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This work is regarded as one of the most iconic Soviet World War II photographs, yet neither the date nor the subject is known with certainty. According to the most widely accepted version, the photograph depicts junior politruk Aleksei Yeryomenko, minutes before his death on 12 July 1942, in Voroshilovgrad Oblast (now Luhansk Oblast), Ukraine.
Alfred T. Palmer (March 17, 1906 – January 31, 1993) [1] was an American photographer best known for his photographs depicting Americana during World War II, [2] taken for the Office of War Information from 1942 to 1943.
In the months following the Imperial Japanese Navy's attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, and the United States' entry into World War II the next day, public outrage and paranoia intensified across the country and especially on the West Coast, where fears of a Japanese attack on or invasion of the U.S. continent were acknowledged as realistic possibilities.
1942, clockwise from top left: British artillery barrage opens the Battle of El Alamein; the Jews of Salonika are rounded up for deportation to extermination camps; Soviet troops of the Great Patriotic War fight the Battle of Stalingrad; USS Lexington (CV-2) under fire at the Battle of the Coral Sea; Reinhard Heydrich's car after attack by Czech resistance; 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking troops ...
[2] On 5 December 1943, a Japanese bombing on Calcutta's Kidderpore docks caused hundreds of deaths and destruction of several ships and warehouses. [2] [9] [4] [5] Japanese aircraft dropped heavy explosives and anti-personnel bombs on the docks during day, without facing any resistance. [9] The docks were devastated.
Nov. 10—As the year 2022 approaches a close, think back to 80 years ago. It is just after the devastating Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that thrust the United States into ...
Part of the Pacific War of the Second World War: Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival (right), led by Ichiji Sugita, walks under a flag of truce to negotiate the capitulation of Commonwealth forces in Singapore, 15 February 1942.
The event is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 5 at the airport, 1969 Lost Nation Road, and will feature a Beech City Baby, a 1942 World War II C53 that Vintage Wings restored, on the field.