I’ve written before about the Atlantic’s 20-part series documenting World War II in pictures. It’s up to the 11th instalment now, and contains some remarkable material. Here are a few more examples.
Americans learn of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941
American women workers install fixtures in the rear fuselage of a Boeing B-17F bomber, 1942
German troops callously observe the massacred men of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, June 9th, 1942
A dust storm clouds the streets of the Manzanar Relocation Center in California
(a detention facility for Japanese-Americans), July 3rd, 1942
(a detention facility for Japanese-Americans), July 3rd, 1942
Aftermath of a Japanese air raid on Dutch Harbor, Alaska, June 4th, 1942
Essential reading for the military history enthusiast.
Peter