World War II Photos: The Bloody War Spreads Around the Globe, 1940-1941

On April 9, 1940, Germany simultaneously invaded Norway and occupied Denmark, an…

The North African Campaign in Historical Pictures From 1940-1943

Fighting in North Africa stemmed from the area’s strategic importance to the Com…

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Shortly after Arriving in North Africa, 1941

The Desert Fox, the most well-respected Nazi commander. German General Erwin Rom…

Photo of a Luftwaffe Pilot in Africa, 1941

Luftwaffe Oberleutnant exchanges gifts with a native black Arab in North Africa.…

Photo of German Panzer III in The Western Desert in 1942

Panzer III design was composed of four sections – hull, turret, and front supers…

Erwin Rommel and His Staff, Western Desert, 1942

Love him or hate him, Edwin Rommel screams class in every photo. Rommel was a ga…

Erwin Rommel Helps to Push his Stuck Staff Car in Northern Africa, 1941

Rommel was well respected by his men and enemies. He was a general that had "my …