World War II in Photos

A German military leader is tied to a stake before his execution — Associated Press

World War II: After the War

Part 20 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

October 30, 2011

A mushroom shaped cloud of smoke hovers over the city of Hiroshima in the distance — AP Photo/U.S. Army via Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

World War II: The Fall of Imperial Japan

Part 19 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

October 23, 2011

An impossibly thin human with their hair shaved wearing tattered clothing looks directly at the camera — Eric Schwab/AFP/Getty Images

World War II: The Holocaust

Part 18 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

October 16, 2011

A Soviet flag is flown by soldiers from the top of a building over a military occupied Berlin — Yevgeny Khaldei/LOC

World War II: The Fall of Nazi Germany

Part 17 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

October 9, 2011

Soldiers walk through shallow water to land from the back of a military ship — AP Photo

World War II: The Allied Invasion of Europe

Part 16 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

October 2, 2011

A military aircraft is seen in flight with smoke rising from bombs dropped on islands in the distance — AP Photo

World War II: The Pacific Islands

Part 15 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

September 25, 2011

Armed soldiers advance amongst the rubble and smoke of a devastated city — Georgy Zelma/Waralbum.ru

World War II: The Eastern Front

Part 14 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

September 18, 2011

A group of 9 African American women in uniform smile for a group photo

World War II: Women at War

Part 13 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

September 11, 2011

Armed soldiers cautiously advance into a smoke covered battlefield — AP Photo

World War II: The North African Campaign

Part 12 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

September 4, 2011

A soldier walks in front of a damaged bomber aircraft, parked at a United States military base — U.S. Navy

World War II: Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Campaign

Part 11 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

August 28, 2011

A pensive Japanese man looking out over a landscape in the western United States — Ansel Adams/LOC

World War II: Internment of Japanese Americans

Part 10 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

August 21, 2011

A bomber aircraft takes off from the flight deck of a US military ship in a turbulent ocean — AP Photo

World War II: Daring Raids and Brutal Reprisals

Part 9 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

August 14, 2011

Female worker finishing the plexiglass nose section of a bomber aircraft — Alfred Palmer/OWI/LOC

World War II: The American Home Front in Color

Part 8 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

August 7, 2011

A view across the water of the explosion in Pearl Harbor — AP Photo / U.S. Navy

World War II: Pearl Harbor

On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the United States, bombing warships and military targets in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Alan Taylor

July 31, 2011

German infantryman walks by a fallen Soviet soldier and a burning Soviet tank — Deutsches Bundesarchiv/German Federal Archive

World War II: Operation Barbarossa

Part 6 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

July 24, 2011

Rows of thousands of Chinese soldiers — AP Photo

World War II: Conflict Spreads Around the Globe

Part 5 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

July 17, 2011

Smoke covering the city of London under siege — Library of Congress

World War II: The Battle of Britain

Part 4 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

July 10, 2011

A German armored tank drives in front of a devastated city, one day before the surrender of France — AP Photo

World War II: Axis Invasions and the Fall of France

Part 3 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

July 3, 2011

View of a Polish city from the cockpit of a German bomber aircraft — Library of Congress

World War II: The Invasion of Poland and the Winter War

Part 2 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

June 26, 2011

Adolf Hitler standing outside a car after his release from Landsberg Prison in 1924 — Library of Congress

World War II: Before the War

Part 1 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

Alan Taylor

June 19, 2011

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World War II in Photos

World War II: After the War

World War II: The Fall of Imperial Japan

World War II: The Holocaust

World War II: The Fall of Nazi Germany

World War II: The Allied Invasion of Europe

World War II: The Pacific Islands

World War II: The Eastern Front

World War II: Women at War

World War II: The North African Campaign

World War II: Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Campaign

World War II: Internment of Japanese Americans

World War II: Daring Raids and Brutal Reprisals

World War II: The American Home Front in Color

World War II: Pearl Harbor

World War II: Operation Barbarossa

World War II: Conflict Spreads Around the Globe

World War II: The Battle of Britain

World War II: Axis Invasions and the Fall of France

World War II: The Invasion of Poland and the Winter War

World War II: Before the War