Russia, 1942
Exhausted civilians try to collect water during the German siege of Stalingrad. The Battle of Stalingrad, which lasted from August 1942 to February 1943, was one of the bloodiest battles in all of history, with an estimated two million casualties.
Belgium, 1940
Adolf Hitler can be seen here standing with a unit of the Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger known as "The Green Devils" that captured Belgian Fort Eben-Emael. Over 4,000 Fallschirmjäger were killed during the Battle of Crete less than a year later.