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American soldiers of Patton's Third Army roll up a Nazi flag they have taken as a trophy after the capture of Bitburg, February 1945. history

Scenes of ‘Fury’: The Brutal Reality of Tank Warfare in World War II

1937 Reich Party Congress, Nuremberg, Germany. history

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

A French woman collaborator and her baby, whose father is German, returns to her home after having her head shaven following the capture of Chartres by the Allies, August 1944. history

Robert Capa Reveals an Ugly Side of Liberation in WWII France

Show for the Troops After D-Day, 1944 history

After D-Day: Rare Photos From the First Show for US Troops in Normandy

Oberwallstrasse, in central Berlin, saw some of the most vicious fighting between German and Soviet troops in the spring of 1945 history

After the Fall: Photos of Hitler’s Bunker and the Ruins of Berlin

Dachau, 1950. history

Ghosts in the Sun: Hitler’s Personal Photographer at Dachau, 1950

Troops watch the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, Italy, 1944. nature

Mount Vesuvius: Photos From the Volcano’s Last Great Eruption

Severed head of a Japanese soldier, propped up on a disabled tank, Guadalcanal, 1942. history

Portrait From the Brutal Pacific: ‘Skull on a Tank,’ Guadalcanal, 1942

On the coral beach of Eniwetok's Engebi Island, a Marine drags a dead comrade out of the surf. history

Battle of Eniwetok: Rare and Classic Photos From the Pacific in WWII

Left to right: Hanneli Goslar (a.k.a., "Lies Goosens" in early editions of the Diary), Anne Frank, Dolly Citroen, Hannah Toby, Barbara Ledermann and Susanne Ledermann (standing), Amsterdam, 1937. people

Anne Frank’s Friends: Photos of the Girls Who Lived

Pearl Harbor Sign Dec. 15, 1941 history

After Pearl Harbor: Rare Photos From the American Home Front

Behind the Picture: The Liberation of Buchenwald, April 1945 history

Behind the Picture: The Liberation of Buchenwald, April 1945

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