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An American tank moves past another gun carriage which slid off an icy road in the Ardennes Forest during the Battle of the Bulge, Dec. 20, 1944. history

WWII’s Battle of the Bulge: Rare and Powerful Photos

American jeeps travelled through a bombed-out town during the drive towards Rome, World War II. history

World War II in Color: The Italian Campaign and the Road to Rome

Pilots and aircrew members scramble to their planes during the Battle of Britain, RAF Fighter Command airfield, 1940. history

Remembering ‘The Few’: Photos of the Young Pilots Who Saved England

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Before and After D-Day: Color Photos From England and France

American Pvt. Joe Demler, photographed on the day that the notorious prison camp, Stalag 12-A in Limburg, Germany, was liberated by Allied troops, spring 1945. history

The POW Who Lived: Joe Demler, WWII’s ‘Human Skeleton’

Neighborhood reduced to rubble by atomic bomb blast, Hiroshima, 1945. history

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Photos From the Ruins

Near Sochaczew during the German invasion of Poland, 1939. history

World War II Erupts: Color Photos From the Invasion of Poland, 1939

League of German Girls dancing during the 1938 Reich Party Congress, Nuremberg, Germany. history

A Brutal Pageantry: The Third Reich’s Myth-Making Machinery, in Color

Women welders, Gary, Ind., 1943. history

Real-Life Rosies: Female Factory Workers in World War II

French performers in first organized show for American troops after D-Day, Normandy, July 1944. history

After D-Day: The First Show for U.S. Troops in Normandy

American Gen. Omar Bradley in June 1969, looking out over the area of Omaha Beach where, 25 years earlier, he came ashore the day after the first Allied troops invaded France during Operation Overlord. history

Ghosts of D-Day: Omar Bradley at Omaha Beach, June 1969

U. S. Coast Guardsmen assist a wounded Marine returning from the fight on Iwo Jima, 1945. history

World War II, After D-Day: Deeper Into Hell

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