The War Rooms

USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Septermber 2 1945.

USS Preston was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. Seen here in a San Francisco Naval Shipyard, California, United States, Oct 22 1966.

USS Cero off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, Feb 13 1945.

USS Canberra bombarding the coast of Vietnam, Mar 1967.

The ZSU-57-2 Ob'yekt 500 is a Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon, armed with two 57 mm autocannons.

'ZSU' stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (Russian: Зенитная Самоходная Установка), meaning "anti-aircraft self-propelled mount", '57' stands for the bore of the armament in millimetres and '2' stands for the number of gun barrels.

It was the first Soviet mass-produced tracked SPAAG. In the USSR, it had the unofficial nickname Sparka (Russian: Спарка), meaning "twin mount," referring to the twin autocannon with which the vehicle is armed.

Photo taken at Parola tank museum.

Two Douglas A-4C Skyhawk (BuNos. 149551 and 149570) of Attack Squadron 146 (VA-146) "Blue Diamonds" fly past the anti-submarine aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) 1964.

The T-26 tank was a Soviet light tank used during many conflicts of the Interwar period and in World War II. It was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and was one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s until its light armour became vulnerable to newer anti-tank weapons.

It was produced in greater numbers than any other tank of the period, with more than 11,000 units manufactured giving it the title of the most produced tank during the interwar period.

Photo taken at Parola tank museum.

US Marines take in the battlefield scene on Okinawa, Japan. 1945.

After 110 feet of USS Pittsburgh’s bow broke off during Typhoon Connie, she made her best speed of 8.5 knots for Guam with the sea pressing against the blunt end of an interior bulkhead and water-tight doors, 6-9 Jun 1944.

14-inch (35.6 cm) projectiles are seen on the deck of the U.S. Navy battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40) as the ship replenishes its ammunition supply in preparation for a mission into Guam, July 1944. The photograph captures a view forward on the starboard side, with the triple 14"/50 gun turrets visible on the left. Note the floater nets stowed on top of the turrets.

A soldier from the German 24th Panzer Division rests on a sidecar of an R75 motorcycle, southern Russia, August-September 1942

Unloading an Opel Blitz truck from a mighty Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant.

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German troops loading the PaK 40 of a Marder I tank destroyer, Southern France, 1942

USS Shangri-La underway in the Mediterranean Sea, May 4 1967.

USS Shangri-La was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy.

Commissioned in 1944 and named after the mythical paradise of the same name, Shangri-La participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations in World War II, earning two battle stars.

USS Intrepid in the South China Sea 1968.

Soviet troops with captured Japanese Type 95 scout car, Battle of Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia Area, China, 1939.

An American soldier examines the damage to the side of the turret of a Tiger II April 1945.

Soviet tanks of the Third Guards Tank Army in action during the offensive to Germany (1945)

A stern view of Admiral Graf Spee in the port of Montevideo. She was scuttled 3 days later.

A not too happy looking American crew inside this FT-17 light tank. Seen here in northwest of Verdun, France, 1918.

A striking view captures the commander and gunner of a Panzer IV tank, part of an armored unit advancing across the Russian steppe toward a distant road at the base of a shallow valley. Notably, a flare gun is visible on the right-hand hatch lid.

In mid-1944, a Ram OP (Observation Post) tank operates in Normandy, France.

The T-60 scout tank was a light tank produced by the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1942. During this period, 6,292 units were built. The tank was designed to replace the obsolete T-38 amphibious scout tank and saw action during World War II.

Based on the T-40 chassis already in production, the T-60 traded its predecessor's amphibious ability for heavier armour. Furthermore, to make the tank easier to produce, while reconnaissance was still intended as one of the new tank's possible applications, it became the only Soviet tank after the MS-1 never to receive a radio station (despite having a niche for it).

Photo taken at Parola tank museum, Finland.

USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay, September 1945.

The USS Missouri was the last U.S. battleship built and the last active battleship in the world.

A Renault FT-17 light tank which was the first tank to have its armament inside a fully rotating turret.

Photo taken at the Overloon war museum.

A M8 Greyhound scout car from the US 3rd Armored Division surveys German positions in northern France, 1944.

The USS Cleveland undergoing routine maintenance in the ABSD-1 dock at Espíritu Santo, New Hebrides, on January 13, 1944.

ARVN forces on a mission to a stronghold in the Mekong Delta 1961.