World War II Images

Iconic Images

Many photographs and posters from World War II also help to educate us as to what life was like during this conflict and era. Images can indeed be more powerful than words.

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor - 1941

Rosie the Riveter

While the men were out on the front lines abroad, women worked in the factories at home, producing war supplies.  This poster helped to recruit and encourage women to take on what had up until then been a nontraditional job for women.

D Day Rescue, Omaha Beach (1944)

The Raising of the Flag at Iwo Jima

 

V - J Day in Times Square

In this photo the joy of a nation is captured when two strangers, a sailor and a nurse, kiss in celebration of the victory over Japan which in effect ended the war.