A welder at a boat-and-sub-building yard adjusts her goggles before resuming work, October, 1943 by Bernard Hoffma
By 1945, women comprised well over a third of the civilian labor force (in 1940, it was closer to a quarter) and millions of those jobs were filled in factories: building bombers, manufacturing munitions, welding, drilling and riveting for the war effort.
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An M10 Tank Destroyer crosses over a Churchill ARK (Armored Ramp Carrier).
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The heavy cruiser Maxim Gorky, despite enduring significant damage throughout the siege, managed to stay afloat and provide naval fire support.
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SBU2 Vindicator, an obsolete plane by the outbreak of World War II.
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Battleship October Revolution.
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An M12 self-propelled gun. It carried a 155mm gun.
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A US gun camera shows the Hiryu burning and dead in the water.
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A line of Panzer IIIs head towards Samodurokva, covered in foliage to camouflage against Il-2s roaming the skies.
