During World War II, aircraft nose art was more than decoration - it was identity, morale, and memory. Each painted plane carried stories of courage, humor, and heartbreak. In this episode, we revisit ...

Up through World War II, most photos taken were only shown in black and white. But now, thanks to Brazilian artist Marina Amaral, we are able to glimpse history through a new lens — in color.

Color images of the war are not hard to come by, but they are considerably rarer than black-and-white images. As the lived experience of World War II fades— because of the passing of those who ...

Ask a dozen military historians to name the single most pivotal battle or campaign of World War II—the one operation ... s Myth-Making Machinery, in Color”] Here, LIFE.com presents a series ...

Though color photography was invented decades before World War II, it was still a rather niche process, more complicated and expensive than black-and-white photography. The scarcity of color film ...

Even then, for the next two decades color film was hard to use and expensive to process, limiting its use. But during World War II, the U.K.’s Ministry of Information took some 3,000 color ...

making color pictures of the chaos and destruction that the five-week battle left in its wake. Here, on the 75th anniversary of the start of World War II, LIFE.com presents a series of Jaeger’s ...

The colorized photos below, taken between 1942 and 1943 and compiled by the Library of Congress, depict life in the US during World War II and show how Americans at home contributed to winning one ...

"World War II in HD" in available on the History Channel. (Wikimedia Commons) May is military appreciation month — a time to reflect with gratitude on the men and women who have served this country.