Early WW2 Photos | World War II Database

3,261 items in this album on 164 pages.


Killed Chinese boy near Nanjing, China, Dec 1937-early 1938; it was said that he was killed by rifle butt blow because he did not remove his hat before Japanese soldiers	Kongo, circa late 1930s	Königsberg at Swinemunde, Germany, with a sentry on guard in the foreground, 1938	Launching ceremony of Arendskerk, F. Schichau shipyard, Danzig, 1938

Li Zongren, Chiang Kaishek, and Bai Chongxi, 1938	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. Courtyard of the Horák family farm. The X marks the entrance to the cellars where the village men were gathered on the night of 9 Jun 1942.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. Gate to the courtyard of the Horák family farm. The village men were marched through this gate and into the cellars on 9 Jun 1942.

Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. St. Martin’s church built in 1732 seen in the distance from the village cemetery.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. St. Martin’s church built in 1732 with one of the village’s barns in the foreground.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. St. Martin’s church built in 1732 with one of the village’s barns in the foreground.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. St. Martin’s church sits prominently in the center of the village.

Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. St. Martin’s church sits prominently in the center of the village.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. St. Martin’s church sits prominently in the center of the village. The dark roofs in the foreground are the Horák family farm where all 173 Lidice men were killed on 10 Jun 1942.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. The Lidice school, where the village women and children were held on 9 Jun 1942.	Lidice, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. These peasant homes were the first to be destroyed on 10 Jun 1942.

Lieutenant General Gordon Bennett discussing strategy with RAN Commodore C. J. Pope, USN Captain A. R. McCann, and RAAF Air Commodore R. J. Brownell, Australia, Feb 1943	Light Dragon tractor towing a 3.7-inch howitzer on Carriage Mk IV and limber of A Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, circa 1938	Lindenau shipyard, Klaipeda, Lithuania, 1938	Liu Zhesheng with an I-16 fighter, China, date unknown