Magnum Photos

Distro - Witness 

Two hundred photographs, taken from all fronts throughout World War II, have been culled from the Magnum Photos archive to provide a moving testament to the defining moments in each of the wartime arenas. From the deserts of Africa to the snowy steppes of Russia, and from the jungle of the Pacific islands to the Italian mountain tops, the greatest photographers of the era risked their lives to bear witness to the world-changing events of the war and to the heroic acts of courage that arose from the ashes. Years later, these iconic images have lost none of their power and are imprinted forever in... 

George Rodger 1940

G.B. ENGLAND. London. Oxford Street. World War II. The Blitz.... 

Soviet Group 1941

USSR. 1941. Soviet troops trench fighting during an attack. 

Soviet Group 1943

A breach of the blocade of Leningrad. 1941. 

George Rodger 1941

TRANSJORDAN. Fort Mafrak. Soldiers from the desert patrol on... 

Wu Yinxian 1941

Soldiers of the 8th Route Army reclaiming the wasteland in the... 

Soviet Group 1942

USSR. 1942. Leaving a son to the partisans. Leningrad. 

George Rodger 1942

BURMA. Emergency hospital run by Doctor Seagrove set up in a... 

Wu Yinxian 1942

CHINA. Shaanxi. Town of Yan'an. MAO ZEDONG talks at the Symposium... 
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Soviet Group 1942

USSR. 1942. Professor Ilchenko of the Moscow Conservatory performs... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

ITALY. Cassino, Liri Valleys. W.W.II. The battle moved on and... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ITALY. Palermo. July-August, 1943. Italian partisans who attacked... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ITALY. Sicily. July-August, 1943. An American tank advances toward... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

ICP 541. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

FRANCE. Normandy. June 6th, 1944. American troops landing on... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

Dorset. Weymouth. 1-5 June 1944. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

FRANCE. Normandy. 1944. Celebration mass after landing. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1944

FRANCE. Chartres. August 18th, 1944. French woman, who had had... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1944

Paris. 26 août. Paris est libéré.
75008. Champs-Elysées. Le général... 

Soviet Group 1945

@ Yevgeni KHALDEI. 

Soviet Group 1945

Postdam. The Potsdam Conference (17 July to 2 August 1945).
Seated... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1945

GERMANY. Dessau. A transit camp was located between the American... 

George Rodger 1900

GERMANY. 1945. Bergen-Belsen. A Dutch Jewish boy walks among... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

GERMANY. Region of Baden-Württemberg. Town of Freiburg im Breisgau.... 

Soviet Group 1945

GERMANY. Nuremberg. 

David Seymour 1948

POLAND. 1948. Tereska, a child in a residence for disturbed children.... 
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