Mid-WW2 Photos | World War II Database

9,116 items in this album on 456 pages.


A formation of Soviet Il-2 aircraft in flight near Moscow, Russia, 1 Dec 1941	AEC Armoured Command Vehicle in North Africa, 1 Dec 1941

Civilians fetching water from a shell hole on Nevsky Prospect near Ostrovsky Square, Leningrad, Russia, 1 Dec 1941; note Great Gostiny Dvor department store at left edge of photograph	Soviet armored train in a rail depot, Moscow, Russia, 1 Dec 1941

Soviet signal troops near Moscow, Russia, 1 Dec 1941	Soviet troops in exercise on Chistoprudny Boulevard in Moscow, Russia, 1 Dec 1941

Soviet troops marching on Gorky Street, Moscow, Russia, 1 Dec 1941	Soviet troops mining a railroad near Moscow, Russia, 1 Dec 1941

British Royal Navy Rear Admiral Arthur Palliser and Admiral Sir Thomas Philips at Singapore, 2 Dec 1941	Overhead view of Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Oahu, Hawaii, Dec 2, 1941. The lines painted on the runway were to approximate a carrier’s flight deck.

Advertisement for silk fabrics that appeared in two Honolulu newspapers 3 Dec 1941, four days before the attack. This ad was said to have coded messages alerting Japanese residents in Hawaii. This copy has been “decoded”	Map depicting Japanese plans for occupying China immediately before launching the third attack on Changsha, China, 3 Dec 1941

Soviet 122mm gun in action near Moscow, Russia, 3 Dec 1941	The top of the Silk Ad from two 3 Dec 1941 Honolulu newspapers turned upside down and viewed in a mirror. This was supposed to reveal the words, “Japan raid.”

Battleship HMS Prince of Wales mooring in Singapore, 4 Dec 1941	Hyuga at anchor, Japan, 4 Dec 1941

Abandoned German vehicles on the Volokolamsk Highway (now M9 highway) west of Moscow, Russia, 5 Dec 1941	Map depicting the German advance on Moscow, Russia, 26 Aug-5 Dec 1941

Carrier Akagi, battleship Hiei, and battleship Kirishima in the Pacific Ocean en route toward US Territory of Hawaii, 6 Dec 1941	Flight leader Masao Sato (second row, third from right) with his pilots aboard Zuikaku, 6 Dec 1941; note Tetsuzo Iwamoto second row, right-most