Pictures of World War II This National Archives and Records
Administration online archive offers selected photographs
depicting Americans' activities during World War II. The 202
photographs, drawn from the Still Picture Branch of the National
Archives, primarily came from the records of the Army Signal
Corps, Department of the Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and
the Office of War Information. They represent all aspects of
wartime preparation, from military training to combat and
support services, as well as the homefront activities of
civilians and war agencies. They are grouped into 22 subjects,
including eight regions of Europe and the Pacific in which
Americans fought, and other topical categories such as: the
Homefront; Rest and Recreation; Prisoners; The Holocaust; Death
and Destruction; and Victory and Peace. Images include leaders
like Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Dwight Eisenhower, and
Adolph Hitler, as well as posters from homefront rationing and
war bond campaigns, Rosie the Riveter posters, com