This is my Gramp roy. He is a ww2-Korea veteran. In ww2, he was stationed on a base in India. Just wanted to tell y’all that today is his 100th birthday!9mo ⋅ Evil_joe19 ⋅ r/ww2
My moms friend found her dad in a documentary on Netflix called the accountant of Auschwitz the photo in comparison was taken shortly after he arrived in America!3mo ⋅ crackheadweedy ⋅ r/ww2
This is my grandfather. Yesterday was his 97th birthday we were no able to see him. I was going to show him how Reddit wishes a Happy Birthday to one of the greatest men of the Greatest generation.1mo ⋅ Myheelcat ⋅ r/ww2
My Great Grandfather, Fred, passed away a week ago at 102 years old. He was a US Army Paratrooper that was part of the invasion into France at Omaha Beach. This man lived a full life and I don’t think I ever saw him not smiling. He lived to see his great great grandchildren. He is dearly missed.5mo ⋅ BubbleAngryThe ⋅ r/ww2
I sadly heard that one of my favorite WW2 veterans died 11 days ago. He was the pilot on a B-17. He died just 2 months after his 100th birthday. He was awarded the Distinguished flying cross and flew over 35 missions over Europe.3mo ⋅ zMistzX ⋅ r/ww2
Two pictures stitched together from Nazi rally at Reichserntedankfest make you realise how enormous it actually was.6mo ⋅ PandaIthink ⋅ r/ww2
M1 carbine in which my great grandfather passed down to my grandma, who gave it to my grandpa, who gave it to my dad, who gave it to me.2mo ⋅ site-98-director ⋅ r/ww2
African American soldiers posing in the fields with ammunition shells with the inscription reading Happy Easter Hitler, 1945.1wk ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/ww2
A photo of Joseph Goebbels as he was being informed that the photographer was Jewish.9mo ⋅ RedditFunnyMan234 ⋅ r/ww2
Wehrmacht soldiers preparing to defend against the Soviet Winter offensive in 1942.3mo ⋅ Dr_Bahir ⋅ r/ww2
Went to Bastogne this weekend and visited the Forrest where Easy company of the 101e airborne held the line against the Germans (battle of the buldge)7mo ⋅ ImDJGolden ⋅ r/ww2
American and Soviet troops enjoying a song on a Soviet tank after their forces linked up near Griebo, Germany, May, 19456mo ⋅ Galm2Pixy ⋅ r/ww2
The Ww2 veteran that I met. His name was Louis Prince. He was in the battle of the bulge and the North African campaign, I met him in 8th grade for a school project and was amazed by his stories from the war, sad to say I learned of his passing today.10mo ⋅ Danimal69420 ⋅ r/ww2
During WWII, Joe Medicine Crow completed all 4 tasks required to become a war chief: touching an enemy without killing him, taking an enemy's weapon, leading a successful war party, and stealing an enemy's horse. In 2009, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.1mo ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
Stalin, the moment he was informed that the Germans were about to take Kiev, 19419mo ⋅ Omariusm ⋅ r/ww2
Mexican Propaganda Poster. Mexico would join the war in 1942 after having two of their oil tankers sunk by Germany5mo ⋅ TheCheerfulCynic ⋅ r/ww2
Colorized photos of Soviet soldiers celebrating victory over Nazi Germany, 19455mo ⋅ fabbe096 ⋅ r/ww2
German soldier buying the newspaper on the Place de la Concorde, Paris, 19425mo ⋅ PandaIthink ⋅ r/ww2
Easy Company, 506th Infantry Regiment. A TV show was made about this specific company called Band Of Brothers.2mo ⋅ warpuffed ⋅ r/ww2
Daddy’s home! October 1945, Tulse Hill, London- Gunner Hector Murdoch greeted by his beloved wife Rosina and his son John. Captured by Japanese forces, Hector spent more than three years in a POW camp in Singapore, where he almost died of Cholera.1mo ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
Thought you might enjoy this colourised photo of my grandfather in his Hellcat on HMS Indomitable in August 1945. He called this ‘The Hellcat that didn’t make it’. It was his only aircraft accident in over 1000 sorties both in Europe for D-day and in the Pacific.3mo ⋅ mikeh117 ⋅ r/ww2
The note my grandma received after her husband’s ship was caught by a mine2mo ⋅ No_Distribution_9348 ⋅ r/ww2
Battle of Uman 15th July 1941, digital painting by me based on a photograph. Made this for a wargame my brother and I have been working on named Operation Citadel. I thought you might enjoy it ! Cheers5mo ⋅ julo433 ⋅ r/ww2
US army Nurses sunbathing next to a twin 40mm on a Coast Guard troop ship3mo ⋅ Officer_Aisouf ⋅ r/ww2
Paratroopers of Easy Company, 506th PIR, Band of Brothers, in the square of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, D+1.10mo ⋅ BRuX- ⋅ r/ww2
Nikolai Morozov - the oldest soldier of WW2 and the oldest sniper in history. Circa 1942. He died at the age of 92 in 1946.2wk ⋅ DikkeryDok ⋅ r/ww2
Father and son. Sgt Alojzy Piorkowski and his 14 year-old son Ferdynand, survivors of Siberian deportation, now serve together in Italy. Polish II Corps, 19442mo ⋅ Karierr ⋅ r/ww2
This is the letter my mother received from General Gavin informing her that her husband has been killed at The Bulge.7mo ⋅ Curmugdeonly ⋅ r/ww2
A family member of mine purchased this newspaper 79 years ago today, it was recently passed down to me so I figured I'd share it!4mo ⋅ shadowcopter ⋅ r/ww2
Soviet soldiers fighting till their last breath, 1943. Photographer — Mark Markov-Grinberg (1907-2006)4mo ⋅ DikkeryDok ⋅ r/ww2
7’3” Jakob Nacken (221 cm), the tallest German soldier of WW2, chatting with 5’3” (160 cm) British corporal Bob Roberts after surrendering to him near Calais, France, 1944.7mo ⋅ OneWhoWandersAround ⋅ r/ww2
Denver Bull Randleman. He was a Paratrooper in Easy Company. If you watched Band of Brothers you know him and his cigar.8mo ⋅ ArsColorandi ⋅ r/ww2
Into the Jaws of Death – Taken at this hour, on this day in 1944 during the D-Day Landings11mo ⋅ photojacker ⋅ r/ww2
Young German soldier being awarded a medal. No info on the photo, but likely set in the defense of Berlin.7mo ⋅ -Zyon- ⋅ r/ww2
Joseph Wald, a Jewish Brigade soldier, carrying an artillery shell, the translation says A gift to Hitler.6mo ⋅ Magic_Hert ⋅ r/ww2
Photograph or Joseph Goebbels before and after finding out a photographer was Jewish8mo ⋅ MintyNogs ⋅ r/ww2
Canadian infantrymen advance up stairs while dodging sniper fire in Campochiaro, Italy, 19433mo ⋅ Extal ⋅ r/ww2
German signalmen coming under artillery fire somewhere on the front of Army Group Centre, Russia, spring 19425mo ⋅ Galm2Pixy ⋅ r/ww2
Grandfather was a tail gunner on a Canadian bomber plane. He kept this rabbit with him and recorded all the missions his crew flew on it.1yr ⋅ ev4liv16 ⋅ r/ww2
Two US Marines stand atop Mt. Suribachi, overlooking the remainder of Iwo Jima, part of which is still held by the Japanese. Circa March 1945. Color by Jared Enos.3wk ⋅ Chrislondo110 ⋅ r/ww2
A picture I took of the Reichstag a few years back almost matches up with one taken in 19457mo ⋅ MisunderstoodShark1 ⋅ r/ww2
Here’s a photo of my great grandfather who was a German Tank commander in WW2. I hope you guys love family history stories as much as I do!5mo ⋅ SO_CAL_NATION ⋅ r/ww2
U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lieutenant Quentin C. Aanenson takes a mirror selfie with his girlfriend Jacqueline Greer before leaving for Europe, c. March 19441yr ⋅ TrendWarrior101 ⋅ r/ww2
Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers, during their homecoming parade in Hanko, Finland. June 1, 1943.1mo ⋅ Saurav_StuG ⋅ r/ww2
Captain Richard D. Winters and Captain Lewis Nixon of Easy Company, 506th PIR a couple of days before the Battle of the Bulge, 19442mo ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
This is Theodore Orlicki, at a Veterans Day gathering in 2019. He was part of the landing forces that took the island of Attu and would stay there as an AA gunner on a 3-inch gun until the war ended. He turned 102 back on June 8th and is still alive.8mo ⋅ DOM-JDC ⋅ r/ww2
This day in 1974, the last Japanese soldier, 2nd Lt. Onoda, surrenders nearly 30 years after the end of World War II.1yr ⋅ BRuX- ⋅ r/ww2
76 years ago today- Medal of Honor Recipient Audie Murphy single-handedly stopped a German attack from an exposed position on top of a burning tank destroyer, killing over 20 German soldiers in the process2mo ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
My grandpa on the left. Russian army , Germany 1945. He was marshal Zhukov’s driver.5mo ⋅ Spiritual-Aspect3961 ⋅ r/ww2
The Four leader of the four great allied powers of WW2, including China5mo ⋅ TheCheerfulCynic ⋅ r/ww2
A prisoner of Buchenwald conc. camp is pointing out a prison guard who was especially cruel to prisoners, 19451yr ⋅ -Edward_Richtofen- ⋅ r/ww2
A camouflaged Japanese bomber just seconds before being destroyed by a low-level attack in Papua New Guinea, 1943. (Colourised by Royston Leonard)4mo ⋅ FlapThePlatypus ⋅ r/ww2
Winston Churchill handling a 'Tommy gun' during an inspection of invasion coastal defenses near Hartlepool, County Durham, England. 31 July 1940.4d ⋅ Weeb_5430 ⋅ r/ww2
German smugglers were caught with these items in the South of Norway, there were also some mg42 parts and rifle grenades.3mo ⋅ Brillek ⋅ r/ww2
Dogfight above St Paul's Cathedral during the Battle of Britain, London, 1940.1wk ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
Soviet soldiers with a cat in Stalingrad. 1942. History of the photo in the commentary.9mo ⋅ Crecer13 ⋅ r/ww2
This is a photo of Colonel Kazimierz Szron Klimczak. At 106 years old, he is the oldest living veteran of the Warsaw Uprising. (Today, he's wearing a mask. You can too.)9mo ⋅ stressfactory ⋅ r/ww2
GIs of the 88th Infantry Division carefully navigate the rubble strewn streets of a heavily damaged Italian village, May 1944.2mo ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
Battle of Britain, 1940, a downed German Messerschmitt Bf-109E put on display outside St. Nicholas church in Durham, in order to help raise funds for the war. (540 x 372)11mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ww2
A liberated Jewish prisoner holds a Nazi soldier at gunpoint, circa 1945. [596 x 460]5mo ⋅ _McThompson ⋅ r/ww2
Stained glass memorial in the church at Sainte-Mere-Eglise to the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division who liberated the town on June 6, 1944.1mo ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
Roza Georgiyevna Shanina 3 April 1924 – 28 January 1945 was a Soviet sniper during World War II who was credited with fifty-nine confirmed kills, including twelve soldiers during the Battle of Vilnius.7mo ⋅ Batsticks ⋅ r/ww2
German Ju-87D Stuka dive bomber flies over the burning ruins of Stalingrad headed to an unknown target. Soviet Union, late 1942.2mo ⋅ Dr_Bahir ⋅ r/ww2
2nd Lt Owen J. Baggett, shooting down a Japanese aircraft with an M1911 pistol. Owen hit the pilot in the head while he was parachuting out of his own damaged B-24 Liberator, becoming the only pilot in history to down a plane with a handgun.2mo ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
Lt. Col Louis Edward Curdes was an expert pilot had 9 confirmed kills. And even had shot down an Italian fighter which made him even more of a rare pilot. But one day he had to shoot down an American C-47 Douglas skytrain that was trying to land at a Japanese airfield10mo ⋅ zMistzX ⋅ r/ww2
Front line warning sign using a Japanese soldier's skull on Peleliu. October, 1944.2mo ⋅ FlapThePlatypus ⋅ r/ww2
Figured this would be a good place to post a picture of my Great grandpa. U.S. Air corps, 410th bombardment squadron, he was a bombardier for a B-17.9mo ⋅ Silentrose15 ⋅ r/ww2
A broken plate that my grandparents found while walking along the beach. Must have been from one of the german ships that sunk inn the battle of narvik inn april of 1940.10mo ⋅ WorldIsAFuck420 ⋅ r/ww2
Capitulated German troops marching along the inscription We will not capitulate - April-May 19452wk ⋅ DikkeryDok ⋅ r/ww2
Some of my great grandfather medals, the left one is for defense of Stalingrad (he fought in 96 rifle brigade, part of the 7 rifle corps, 64th army under general Shumilov) second one is Order of the Patriotic War, third is Order of the October Revolution.5d ⋅ EugeniusFlavius ⋅ r/ww2
Thank you to all veterans. Fallen, but not forgotten. Fighting, But with the best regards. Lest We Forget. Thank you. Happy Veterans Day 2020 Everyone!5mo ⋅ Lt-Bagel-Bites ⋅ r/ww2
Concerned Sicilians look on as a soldier administers aid on August 9, 1943, in Sicily.6mo ⋅ DustAndSound ⋅ r/ww2