2nd World War Historical Photos
Images that carry history as well as highlight the horrors of war.
1. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore during initial landings at Leyte, Philippine Islands.
Time: October, 1944
Sourch: National Archive
2. Photograph of Marines on Peleliu Islands.
Time: July 14, 1944
Sourch: National Archive
3. Soilders of Hitlar (German invasion of Poland)
Time: September, 1939
Sourch: Getty Images
4. Adolf Hitler reviewing German troops in Poland
Time: September, 1939
Sourch: Encyclopædia
5. U.S. Marines landing on Guadalcanal
Time: August, 1942
6.U.S. Marines shelling Japanese positions on Cape Gloucester, New Britain Island, New Guinea
Time: 1942
7. U.S. troops advancing on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands
Time: 1943
8. A British soldier helping an elderly woman amid the ruins of Caen, France
Time: July, 1944
9. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower inspecting troops from the 101st Airborne Division
Time: March, 1945
10. Men of the 8th Infantry Regiment
attempt to move forward and are pinned down by German small arms from within the Belgian town of Libin. Men seek cover behind hedges and signs to return the fire.
Time: September 7, 1944
11. WW2 Soldier Gun Shot
WW2 scene where a soldier shot his foe on the chest with a pistol on a smoky and chaotic battleground.
Time: March, 1943
12. Douglas MacArthur signing the Japanese surrender agreement
Gen. Douglas MacArthur signing the agreement by which Japan surrendered to Allied forces—thereby ending World War II—on the USS Missouri battleship in Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945. Standing behind MacArthur are U.S. Lieut. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright (left) and British Lieut. Gen. Arthur Percival.
Time: September, 1945
13. U.S. ration book used during World War II
Time: War-Time
