A Finnish soldier looks at the burning of the Rovaniemi town, on October 14, 1944.

A Finnish soldier looks at the burning of the Rovaniemi town, on October 14, 1944.

B-24H Liberator bomber exploding in midair after being hit by anti-aircraft fire over Germany, 1944.

B-24H Liberator bomber exploding in midair after being hit by anti-aircraft fire over Germany, 1944.

British soldier with PIAT at Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, Basse-Normandie, France, August 1, 1944

  Source : http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205202439

British soldier with PIAT at Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, Basse-Normandie, France, August 1, 1944

Troops of the German Army Division Grossdeutschland with Gewehr 41 rifle and MG42 machine gun, Soviet Union, 1943-1944

   Source : http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/archives/barchpic/search/_1453473625/?search[view]=detail&search[focus]=1

Troops of the German Army Division Grossdeutschland with Gewehr 41 rifle and MG42 machine gun, Soviet Union, 1943-1944

German infantry and a supporting StuG III assault gun during the advance towards Stalingrad, September 1942

  Source : http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/archives/barchpic/search/_1453231738/?search[view]=detail&search[focus]=1

German infantry and a supporting StuG III assault gun during the advance towards Stalingrad, September 1942

A Water Buffalo, loaded with Marines, churns through the sea bound for beaches of Tinian Island in July, 1944.

 Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USMC_LVT-2_Water_Buffalo.JPEG

A Water Buffalo, loaded with Marines, churns through the sea bound for beaches of Tinian Island in July, 1944.

German forces from the german battle group "Kampfgruppe Hansen" (1st SS Panzer-Division LSSAH) are moving up on the Ardennes offensive December, 18 1944

 Source : http://kresy-siberia.org/hom/element/alfons-mrzyk/niemiecki-zolnierzy/

German forces from the german battle group "Kampfgruppe Hansen" (1st SS Panzer-Division LSSAH) are moving up on the Ardennes offensive December, 18 1944.

British commandos attacking under the cover of a smokescreen during Operation Archery in Norway, December 27, 1941.

    Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/22418372295/

British commandos attacking under the cover of a smokescreen during Operation Archery in Norway, December 27, 1941.

German paratrooper armed with an MP-40 submachine gun, in the trench on the Eastern Front; winter of 1942-1943.

German paratrooper armed with an MP-40 submachine gun, in the trench on the Eastern Front; winter of 1942-1943.

Crew of a 40mm anti-aircraft gun on the USS Alaska mounting clips into the loaders off Iwo Jima on March 6, 1945.

Source : Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-K-3740.

USS Alaska (CB-1): Crew of a 40mm quad antiaircraft machine gun mount loading clips into the loaders of the left pair of guns. Taken on 6 March 1945, during the Iwo Jima operation. The man at the right is Seaman Second Class Richard Roberts, and the gun captain (in the phone talker's helmet) is Gunner's Mate Second Class Glenn F. Groff.

Overhead view of a German Heinkel He-162 Volksjäger jet fighter, 1945.

Overhead view of a German Heinkel He-162 Volksjäger jet fighter, 1945.

Japanese fighter pilots of the 244. Shinten-Tai of Squadron from Chofu in 1944

Japanese fighter pilots of the 244. Shinten-Tai of Squadron from Chofu in 1944

Japanese fighter pilots of the 244th squadron. 1st Lieutenant Toru Shinomiya,corporal Masao Itagaki, Sergeant Takeo Yoshida, Tadashi Abe.

German paratroopers in action on Battle of Crete, Greece,Mai 1941

   Source : https://www.dhm.de/lemo/bestand/objekt/deutsche-fallschirmjaeger-auf-kreta-1941.html

German paratroopers in action on Battle of Crete, Greece, May 1941

photograph

Crete May 1941

13.6 x 8.5 cm

Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin

F 60/2017

Members of the Australian 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment resting, after their withdrawal from the....

                               Source : https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/007647

Members of the Australian 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment resting, after their withdrawal from the Vevi area. The unit suffered heavy losses in the first German attacks on Australian positions in Greece, 13 April 1941,

German grenadiers in soviet village with kittens in August, 1943.

German grenadiers in soviet village with kittens in August, 1943.

German SdKfz 164 Nashorn tank destroyer in the Alps, 1944

German SdKfz 164 Nashorn tank destroyer in the Alps, 1944. 

The German pocket battleship Graf Spee puts to sea, April ...

Source : http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-80000/NH-80974.html

The German pocket battleship Graf Spee puts to sea, April 1939

Admiral Graf Spee (German Armored Ship, 1936)

Seen from astern, while underway in the English Channel. The original print is dated April 1939.Note the armored torpedo tubes on her after deck, triple 28cm gun turret and the Arado Ar 196A-1 floatplane on her catapult, amidships.

A German sniper (carrying Kar98k with 4x Zeiss ZF42 telescopic sight) and a spotter at Voronezh, Russia, 1942

   Source : http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/archives/barchpic/search/_1451980079/?search%5Bform%5D%5BSIGNATUR%5D=Bild+101I-216-0417-19

A German sniper (carrying Kar98k with 4x Zeiss ZF42 telescopic sight) and a spotter at Voronezh, Russia, 1942

A Finnish army Pak 40 in firing position during the Continuation War,1942 .

Source : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finnish-gun-crew-1942.jpg

A Finnish army anti-tank gun crew (Pak 40) in summer field uniform with a mixture of Czech, German WWI and Italian helmets, in 1942.

Members of the 10th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment climbing the heights of Calvi Risorta in the invasion of Italy, October 1943.

Members of the 10th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment climbing the heights of Calvi Risorta in the invasion of Italy, October 1943.

German Soldier from the Waffen-SS Stormtrooper with MP 40 in combat.

German Soldier from the Waffen-SS Stormtrooper with MP 40 in combat.

Gunners of the 2nd Heavy field howitzer Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, pushing a 3.7-inch (9.84 cm) field howitzer gun through ...

Gunners of the 2nd Heavy field howitzer Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, pushing a 87.6 mm (3.45 in) field howitzer gun through mud. Dunkerque, France, February 1, 1945

A British Soldiers from the 50th #Northumbrian Division using an anti-tank gun QF 6 57mm (6 pounder - ATK/Mk II)

A British Soldiers from the 50th Northumbrian Division using a a anti-tank gun QF 6 57mm (6 pounder - ATK/Mk II) in an important way in the area of Lingèvres, Lower-Normandy , June 16, 1944.