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Image Montage Information[править | править код]

An image created for the World War II Main Page in Wikipedia.

Notes on the pictures used in the montage:

• Left Top: Allied landing on D-Day 1944 (no photo number & photographer unknown according to US Coast Guard)
• Right Top: The Soviet flag over the Reichstag in Berlin 1945 (Photograph by Jewgeni Chaldej (Yevgeny Khaldei))
• Left Upper: German police entering the city Imst in Tyrol/Austria National Archives, source: http://www.temple.edu/history/amhist2images.html
• Right Upper: The Gate of Auschwitz (Photographer: Jochen Zimmermann License: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Austria)
• Left Lower: The Nagasaki atom bomb 1945 (from US archives, photographer unknown)
• Right Lower: Stalingrad after the great battle of Stalingrad (published before January 1st, 1954, a public domain according to Russia's laws)

Image Selection Reasons[править | править код]

Reasons for the selection of images:

1. D-day: Very known & very important multi-national battle.
2. Soviet flag in Berlin: Easily recognizable & marks the end of the Nazi regime in Europe.
3. Nazis marching: Easily recognizable & very important aspect, since this was the supreme main reason the war started.
4. Death camp: Easily recognizable & important aspect describing one of the greatest civilian impacts.
5. Atom bomb: Easily recognizable & very important aspect describing the huge development in weapon technology and the start of the Cold War. It also marks the end of the war in the Pacific.
6. Stalingrad after the battle Turning point of the war, marking the beginning of the end of the Nazi regime.

License[править | править код]

Шаблон:Cc-by-2.5

Images are public domain, except The Gate of Auschwitz which is released under the CC-BY-2.0 license.