Above, we see the Free Dutch Gerard Callenburgh-class destroyer (torpedobootjager) Hr.Ms. Isaac Sweers (G 83) steaming into the Grand Harbor of Malta circa late 1942, wearing British Atlantic camo.
The Ingalls-built Middleton class (MC Type C3-P&C hulled) USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) off the Southern France invasion beaches, after discharging her troops, circa August 15, 1944, during Operation Dragoon. Note boarding nets and LCVP alongside. NH 100077-KN
Civilians in front of a German guard post with a machine gun, Paris, June 1940. The Germans captured Paris on 14 June 1940, beginning a four-year occupation. The photographer is unknown
Artillerymen of the US 1st Army shelling German positions with an M3 105mm howitzer in the Wenau Forest, east of the city of Aachen, Germany; November 1944.
Soldiers of the Italian Social Republic (Republic of Salo) on a combat position. The Italian Social Republic (Repubblica Sociale Italiana or Repubblica di Salò) is a fascist state in the German-occupied territory of Northern Italy.
United States Army soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division troops using explosives to clear dugouts in frozen, snow-covered ground. Official caption on front: "Blasting dugouts in frozen Belgian soil, 2nd Div., 1-21-45. US Army Photo 179-10." Belgium. 21 January 1945
Finnish cameraman A. Mustonen films the capture (staged) of a Soviet tank emplacement near the village of Termola . An officer in the frame aims a long-barreled Suomi submachine gun. A smoke bomb has been thrown into the emplacement beforehand.1941
Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Marine placing a Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) on Light Machine Gun (LMG) tripod to support attack by fire. Photographed by Private First Class J.B. Cochran, 8 March 1945.
Bonanno, an Italian prisoner with quite a history: "Bonanno was born and lived in the States at 16 Catherine Street, New York, deported in 1933 to Italy because his father was not a citizen and the family was on relief. He was in the Italian Army for 5 years, having fought in Spain, Albania, Africa
Riding in a jeep and a Sherman tank, New Zealand troops attempt to traverse the ruins of Cassino, destroyed by Allied shelling and air raids. The monastery is visible in the distance.
A Soviet traffic controller and a German police officer at the intersection of Invalidenstrasse and Brunnenstrasse in Berlin. Visible in the frame is an abandoned German StuG III Ausf. G self-propelled