Iconic World War 2 Photos
Many of the people in these photos are instantly recognizable churchill flashing the v for victory sign for example.
Iconic world war 2 photos. A million is a statistic perhaps however the best way to attempt to drag world war 2 s 85 million deaths out of the realm of statistics and back into the realm of tragedy is not with words but images. One death is a tragedy. Getting the perfect shot in wartime is not only about weapons. 531424 the second world war was documented on a huge scale by thousands of photographers and artists who created millions of pictures.
George mendonsa the sailor from the iconic 1945 photo celebrating the end of world war ii has died aged 95. American military photographers representing all of the armed services covered the. Welcome to ww2db s collection of 26 769 world war ii pictures 2 105 of which are in color. The sailor shown kissing a woman in new york s time square in an iconic photo that captured the ecstatic celebrations at the end of world war ii died sunday in rhode island according to family.
Fifty years after the picture was taken. This photo by joe rosenthal of the american flag being planted on iwo jima may be the second world war s most iconic photo. In other photographs however you may not know the name of the people depicted the sailor kissing the nurse on vj day the marines raising the flag on mount suribachi on iwo jima but you. The photograph was published a week later in life magazine among many photographs of celebrations around the united states that.
Cropped from select list number 150. Navy sailor embracing and kissing a stranger a dental assistant on victory over japan day v j day in new york city s times square on august 14 1945. To start browsing please select a photo album below or perform a custom search at the bottom of this page. Flag at the summit of mount suribachi was photographed during the battle of iwo jima in world war ii.
As the famous quote widely misattributed to soviet leader joseph stalin one of world war 2 s most important figures goes. Alfred eisenstaedt pix inc time life pictures getty images source getty images. With over 30 countries involved in world war ii and the loss of over 50 million lives war photography captured the destruction and. General douglas macarthur wades ashore during initial landings at leyte p i october 1944.