World War 2 Pictures

Emperor Showa (Hirohito; front center) and Nagano (front, 6th from Left) aboard the Musashi, 24 Jun 1943

B-26B Marauder “Shootin’ In” of the 556th Bomb Squadron releasing its bomb load, 1944-45

Benito Mussolini at the unveiling of a new flag design of a Italian youth fascist group, Rome, Italy, Oct 1931

Japanese Navy pilot Tetsuzo Iwamoto, circa 1945

Captured SU-85 tank destroyer in German service, 1940s

Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaking at the opening of the House of German Art, Munich, Germany, 18 Jul 1937

Emperor Showa (Hirohito), Empress Kojun, and their children, 7 Dec 1941

Wreckage of a Japanese A6M2 Zero fighter at Buliding 52 (Ordinance Machine Shop) at Fort Kamehameha, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941; the fighter was flown by Petty Officer 1st Class Takeshi Hirano

American sailors at Ford Island Naval Air Station reacting to the explosion of the USS Shaw during the second wave of attacks on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

US Marine with M1 Garand rifle on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1943-1945

Downed pilot George Bush is rescued by the Navy submarine, USS Finback on September 2, 1944

Japanese Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Saburo Sakai in the cockpit of his A5M fighter, Hankou, Hubei Province, China, 1939

Chinese troops in excercise, 1940s

Dutch Buffalo fighters at rest, date unknown

Four US Marines cleared out a cave with BAR, small arms, and grenades, Iwo Jima, circa Feb-Mar 1945

Molotov, Stalin, and Voroshilov, 1937

A platoon sergeant of the US 4th Marine Regiment instructs Filipino cadets in the use of a Lewis machine gun, Philippine Islands, circa 1941

Japanese troops celebrating victory at Lugou Bridge, Beiping, China, Jul-Aug 1937

Lieutenant General George Patton, 1943-1945

German soldier observing the Atlantic coastline, France, circa 1943-1944

The Record Office in London, England, United Kingdom lit by a large fire, 1940