Albert Einstein letter dated August 2, 1939 to President Roosevelt advising of research that could develop an atomic bomb. Image: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
Pearl Harbor under attack on December 7, 1941 Image: US Navy
Memo to President Roosevelt advising him of attack on Pearl Harbor Image: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
New York Times front page headline reporting on Pearl Harbor attack. Image: New York Times
Newspaper in English published by Japanese praising surrender of US forces in Philippines in April 1942. Image: US Air Force
Bataan death march of US soldiers in May 1942 after surrender to Japanese in Philippines. Image: US Air Force
US tank in North African campaign Image:
General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks to paratroopers in England on day before D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. Image: Library of Congress
General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore at Leyte Gulf in return to Philippines on October 20, 1944. Image: US Army
US soldiers leave landing craft on Omaha Beach on D-Day in photo known as "Into the Jaws of Death." Image: US Coast Guard
Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Josef Stalin at Yalta Conference February 1945. Image: National Archives
US troops advance off Omaha Beach in D-Day invasion Image: US Army
US troops in action on Okinawa in April 1945. Image: US Army
US soldiers march down Champs-Elysees on August 29, 1944 after liberation of Paris. Image: US Army
New York Times reporting death of President Roosevelt on April 13, 1945. Image: New York Times