World War II

User-created

This user gallery has been created by an independent third party and may not represent the views of the institutions whose collections include the featured works or of Google Arts & Culture.

This war was a war that would drag multiple world powers together in a fight for the centuries. The reason I have chosen this topic is because it has had one of the greatest impacts on America than any other single event. This brought the nation together and made this nation strong. In these pictures you will see true realism at its finest, showing many different aspect and views of the war at hand. These photos really jump started the whole realism movement by showing the people what was going on over seas. You will see many different aspects and views of different sides of the war. I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I have, because these are photos I have never before seen and really shed a light on what happened back in the 1940s.

1940-10, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection

This is showing Adolf Hitler who is the new leader of Germany who would bring tyranny and fear to many Europeans and would soon cause World war II. He also stole a lot of artwork during the war.

War And Conflict-Wwii, 1940, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection

This shows a Belgium family that had just lost everything that they had in a bombarding of their city by the German air force. This shows the life that many Europeans were soon to face from the Nazis.

1941-12-07, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection

This is showing the bombing at "Pearl Harbor" which is the biggest reason we decided to join the world war. If it wasn't for this very big moment in history, Germany may have prevailed.

1942, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection

This is a rare photo that shows "Relocation" camps in the United States that forced Japanese dissent into a camp where they could be monitored. Often these are compared to the death camps.

1944-06-06, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection

This shows American troops landing on Omaha beach on "D-Day." This shows a first person view that this soldier would have seen. This shows the true fear and wonder those soldiers were facing that day.

1944-06-08, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection

This is a widened view of "D-Day" which was the single biggest invasion in United States history. You can really see the intensity of the US navy in this photo.

Eliot Elisofon, 1943-02, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection

These are American soldiers in German land during the war going to battle. This also shows the brother ship and true grit that American soldiers had to have to win this war.

Ww Ii Memorabilia, 1985, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection

This photo is showing that not only men were important to the war and rebuilding the war when it was finished. Women had a vital role in being nurses and running the factories while men were away.

Dmitri Kessel, 1943, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection

In war there will come a lot of death and these crosses symbolize that and all of the love they had for their country. You can see in this picture too many crosses were needed to be put in the ground.

Carl Mydans, 1949, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection

This flag not only symbolizes freedom and liberty but also symbolizes the great sacrifice many have made to keep that freedom for us all. This flag is symbolizing an end of a terrible and gruesome war

Credits: All media

This user gallery has been created by an independent third party and may not represent the views of the institutions whose collections include the featured works or of Google Arts & Culture.

LIFE Photo Collection