May 1940: Belgian civilians flee their homes after German bombing raids.


On the run,may 1940

Member of the French resistance  setting an explosive charge on a railway line.


French resistance

This 1945 photo shows German women clearing up the debris on Berlin's Tauentzienstrasse, with the ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Church in the background. The absence of able bodied men meant that the responsibility for clearing the wreckage fell mainly to civilian women, which were called "Truemmerfrauen," or rubble ladies. The signs on the left mark the border between the British-occupied sector and the U.S. sector of the city. 