None of the military conflict in the history of mankind has not changed the world so much as changed his World War II. The state borders shifted and turned the city into ruins. Create innovative military, transportation and communication technologies. Killed tens of millions of people (most of them - the civilian population). World in August 1945, dramatically different from himself in September 1939.
For six years, LIFE magazine did more military photos than any other publication on the planet. 13 000 days of the 21 pictures, and more than half of that time was spent by them in war zones.
Since the war ended many years had passed, but the feeling of power that embodied in these pictures, in no way weakened. We admire the courage of the people whose unity of spirit and a desire for a common goal supported by the light of hope in the darkest times.
(Total 22 photos)
The U.S. Marine holding a child, taken out from under the rubble during a sweep of the Japanese caves on the island of Saipan, the summer of 1944. (W. Eugene Smith-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Marines take refuge from the fire at the top of the hill on Iwo Jima, March 1945. (W. Eugene Smith-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Baseball game in St. Louis in the summer of 1943.
The pilots of 99 Squadron - the first African-American squadron in the history of the U.S. Air Force - listen to explanations of lieutenant in 1942. (Gabriel Benzur-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Welder in a shipyard correcting glasses before continuing. October 1943. (Bernard Hoffma-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Nurse, George Lott was wounded in both arms, in November 1944. Photographer Ralph Morse was delighted with the high level of care provided to the wounded. (Ralph Morse-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Marines on the island of Saipan, 1944. This image was chosen for the U.S. Postal Service commemorative stamps printed on the 2002 Series. (W. Eugene Smith-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Wreckage on the shore of Iwo Jima, March 1945. (W. Eugene Smith-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
American artillerymen on Saipan, 1944. (Peter Stackpole-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
The Americans next to the corpse of a Japanese soldier on Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima - the only island in the Pacific Ocean, in battles for which the total losses were less than Japanese Americans. Killed, however, Japan lost more people than America. (W. Eugene Smith-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
American troops in England before the operation Overlord, 1944. (Frank Scherschel-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
U.S. Marines landing on Guadalcanal before the end of 1942. Victory at Guadalcanal in February 1943 became a turning point in the war in the Pacific. (Joe Scherschel-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Male. Woman. Farewell. And by no means certain that he will return ... New York, 1944. (Alfred Eisenstaedt-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Americans in the Philippines celebrate the unconditional surrender of Japan in August 1945. (Carl Mydans-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
The end of the Second World War, August 14, 1945. Times Square, New York. (Carl Mydans-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
The funnel of the German bombs in central London, in 1940. (William Vandiver-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Americans, half-buried under a layer of sand on the beach Bana in New Guinea, in February 1943. (George Strock-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Statue of Liberty, 1942. (Andreas Feininger-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Women's Army Corps at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, in June 1942. General Douglas MacArthur called them his best soldiers. (Andreas Feininger-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
The picture then got to LIFE, made Hitler's personal photographer in the parade in 1939. Hitler welcomed the Luftwaffe pilots who fought on the side of Francisco Franco's Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. (Hugo Jaeger-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
Soldiers marching past the rostrum of the Fuhrer in celebration of its 50th anniversary, April 20, 1939. (Hugo Jaeger-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
The Austrians welcomed Hitler in 1939. These are the expressions on the faces of people and led to the idea of Hitler's thousand-year Reich at any cost.(Hugo Jaeger-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
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