The WW2 Vault

South African soldiers clearing a German position at Sollum, Bardia (in North Africa) with a grenade. January 1942

Capt Lyle Nero Wollff of the 455th BS, 323rd BG and his B-26C 41-34692 YU+J 'Mr. Fala

Woman Churning Butter in Empty Artillery Shell, Stalingrad, 1942

U.S. Marines resting after hunting snipers in caves along northern Saipan coast line near Marpi Pt., 10 July. Photographed by USS Indianapolis (CA 35) photographer.

USN Vought OS2U Kingfisher in the seaplane ramp at Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, 8-Jun-1942

USS LEXINGTON (CV-16) SBD dive bombers fly over the invasion fleet off Saipan, 15 June 1944.

Bell P-39 Airacobra at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1942

Two Wounded Canadian Tank Crews, Ortona, Christmas 1943