Pictorial History of the Second World War: A Photographic Record of all Theaters of Action Chronologically Arranged, vol 3

520 Pages·1946·111.24 MB·English

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PICTORIAL HISTORY
OF THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD
OF ALL THEATERS OF ACTION
CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED
Vol. 3
New York
WM. H.WISE and CO., INC.
Copyright 1944, 1946
Wm.H.Wise&Co.,Inc.
PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
CONTENTS
THE FIFTH YEAR
PAGE
Story, September through February 1031
Picture History, September-February 1033
Story, March through August
• 1 179
Picture History, March-August 181
1
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Photographs in this publication were obtained from the following sources:
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Acme Photo 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1053, 1058, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1076,
1077, 1084, 1086, 1108, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131,
1132, 1133, 1134, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1150, 1156, 1158, 1159, 1164, 1175, 1181, 1197, 1200,
1210, 1211, 1216, 1222, 1230, 1238, 1246, 1248, 1254, 1255, 1257, 1258, 1259, 1263, 1265, 1277,
1320, 1325, 1339, 1340, 1356, 1358, 1362, 1373, 1374, 1375, 1381, 1383, 1393, 1394, 1395, 1414,
1415, 1418, 1419, 1431, 1432, 1433, 1434, 1447, 1452, 1460, 1469, 1478, 1479, 1496, 1498, 1504,
1507, 1508, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1519, 1521, 1522, 1524, 1527, 1533
British-Combine —1052, 107—4, 1078, 1079, 1085, 1110, 1196, 1340
British Information Servi—ce 1321, 1336, 1337, 1359, 1364, 1365, 1370, 1371, 1377, 1502
British Official Photo — 1118, 1129, 1341
Canadian Army Photo 128—5, 1292, 1317, 1342, 1359, 1364, 1365, 1370, 1371, 1377, 1502
Canadian War Information 1268
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French Press and Information —Service 1196, 1199, 1359
International News Photo 108—4, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1196, 1340
Netherlands Inform—ation Bureau 1208, 1209
Odhams Press 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1056, 1057, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1099,
1106, 1112, 1113, 1160, 1161—, 1162, 1203, 1206, 1207, 1223, 1291, 1414, 1415
Official Coast Guard Photo— 1146, 1171, 1261, 1344
Office of War Information 1234 —
Official U. S. Marine Corps Photo 1088, 1089, 1092, 1093, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1104, 1105, 1116,
1318, 1319, 1397 —
Official U. S. Navy Photo 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1054, 1055, 1059, 1066, 1067, 1081, 1082, 1083,
1090, 1091, 1092, 1096, 1111, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1140, 1141, 1157, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1170,
1172, 1173, 1176, 1177, 1193, 1195, 1201, 1204, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1225, 1239, 1240, 1242, 1243,
1247, 1249, 1252, 1260, 1262, 1266, 1277, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1293, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1300, 1301,
1302, 1305, 1306, 1311, 1316, 1318, 1319, 1328, 1329, 1330, 1334, 1335, 1346, 1347, 1351, 1360,
1376, 1382, 1390, 1391, 1392, 1397, 1406, 1408, 1410, 1411, 1440, 1341, 1444, 1446, 1448, 1500,
1518, 1525 —
Planet News Ltd. — 1148
Press Association 1121, 1482, 1483, 1520, 1530
Sovfoto —1218, 1219, 1224, 1231, 1256, 1264, 1310, 1343, 1366, 1367, 1368, 1379, 1384, 1385, 1396,
1413, 1425, 1430, 143—5, 1476, 1528
U. S. Army Air Forces 1050, 1051, 1068, 1075, 1107, 1114, 1165, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186,
1187, 1205, 1221, 1226, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1251, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1322, 1323, 1331, 1341, 1406,
1436, 1437, 1442, 1443
U. S. Army Signal Corps Photo—1080, 1087, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1106, 1115, 1124, 1125,
1139, 1149, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1160, 1161, 1163, 1174, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1192,
1198, 1215, 1217, 1227, 1233, 1240, 1241, 1244, 1245, 1250, 1251, 1253, 1260, 1267, 1273, 1274,
1275, 1276, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1286, 1287, 1293, 1294, 1298, 1299, 1303,
1304, 1305, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1324, 1326, 1327,
1332, 1333, 1338, 1345, 1348, 1349, 1350, 1352, 1354, 1355, 1356, 1357, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1369,
1374, 1375, 1380, 1383, 1386, 1387, 1388, 1389, 1398, 1399, 1400, 1401, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1407,
1409, 1412, 1416, 1417, 1420, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1438, 1439, 1440, 1449,
1450, 1451, 1453, 1454, 1455, 1456, 1457, 1458, 1459, 1461, 1462, 1464, 1465, 1466, 1467, 1471,
1472, 1474, 1475, 1477, 1480, 1481, 1484, 1485, 1486, 1487, 1488, 1490, 1491, 1492, 1493, 1494,
1495, 1497, 1499, 1501, 1505, 1506, 1508 1517, 1523, 1526, 1529, 1531, 1532
IN this third volume the reader reviews a pageant of Allied
victory. Throughout the fiscal year which ended September
1, 1944, the forces of the United Nations, with one lone exception,
were making steady and sometimes rapid progress in liquidat-
ing the enemy. The exception, of course, was the Chinese front
where the inevitable exhaustion of the defender and the inabil-
ity of her allies to provide supplies brought success to the
Japanese. But, in other areas of the Far East and on the Euro-
pean Continent, the year was one of triumph for the armies of
America, Britain, Russia and their Allies.
In the Pacific the new great strength of the United States
Navy resolutely battered the Japanese from island to island,
taking one important enemy bastion at a time. There was the
gradual re-conquest of New Guinea, the hop to Bougainville in
the Solomons, and the bloody seizure of the Gilbert Islands.
Later came the Marshalls, Saipan and Guam. The great Jap-
anese naval base at Truk was so surrounded as to be practically
useless, both from a defensive and offensive standpoint.
In Europe the fifth year of the war had hardly opened when
American and British forces invaded the Italian peninsula.
Throughout the ensuing months Soviet forces swiftly pushed
back the Germans from Russian soil. By September, 1944, Stalin's
armies were in Poland, Rumania and threatening the East Prus-
sia frontier. Then in June came the establishment of a long
awaited western front and the eventual liberation of France.
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In devoting an entire volume to the fifth year instead of
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one volume for two years the publishers have sought to give
complete coverage of the greater number of battle fronts and
avail themselves of the larger amount of picture material avail-
able. Because of the climactic nature of the events during the
last six months of the year, it seemed editorially sound to devote
more space to this period, a decision which accounts for the
unequal distribution of space between the first and second
halves of the year.
THE PUBLISHERS