The Nazis’ obsessive and rampant campaign to dominate Europe led to them looting art galleries. This photo shows the Allies uncovering a large collection of stolen art pieces and artifacts that had once “belonged” to Nazi officer Hermann Goering.

British and American soldiers made it a point to show German soldiers and civilians the atrocities that took place at Nazi concentration camps. German servicemen watched videos their fellow soldiers recorded.

Many of these men couldn’t control their emotions upon seeing the disturbing images of the Holocaust.

When Hitler realized that Berlin was going to fall, he proceeded to make a call-up of reserve soldiers. He didn’t take part in the fight, as Hitler married his mistress before they both committed suicide in his bunker.

This young German boy had just been captured by the Allies causing him to burst into tears.

The Japanese population were mainly brainwashed by mass propaganda campaigns. The propaganda had them believing that the Americans were cruel and violent.

This American soldier helps a Japanese woman and her baby come out from their hiding place.

As soon as the Allies liberated the concentration camps, they couldn’t believe what they saw. This Jewish death camp survivor finally gained the upper hand on his former German captor.

The Allies may have rescued camp inmates, but many of them still died due to disease and malnutrition.

War always sees technology pushed to its limits since there’s a constant need for new advanced weapons. Hungary showed their efforts into developing this “mini-tank”, but it turned out to be ineffective.

When America dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, life took a turn in Japan forever. WWII officially came to an end, but the suffering of civilians had only just begun.

Here you see homeless Japanese men attempting to rebuild their lives with whatever they can find.

Hitler loved all things new and fancy. One of those things he loved so much is seen here after an attack by American bomber planes. His famous estate in the Berchtesgaden hills doesn’t look anything like it did before the attack.

War hero Aleksandra Samusenko showed incredible bravery as a Soviet tank commander. She is best known for maneuvering her tank crew out of a deadly ambush during the Battle of Kursk. Samusenko was killed before she got to the end of WWII.

Kamikaze attacks were a terrifying reality for those in the Pacific. But Kamikaze pilots were not as successful as they hoped to be.

Most historians even agree that only about 19% of Kamikaze attacks were successful.

This Japanese pilot attempted an attack but he was shot out by naval forces.

This image has you wondering what these German soldiers are doing with a bear. It’s actually a bear costume and the fascination with bears was common among German soldiers. It could even be some sort of war tactic no one’s heard of.

The Nazis are pointing their rifles at a man named Georges Blind, who was a member of the French Resistance. Living up to his resistance ideology, Blind resisted until his final breath. His smile would not be erased even in a terrifying moment such as this.

The British and American armies were in shock after liberating Nazi concentration camps. This camp of Bergen-Belsen was burned after orders from a British general. The place was infested with disease due to poor sanitation.

There’s a moment of calm around them, so two US Marine Corps soldiers take a moment to rest and relax. Moments like these were rare since soldiers were constantly moved from place to place.

It was on February 4th, 1945 when the Allies successfully liberated Belgium from Axis occupation. These Canadian soldiers relish in the afterglow of their success with local Belgian beer in hand.

American soldiers were taken aback upon discovering this anonymous American’s grave. They soon realized that he had been buried by the enemy. The Americans proceeded to lay a makeshift wreath over his burial site.

Perhaps the biggest challenge for the Allied armies was D-Day. 156,000 Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of France to liberate the country. This photo was taken after the successful capture and surrender of German soldiers.

The freezing cold did not stop the Soviets during World War II. It was the Germans who suffered the cold while battling to take over Russia. These Soviet tank soldiers are feeding polar bears from their tank.

Lots of WW2 photos were snapped in black-and-white, but there were those also shot in color. Years after the war, many pictures were colorized. These photographers pose before boarding different planes to capture some of the most epic moments of the war.

The Japanese and Germans were known to be extremely harsh with their prisoners. This picture taken on August 21st, 1944 shows hundreds of German POWs together in Nonant-le-Pin, France.

The Schwerer Gustav railway artillery gun was meant to destroy France’s most important forts on the French Maginot Line. This thing weighed 1,350 tons, traveled on railway tracks, and was capable of firing at targets from as far as 29 miles away.

The problem was it could only fire one shell every 30 to 45 minutes.

These proud American soldiers climb on top of and pose with the Schwerer Gustav artillery gun. This was definitely Nazi Germany’s largest gun, but it wasn’t the maximum extent of their drive to find new, innovative, and bizarre weaponry.

Just a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor , the United States initiated the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. This required men from ages 18 to 45 to register for the military draft, marking America’s first draft during peacetime.

The US didn’t join the war until 1941. The Americans took with them a fresh fighting spirit to the war, including high spirits. These seamen are having a good time aboard a Navy vessel.

As the Nazis marched into France, they took the opportunity to use major French monuments for their propaganda campaign. Hitler here is accompanied by other high-ranking officials for a walk in Paris.

Hitler only spent three hours in Paris, after saying it was one of the most beautiful cities he had ever seen.

No one said you can’t have a pet in the middle of war. These sailors cared for this tiny kitten, even creating a bed of sorts for their new furry pet.

When the French realized that the Nazis had taken over their army, they were in shock. This Parisian man weeps with despair knowing then that his beloved hometown of Paris will be under the control of Nazis.

Wanting to secure a stronghold in the Pacific, Japanese bombers attacked Pearl Harbor, an American naval base in Hawaiian Territory, in the morning of December 7, 1941.

The attack claimed the lives of 2,335 Americans and forced the United States to join the war in 1941.

The advancement of German weapons manufacturing and technology saw some projects successful while others were not. These miniature tanks are a failed German weapons test.

The tanks were to be driven via remote control into enemy territory and explode but these were slow, expensive, and ineffective.

The Nazi extermination machine was still active up until the last moments of the war. Allied soldiers rescued hundreds of people on their way to their deaths.

Here are Jewish women and children coming out of a train that was supposed to take them to their execution.

In 1940 and 1941, the Luftwaffe conducted bombing raids on Great Britain called “The Blitz”.

The British were concerned that the Germans would use poisonous gas in bombs so gas masks were distributed to everyone including children.

Australia was part of the British Empire during World War II, so approximately 1 million men and women joined the fight against Nazi Germany.

They fought in Africa, Europe, and the Mediterranean. This photo shows Australians using their sense of humor with this sign at the El Alamein road.

This is Col. Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, a hand-to-hand combat expert who trained soldiers during the First and Second World Wars.

The story is that the colonel instructed a group of Marines to kill him using their bayonets just so he could disarm them all. And he did.

Destructive bombings of German and English cities were common in WW2. An example of joint efforts between America and Britain was the bombing of the city of Dresden.

That claimed the lives of more than 20,000 people. This RAF pilot is photographed resting between flying missions.