Recently Updated Articles
Newest Photos
Front angle close-up of Type 4 Chi-To medium t...
Side angle view of a Type 4 Chi-To medium tank...
Captured Type 4 Chi-To medium tank, Japan, lat...
Front angle view of a Type 4 Ho-Ro self-propel...
Type 1 Ho-Ni II tank destroyer, circa 1940s
Type 1 Ho-Ni I tank destroyers, 1944
Back of the superstructure of a Type 3 Ho-Ni I...
Type 4 Ho-Ro self-propelled gun, circa 1940s
Top angle side view of Type 4 Ho-Ro self-prope...
Random Photos
Air show held aboard USS Wasp in honor of Chia...
Japanese troops at Lugou Bridge, near Beiping,...
Königsberg at Gdynia, Poland, circa 1935; pho...

Search WW2DB


29 Apr 1942: German submarine U-108 pursued US tanker Mobiloil from 0900 hours to 1645 hours, finally sinking her 400 kilometers north to Pue... Read More

29 Apr 1942: The rate of German retaliatory executions of Belgians was reported to be 25 to 30 per month.

29 Apr 1945: British Second Army crossed the Elbe River at Hamburg, Germany.


29 Dec 2023: WW2DB's 19th Anniversary Read More

2 Jun 2023: Looted Painting "Madonna with Child" Returned to Poland Read More

29 May 2023: Wreck of USS Mannert L. Abele Found Read More

25 Apr 2023: Wreck of Montevideo Maru Found Read More

10 Feb 2023: Accidental Detonation of a WW2-Era Bomb in Great Yarmouth Read More


Current Site Statistics
1,146 biographies
337 events
43,422 timeline entries
1,237 ships
349 aircraft models
207 vehicle models
372 weapon models
123 historical documents
259 facilities
468 book reviews
28,395 photos
432 maps