Mid-WW2 Photos | World War II Database

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80cm Gustav gun, 1940s	82-PM-41 mortar during a demonstration, 1940s

A 40.6 cm 'Adolf' coastal defense gun of the Battery Lindemann, France, 1942	A British pilot entering the cockpit of a Buffalo fighter, date unknown

A building in the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation complex in Burbank, California, United States, 1940s	A camouflaged PzKpfw III command tank, approximately 45km west of Gazala, Libya, circa 1941-1942

A Chinese soldier posing next to a M1A1 75-mm Pack Howitzer atop M1 carriage, circa 1942	A civilian bidding farewell to a friend who was enlisting in the Soviet military, Ukraine, 1940s

A German SdKfz. 10 halftrack vehicle mounting a 20-mm anti-aircraft gun driving down a hill with its crew aboard, Russia, 1940s	A German Tiger I heavy tank and a damaged Soviet T-34 medium tank, Russia, 1942

A group of Ju 87B Stuka dive bombers flying in the distance, Russia, 1941-1943	A Japanese Army soldier tending graves of fellow Japanese soldiers who were lost during the invasion, Malaya, circa Dec 1941-Feb 1942

A Japanese sailor performing maintenance on naval guns, 1941-1943	A Japanese sailor watching the landing of an aircraft, 1941-1943

A message from USAAF Major General Clarence Tinker, commanding officer of air forces in Hawaii Islands, to his men at Hickam Field, late 1941 or early 1942	A military dog meeting Wojtek the bear, Middle East, 1942

A newly constructed Indian Pattern Carrier under testing, India, 1940-1944, photo 1 of 2	A newly constructed Indian Pattern Carrier under testing, India, 1940-1944, photo 2 of 2

A sailor inspecting combat damage to anti-aircraft guns aboard either Shokaku, Zuikaku, 1942; the carrier in the background was either Shokaku or Zuikaku	A security guard standing among OS2U-3 Kingfishers staged for delivery to the US Navy, Stratford, Connecticut, United States, early 1942