Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1940s
879 photos, in date order; 601–660 on this page. Each photo's page says why it is public domain and which Commons licence category it was read from. About the collection
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Yank infantrymen in Chambois
1944
Grumman F7F Tigercat
1944–1945
Desant na atol Eniwetok
1944 · map
Boeing B-17G 2 BG dropping bombs
1944
Walter E. Lauer
1944
USS Bear (AG-29)
c. 1944
512th Bombardment Squadron - B-24 Liberator
1944-07-15
Army glider pilots, among the first to land in Normandy and disrupt enemy communications, are on their way back to England. They are shown being transported to a ship via LCVP. 9 June, 1944.
1944
Hankow after bombing by America
1944-12-18
Little girl holds her apparently blind baby brother. Naples, August 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives
1944-08-08
Marines on Red Beach 2. Saipan. 15 June, 1944.
1944-06-15
SBD-5, Majuro, 1944
1944
Wallace Emmer
1944
Coast Guardsmen and British army men plug their ears as Coast Guardsmen Everett L. Garner touches a match to the fuse on an oversized firecracker, in observance of the Fourth of July "somewhere in England.
1944
1st Platoon, Co. A, 710th Tank Bn., Camp Cooke, Calif. Group shot. During 7 day problem. 28 March, 1944.
1944
Explosion of USS Mount Hood (AE-11) at Seeadler Harbor on 10 November 1944
1944-11-10
The U.S. Marines salute the U.S. Coast Guard after the fury of battle had subsided and the Japs on Guam had been defeated.
1944
An American patrol moves through the shell-torn streets of Bining, France, on the look out for enemy snipers, December 1944
1944
829th Bombardment Squadron - Emblem
1944
Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - 82d FS P-47 Thunderbolts
1944
(June 12, 1944), HQ Twelfth Army Group situation map.
1944-06-12 · map
Two monkeys captured during the battle for Saipan by two Marines of the 2nd Marine Division.
1944-07-20
Brigadier Gen. Graves B. Erskine, Commanding General of northern landing troops and his staff, wade ashore on the island to set up a command post on D plus 2. 17 June, 1944.
1944-06-17
SIS women using Purple Analog
1944–1945
Members of the U.S. Navy salvage party use a small handy-billy pump to dewater the partially scuttled German submarine U-505 on 4 June 1944 (80-G-49167)
1944-06-04
Stavelot massacre maison Legaye
1944
Bombardiranje Splita 3. siječnja 1944. godine
1944
On guard at the entrance of Southern France invasion Planning Headquarters at an undisclosed port in the Mediterranean is Coast Guardsman George Mihalovitz, seaman first class, of Chicago, Ill.
1944
FM-2 Wildcat flies near USS Core (CVE-13) 1944
1944-04-12
Jinx Falkenberg vistis US troops in Asia during Second World War - 1944
1944
(July 1, 1944), HQ Twelfth Army Group situation map.
1944-07-01 · map
Chaplain Capt. Donald C. Bissinger gives sermon to American artillerymen prior to their receiving communion wine, Italy, January 1944
1944
Seventh Army infantrymen use ladders to reach level while crossing destroyed bridge over river. French civilians line the streets watching the marching soldiers. 11 September, 1944.
1944-09-11
Battle of Brittany - Brest 01
1944
62d Troop Carrier Group
1944
319th Bombardment Squadron - Emblem
1944
Yamato-class battleship under attack in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944 (S-475.11)
1944-10-24
12Fi681 - LIBERATION DE BREST
1944-09-02
Cheryl Walker pin-up, Yank, the Army Weekly, June 16, 1944
1944-06-16
USS Monterey (CVL-26) at anchor in Ulithi Atoll on 24 November 1944
1944-11-24
Royal Air Force in the Middle East, 1944-1945. CM5933
1944–1945
A GROUP OF NEW IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING AT THE ATLIT RECEPTION CAMP. עולים חדשים לישראל מגיעים למחנה המעבר בעתלית.D594-075
1944
DISEMBARKATION OF NEW IMMIGRANTS FROM THE PORTUGUESE SHIP "NYASSA" AT THE HAIFA PORT. עולים חדשים מגיעים לנמל חיפה באונייה פורטוגזית.D7-105
1944
A GROUP OF NEW IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING AT THE ATLIT RECEPTION CAMP. עולים חדשים לישראל מגיעים למחנה המעבר בעתלית.D7-108
1944
DISEMBARKATION OF NEW IMMIGRANTS FROM THE PORTUGUESE SHIP "NYASSA" AT THE HAIFA PORT. עולים חדשים מגיעים לנמל חיפה באונייה פורטוגזית.D820-042
1944
אוסף צילומים של הצלם זולטן קלוגר טווח מספרי התשלילים 23260 - 23321-ZKlugerPhotos-00132mj
1944
USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) underway on 11 November 1944 Birds Eye
1944-11-11
USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) underway on 11 November 1944 Starboard Shot
1944-11-11
Women as persons under the Constitution
1944
Omaha Beach 1944 Second Assault
1945-09-20 · map
USS Ancon (AGC-4) at anchor, circa in 1945 (NH 99150)
c. 1945
Ceremonies To Mark the First Anniversary of D-day BU7434
1945-06-06
Unidentified young woman picking cotton Date: ca. 1945 Physical descrip:. - 5 x 4 in. Series Title: Repository: 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.myflorida.com Persistent URL
c. 1945
Omar Bradley, official military photo, 1949
1945 · map
Brigadier General William L. Richardson
1945
Koeln 1945
1945-04-24
Breisach 1945
1945
Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War
1945-09-02
64th Fighter Wing WWII Army Support
1945
Col. Nelson P. Jackson Commander 64th Fighter Wing 1945
1945