Photos
13-16 years
45 minutes
Yalta Conference, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
U.S. Government Photographer. Public domain: Wikipedia
Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945
Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by Adam Cuerden - Naval Historical Center Photo # SC 213700. Public domain: Naval History and Heritage Command
Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, 23 August 1939
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Soviet invasion of Poland, 1939
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Field Marchall Keitel signs German surrender terms, Berlin, 8 May 1945
U.S. Army Lt. Moore National Archives and Records Administration. Picture# 111-SC-206292, archives.gov. Public domain: Wikipedia
Expulsion of Poles from Wielkopolska, 1939-1940
Bundesarchiv, R 49 Bild-0138 / Holtfreter, Wilhelm / CC-BY-SA 3.0. Public domain: Wikipedia
Soviet assault gun in liberated Minsk, 1944
Photo: Ministry of Defence of Russia, mil. ru, CC BY 4.0. Public domain: Wikipedia
Raising of the Red Banner over the Reichstag, 1945
Photo: Yevgeni Khaldei, mil.ru, CC BY 4.0 Public domain: Wikipedia
Soviet soldiers with liberated prisoners at the gate of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp
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German soldiers crossing the Soviet border, 22 June 1941
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German battleship Schleswig-Holstein fires on Westerplatte, 1 September 1939
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Potsdam conference, 25 July 1945, Germany
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Britain declares war on Germany, 3 September Bombing of Warsaw, 1939 1939 – British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain after announcing the state of war
Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training is allowed: Imperial War Museum HU 5538
Bombing of Warsaw, 1939
Bundesarchiv, Bild 141-0763 / CC-BY-SA 3.0: Wikipedia
Bombarded Minsk, 1941
Bundesarchiv, Bild 141-2020 / CC-BY-SA 3.0: Wikipedia
Battle of Stalingrad, 1942-1943
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R74190 / CC-BY-SA 3.0: Wikipedia
Soviet anti-aircraft defence in Moscow, 1941
RIA Novosti archive, image #887721 / Knorring / CC-BY-SA 3.0: WikipediaRelated lessons
The beginning and end of World War II
Through this exercise, students come to understand from the perspective of four different countries when World War II began and ended for each of these countries and how these events were perceived by the people in these respective countries.
The beginning and end of World War II
Through this exercise, students come to understand from the perspective of four different countries when World War II began and ended for each of these countries and how these events were perceived by the people in these respective countries.