2. During World War II, it was common for soldiers to keep family photos under clear grips on their 1911 pistols. They were called “sweetheart grips.”

3. Fighter pilot who served in WWII finds his fallen wingman’s grave after nearly 80 years

4. Berlin after WWII in 1945

5. The RMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in New York in 1945, bringing servicemen home after WWII. During the war, she transported over 750,000 troops and sailed some 500,000 miles (800,000 km).

6. Actual footage of Bismarck firing on HMS Hood in the Battle of the Denmarck Strait, May 24, 1941

7. The streets of London after WWII

8. WWII Mickey Mouse gas mask intended to make the mask look less scary for children

9. The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II

10. Captured 15-year-old German soldier, 1945

11. "Lost German Girl", a beaten woman filmed on a country road near the Czech border during the surrender of Wehrmacht troops in early May 1945.

12. WWII Veteran on how he sees America today

13. 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend in Normandy

14. Soviet woman with seven broken hearts: she waited for her brothers with bread, and they returned as pictures on the wall.

15. Colorized footage of WWII

16. WWII veteran has his first-ever speeding fine waived by the late Judge Frank Caprio

17. British soldiers after their release from Japanese captivity in 1945.

18. The sound of a Carter Air-Raid Siren

19. Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference, 1945

20. WWII veteran gives his opinion on the War

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