itsjohnsen:

Soldiers rest on the German Front. Rhone Valley, 1945.
Toni Frissell

demons:

Destroyed European cities, towns, and villages.

fortysixand-two:

Gunners of the  Soviet 6th Army firing 45-mm guns at enemy strong points in the streets of Breslau.

talesofwar:

Soviet refugees passing by a Russian BT-7A tank.

collective-history:

Celebrations at the liberation of Dachau

fortysixand-two:

The ruins of the Warsaw ghetto, 1945.

thedevilsguard:

Gebirgsjäger during the invasion of France.

collective-history:

Soldiers of the 3rd SS Division “Totenkopf” break for a meal beside the wreck of a Soviet T-34 somewhere in Romania, 1944.

collective-history:

Senior American military officials of World War II, ca.1945

collective-history:

Prisoners of Auschwitz greet their liberators (after January 7, 1945) (USHMM Photo).

collective-history:

German troops move through a burning Norwegian village, 1940

talesofwar:

A Soviet Ace pilot Yakov Ivanovitch Antonov (Hero of the USSR) has been downed by the Luftwaffe During the Rostov battle, he was reported missing in August 1942 by the  Soviet command. His papers are being examinated by the staff of Luftwaffe airfield. Nobody knows what became of him after.

collective-history:

Liberating soldiers of Lt. General George S. Patton’s 3rd Army, XX Corps, are shown at Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany, on April 11, 1945. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)