U.S. National Archives photos from the 1940s

Republic P-47D-23-RA Thunderbolt of the 82nd Fighter Squadron (USAAF) in flight, in July 1944 (342-FH-3A16465-52731AC)

Aerial view of Aérodrome de Coulommiers-Voisins, Seine-et-Marne, France, 30 May 1944

USAAF Douglas C-47s at Ghisonaccia Alzitone airfield, Corsica, France, 28 May 1944

Burton Island, Carillon Atoll

12Fi722 - LIBERATION DE BREST

Yanks of 60th Infantry Regiment advance into a Belgian town under the protection of a heavy tank.

Major Witold A. Urbanowicz, Polish Air Force, Distinguished Himself By Meritorious Achievement In Aerial Flight During His Voluntary Service With Squadrons Of The U.S. Air Forces In China. Here, Major General C.L. Chennault Congratulates Major Urbanowicz after presenting him with the Air Medal at an

Members of a tank destroyer unit load their weapon on one of the approaches to Metz, the German fortress city which fell before the combined American Air and Ground attack on 11/22/44. During the 15 day assault on the city, 9th Air force

Former German radar station at WN 74 in Normandy (France), 18 June 1945

Photograph of a Rembrant Painting

Photograph of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg Files

Photograph of American Infantrymen Taking Their Positions

Photograph of Troops of the 82nd Airborne Division

Photograph of Damage Done in Houffalize, Belgium

Photograph of Tanks of the 4th Armored Division

Photograph of a Burning Home Near Lmore, Belgium

Photograph of Frenchmen Greeting Convoys of the 28th Infantry Division

Photograph of the Rubens Painting "The Graces in the Gardens of the Hesperides"

Photograph of an American Jeep Entering the Town of Houffalize, Belgium

Photograph of the 28th Infantry Division Leading the Color Guard at the Colmar Victory Parade

Photograph of the Rhine Rodeo

Photograph of Infantrymen in Beffe, Belgium

Photograph of a Tank Destroyer Crew Playing Craps While Awaiting Removal of a Road Block

Photograph of Major General Hugh J. Gaffey Addressing Heads of Regional German Governments and Army Technical Staff

Photograph of a Patrol on the Outskirts of Beffe, Belgium

Photograph of American Soldiers of the 75th Division

Photograph of American Infantrymen Near Iveldingen, Belgium

Photograph of Infantrymen of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 30th Division

Photograph of Infantrymen at the Bronze Monument to Auguste Barholdi

Photograph of American Soldiers of the 84th Division in Belgium

Photograph of American Infantrymen Entering the Town of St. Hubert, Belgium

Photograph of Troops of the 82nd Airborne Division as the Move along a Highway in Belgium

Photograph of American Infantrymen of an Armored Division in Born, Belgium

"The 90th Division discovered this Reichsbank wealth, SS loot, and Berlin museum paintings that were removed from Berlin to a salt mine in Merkers, Germany."

In the background, a Roman Catholic cathedral on a hill in Nagasaki

King Ibn Saud's sheep on the USS Murphy

Photograph of Generals of the 101st Airborne Division Reviewing Troops of the 101st Division in Bastogne, Belgium

Photograph of American Troops Dragging a Heavily Loaded Ammunition Sled as the Move from an Attack on Herresbach, Belgium

Attack on carrier USS Franklin 19 March 1945

From the Warner Brothers motion picture FURY IN THE PACIFIC

"The patient's skin is burned in a pattern corresponding to the dark portions of a kimono worn at the time of the explosion."

Original caption reads: "An overturned German tank lies in a shallow stream alongside a rebuilt bridge in war-ravaged Houffalize, Belgium. The work of rebuilding battle-torn regions of the Ardennes, Belgium, has started. Belgian civilians are removing the debris of buildings destroyed during the ill

An overturned German tank lies in a shallow stream alongside a rebuilt bridge in war-ravaged Houffalizo, Belgium.

Field Marshal Keitel signs German surrender terms in Berlin 8 May 1945 - Restoration

"Easter morning, T/5 William E. Thomas.and Pfc. Joseph Jackson.will roll specially prepared eggs on Hitler's lawn.", 03/10/1945

A Navy Curtiss Helldiver (SB2C) is snapped against the background provided by its carrier as it returns from a strike at Jap shipping. Far below other planes are being spotted on the flight deck to which the SB2C will soon return.

U.S. Pacific submarine on war patrol. Pacific sunlight silvers the sea.

Marines unloading Japanese POW from a submarine returned from a war patrol.

"Chaplain William T. Green reads the benediction at the marriage ceremony of Pfc. Florence A. Collins, a WAC of the 6888th Postal Directory Battalion, to Cpl. William A. Johnson of the 1696th Labor Supervision Co. This is the first Negro marriage to be performed in the European Theater of Operations

Stettinius and Alger Hiss

Winston Churchill (Far Right) during FDR's Trip to the Crimea

FDR's Trip to the Crimea

"Crews of U.S. light tanks stand by awaiting call to clean out scattered Nazi machine gun nests in Coburg, Germany.", 04/25/1945

Transportation of wounded on Iwo Jima. A wounded Marine being evacuated from front lines for medical treatment.

A stunned public in Washington, D.C., were grave and thoughtful the morning after they had been informed of the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Canadian Infantry of the Regiment de Maisonneuve, moving through Holten to Rijssen, Netherlands

"Marines receiving instruction in the Demolition Course at Montford Point Camp NC, during intensive combat training in preparation for action in the Pacific."

Saki Airport, Crimea, Yalta

Serial 0145; Cover Memorandum for Report From Commandant, 12th Naval District to Chief of Naval Operations; Subject: SS Alexander Majors, Attack on (by Japanese plane, Leyte Gulf, Phillippine Islands)

Pvt. J.B. Slagle, USA, receives his daily dressing of wounds on board USS Solace (AH-5) enroute from Okinawa to Guam.