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U.S. troops shell enemy lines at St. Lo. Members of a U.S. field artillery unit in Normandy pour a withering hail of fire into the enemy lines on the St. Lo sector as a night prelude to the assault by mechanised and infantry forces. The bitterly defended Nazi communication center of St. Lo fell July 18, 1944 after an eight day siege.

Japanese torpedo bomber explodes in air after direct hit by 5 inch shell from U.S. aircraft carrier on carrier, off Kwajalein. U.S. Navy Photo

Mortar shell gets marine, Corporal Angus Robertson, a Marine Corps combat photographer, made this dramatic picture of a Leatherneck falling after he was hit by shrapnel from an exploding Japanese mortar shell on Saipan. Concussion from the exploding shell jarred Robertson as he tripped the shutter. NI 9234

Portret van Sir Henri Deterding (1866-1939), president-directeur van de oliemaatschappij Shell/Koninklijke Olie, gemaakt door A. van Anrooy

U.S. shells pour into St. Pois. Smoke rises from shell poured into St. Pois by U.S. artillery to screen an infantry attack on this Nazi-held strongpoint during the all-out offensive which opened in Normandy July 25, 1944.

British advance trough Reichwald forest. The shell-torn village of Breedeweg, about 300 yards from the German border. Deze foto werd op 11 februari 1945 genomen in Breedeweg, in het grensgebied Nederland - Duitsland.

Six dead, ten injured when shell expldes aboard American warship. Sailors transferring the injured from U.S.S. Wyoming to a launch from the ship Relief after the battleship had returned to Los Angeles following the accident.