Soldiers from the 7th US Army carry the priceless artworks down the steps of Meunschwanstein Castle where hoards of European art treasures, stolen by the Nazis, were hidden during World War II.

Afghan resistance fighters returning to a village destroyed by Soviet forces, 1986

June 9, 1944, German soldiers are brought back this photo was taken in the sector of Taret Ravenoville. The coastal area between Utah and Quinéville was cleaned of June 7 to 13 men by the 22nd and 39th regiments.

By October 13, 1941, the Wehrmacht had arrived at the Mozhaisk defense line. Zhukov decided to concentrate his forces at four critical points: Volokolamsk, Mozhaisk, Maloyaroslavets and Kaluga. The entire Soviet Western Front, almost completely destroyed after its encirclement near Vyazma, was being recreated from scratch.

Heinrich Himmler inspects a prisoner-of-war camp in Russia.