

31 / 53 U.S. soldiers crossing the Rhine river under German enemy fire at St. Goar, March 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

32 / 53 U.S. troops of the 28th Infantry Division march down the Champs Elysees in Paris after capturing the city from the Germans, August 29, 1944. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

33 / 53 Two U.S. Coast Guard-manned LST's open their great jaws in the surf on Leyte Island beach as soldiers strip down and build sandbag piers out to the ramps to speed up unloading operations, Leyte, Philippines, 1944. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

34 / 53 The U.S. 90th Division discovered this Reichsbank wealth, SS loot, and Berlin museum paintings that were removed from Berlin to a salt mine in Merkers, Germany, April 15, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

35 / 53 U.S. soldiers of the 55th Armored Infantry Battalion and tank of the 22nd Tank Battalion move through a smoke filled street in Wernberg, Germany, April 22, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

36 / 53 A photo taken at the instant bullets from a French firing squad hit a Frenchman who collaborated with the Germans, in Rennes, France, November 21, 1944. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

37 / 53 A procession of German prisoners captured by U.S. soldiers during the taking of Aachen march through the streets of the ruined city, in Aachen, Germany, October 1944. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

38 / 53 A woman has her head shaved following the retreat of German forces from the Montelimar area of France, August 29, 1944. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

39 / 53 Coast Guardsmen on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer watch the explosion of a depth charge while providing convoy protection from Nazi U-boats, April 17, 1943. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

40 / 53 A dead German general who commited suicide lies on the floor of city hall in Liepzig, Germany, after U.S. troops captured the city, April 19, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

41 / 53 Slave laborers in the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany are pictured after U.S. soldiers of the 80th Division entered the camp, April 16, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

42 / 53 Jewish children on their way to Palestine after having been released from the Buchenwald Concentration Camp, June 5, 1945. The girl on the left is from Poland, the boy in the center from Latvia, and the girl on right from Hungary. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

43 / 53 German General Anton Dostler is tied to a stake before his execution by a firing squad in the Aversa stockade, Aversa, Italy, December 1, 1945. The General was convicted and sentenced to death by an American military tribunal. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

44 / 53 Three Japanese soldiers emerge from their hiding place to surrender during mopping-up operations by the U.S. Army on Iwo Jima, April 5, 1945.   U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

45 / 53 U.S. Marines raise the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, 1945.  U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

46 / 53 A burial at sea for a casualty of the battle for Iwo Jima onboard the USS Hansford, February1945.  U.S. Navy/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

47 / 53 Devastation is seen in the vicinity of 'ground zero' after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, 1945.   U.S. Air Force/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

48 / 53 Smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over Nagasaki, Japan, from an atomic bomb, the second ever used in warfare, dropped from a B-29 Superfortress bomber, August 9, 1945.  U.S. Air Force/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

49 / 53 Japanese prisoners of war react with bowed heads after hearing Emperor Hirohito deliver the announcement of Japan's unconditional surrender, at a prison camp in Guam, August 15, 1945.  U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

50 / 53 U.S. F4U and F6F planes fly in formation during surrender ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri, off Japan, September 2, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

51 / 53 G.I.'s celebrate the surrender of Japan with a special edition of the Paris Post, in Paris, France, August 10, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

52 / 53 Gaunt allied prisoners of war cheer rescuers from the U.S. Navy at Aomori camp near Yokohama, Japan, August 29, 1945. The prisoners are waving flags of the United States, Great Britain and Holland. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX

53 / 53 People in New York City's Times Square kiss while celebrating the surrender of Japan, August 14, 1945. U.S. National Archives/via REUTERS Aug 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT Unforgettable photos from World War TwoX