World War II

Clockwise from top left: Chinese forces in the Battle of

Wanjialing, Australian 25-pounder guns during the First
Battle of l Alamein, !erman "tuka di#e $om$ers on the
astern Front winter %&'()%&'', *" na#al force in the
+inga,en !ulf, Wilhelm -eitel signing the !erman
.nstrument of "urrender, "o#iet troops in the Battle of
"talingrad
/he +eague of 0ations assem$l,, held in !ene#a, "wit1erland, %&(2
Adolf 3itler at a !erman 0ational "ocialist political rall, in Weimar, 4cto$er %&(2
.talian soldiers recruited in %&(5, on their wa, to fight the "econd .talo-A$,ssinian War
256apanese .mperial Arm, soldiers during the Battle of "hanghai, %&(7
%5/he $om$ing of !uernica in %&(7, sparked urope-wide fears that the ne8t war would
$e $ased on $om$ing of cities with #er, high ci#ilian casualties
25!erman 9an1er . tanks near the cit, of B,dgos1c1, during the .n#asion of 9oland,
"eptem$er %&(&
%5"oldiers of the !erman Wehrmacht tearing down the $order crossing $etween 9oland
and the Free Cit, of :an1ig, % "eptem$er %&(&
%5;iew of +ondon after the !erman "Blitz", 2& :ecem$er %&'2
25 !erman +uftwaffe, 3einkel 3e %%% $om$ers during the Battle of Britain
<itsu$ishi A=<2, >?ero> fighters on the .mperial 6apanese 0a#, aircraft carrier
Shkaku, just $efore the attack on 9earl 3ar$or
@ed Arm, soldiers on the counterattack, during the Battle of "talingrad, Fe$ruar, %&'(
%5*" <arines during the !uadalcanal Campaign, in the 9acific theatre, %&'2
25@ed Arm, troops following /-(' tanks, in a counter-offensi#e on !erman positions, at
the Battle of -ursk, August %&'(
%5American troops approaching 4maha Beach, during the .n#asion of 0ormand, on :-
:a,, = 6une %&''
25!erman "" soldiers from the :irlewanger Brigade, tasked with suppressing partisan
uprisings against 0a1i occupation, August %&''
%5Aalta Conference held in Fe$ruar, %&'5, with Winston Churchill, Franklin :5
@oose#elt and 6oseph "talin
25/he !erman @eichstag after its capture $, the Allies, ( 6une %&'5
6apanese foreign affairs minister <amoru "higemitsu signs the 6apanese .nstrument of
"urrender on $oard the *"" Missouri , 2 "eptem$er %&'5
@uins of Warsaw in 6anuar, %&'5, after the deli$erate destruction of the cit, $, the
occup,ing !erman forces
Chinese ci#ilians $eing $uried ali#e $, soldiers of the .mperial 6apanese Arm,, during
the 0anking <assacre, :ecem$er %&(7
3ungarian 6ews after disem$arking at the !erman 0a1i Auschwit1 concentration camp,
<a, %&''
A mass gra#e inside the !erman 0a1i Bergen-Belsen concentration campB where man,
captured 6ewish, 9olish, and "o#iet inmates were sent to perform forced la$our work and
later e8terminated, %&'5
0uclear >gadget> $eing raised to the top of the detonation tower, at Alamogordo
Bom$ing @angeB /rinit, nuclear test, 6ul, %&'5
%5A Britain tank used in 2
nd
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25A mushroom cloud after $om$ing in 3iroshima
Little Boy (atomic bomb)
A post-war +ittle Bo, model
Fat Man
@eplica of the original >Fat <an> $om$