28 Of The Most Powerful Pictures From World War II In The Pacific
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Attack on USS Franklin, by Albert Bullock. Turret lathe operator at United States home front during World War II, by Howard R. Hollem. Inmates of Ebensee concentration camp after their liberation, by Arnold E. Samuelson. Mushroom cloud from the atomic explosion over Nagasaki, by Charles Levy.
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10/29/2020. Warsaw, September 13, 1939 — two girls are rummaging for potatoes as German warplanes approach and open fire, killing one. As her 12-year-old sister bends over her body, an American.
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28 Of The Most Powerful Pictures From World War II In The Pacific
Perhaps the most famous event of World War II, the Invasion of Normandy, which was nicknamed "Operation Overlord" and carried out by the Allies as the largest amphibious assault in history, was launched on the northern coast of France on June 6, 1944. The landing, although ultimately a success, came at the cost of over 209,000 Allied casualties.
28 Of The Most Powerful Pictures From World War II In The Pacific
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Let's take a journey through some of the most iconic photos of World War II. Watching for German air raids during an Arsenal vs Carlton Athletic match, 1940. German soldiers march past the French WWI victory monument during the Fall of France, 1940 Churchill inspects a Tommy Gun, Hartlepool, 1940.
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Here are some of the most compelling images from the Pacific theater of World War II. Universal History Archive / Getty Images Dec. 7, 1941: In a surprise attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor, a force of 353 Japanese aircraft killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, including 68 civilians; 129 Japanese soldiers were killed. Bettmann / Bettmann Archive