Photo credits
Every photograph on this site is a hero image from a chapter in the app. They are historical photographs in the public domain, colorized for Previously. Colors are an interpretation. The original black and white prints are kept in the app's Archive. Screenshots of the app show more of its photographs; the app credits each one under Settings > Credits & Licenses.
- A British carrier passes Belgian refugeesLt L A Puttnam, War Office official photographer, May 1940: a British Bren gun carrier passes Belgian refugees on the Brussels-Louvain road as the BEF moves into Belgium, Imperial War Museum F 4404Public domain (UK), colorized. Source
- Destroyers packed with troopsLt L. A. Puttnam and Lt E. G. Malindine, War Office official photographers, 31 May 1940: destroyers berthed side by side and crowded with troops back from Dunkirk, Imperial War Museums (H 1645)Public domain (PD-UKGov), colorized. Source
- Eisenhower talks with paratroopersU.S. Army, Greenham Common, June 5, 1944Public domain (PD-Layout, PD-USGov-Military-Army, PD-USGov-Military-Army/en, PD-USGov-Military-Army/lang, PD-USGov-Military-Army/layout), colorized. Source
- Marines raise the flag on Mount SuribachiSSgt. Louis R. Lowery, USMC, February 23, 1945: Marines of the 28th Regiment raise the first flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima; NHHC / USMC (Leatherneck staff photo)Public domain (EU), colorized. Source
- Soviet columns in burning YelnyaLeonid Velikzhanin (TASS), 6 September 1941: Soviet columns advance through the burning, just-recaptured town of YelnyaPublic domain (PD-Russia + TASS photographer), colorized. Source
- Tank destroyers land at Slapton SandsApril 1944: U.S. tank destroyers come ashore from LST-325 and landing craft during a landing exercise at Slapton Sands, Devon, Archives Normandie 1939-1945 / PhotosNormandie, P012720 (public domain)Public domain (EU), colorized. Source
- Troops run ashore in the Torch landingsU.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Nov. 1942 (public domain)Public domain (US federal government work (17 USC 105), PD worldwide incl. EU as a US government work with no copyright claim (FDR Library Public Domain Photographs, NARA 195516, 'Unrestricted')), colorized. Source
- US infantry fight through snow in BelgiumAmerican infantrymen of the 290th Regiment fight in fresh snowfall near Amonines, Belgium, January 4, 1945 (U.S. Army)Public domain (PD-Layout, PD-USGov-Military-Army, PD-USGov-Military-Army/en, PD-USGov-Military-Army/lang, PD-USGov-Military-Army/layout), colorized. Source
- US troops wade ashore at Omaha Beach"Into the Jaws of Death": U.S. troops wading ashore at Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944 (Robert F. Sargent, U.S. Coast Guard)Public domain (PD-USGov (US federal work)), colorized. Source
- USS Shaw explodes at Pearl HarborThe destroyer USS Shaw exploding in floating drydock during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 (U.S. Navy)Public domain (PD-USGov-Military-Navy), colorized. Source
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The map
The Eastern Front, 1941 to 1943, as drawn in the app. Natural Earth 10m land (public domain). OpenHistoricalMap borders (CC0 1.0). Wikidata coordinates (CC0 1.0).