My great-grandfather, Paul Kerchum, is one of the last known survivors of the Bataan death march. He is also currently in his last days. I thought this sub would be the best place to remember him, as he has dedicated so much of his life to bring attention to this little-known tragedy of WWII.1yr ⋅ TanichcaF ⋅ r/ww2
In response to still surviving WW2 vets! 99 years old still going strong! He says hello reddit! whatever the hell that is2yr ⋅ anonfaxual ⋅ 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!3yr ⋅ crackheadweedy ⋅ r/ww2
Paul Kerchum, potentially the last survivor of the Bataan Death March, passed away on December 17th... three years to the day since the passing of his wife. He was my great-grandfather and a hero.1yr ⋅ TanichcaF ⋅ r/ww2
A German soldier poses for a funny photo on top of a scythe with a bayonet in hand. Eastern Front, date and exact location unknown [1000 x 800]2yr ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/ww2
German soldier returns home from war only to find his house in ruin and his family perished. Frankfurt, 19462yr ⋅ KeeperWanderer ⋅ r/ww2
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!3yr ⋅ Evil_joe19 ⋅ 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.3yr ⋅ Myheelcat ⋅ r/ww2
The US Navy blimp K-74 was shot down during a shootout with the U-134 off Florida in July 1943, becoming the only US airship ever lost in combat. The whole crew survived the battle but one was killed by a shark before they were rescued.1yr ⋅ Tough_Guys_Wear_Pink ⋅ r/ww2
The imprint of Imperial Japanese Zero kamikaze aircraft on the side of HMS Sussex (1945)2yr ⋅ George-User ⋅ r/ww2
Camouflage of a Bf 109E-4 from I Gruppe of Jagdgescwhader 27, flying over Libyan desert in summer 1941.1yr ⋅ SovietUnion4L ⋅ r/ww2
Chinese worker wearing makeshift sign to avoid nationalism towards Japanese Americans or being sent to the concentration camp - USA, 19422yr ⋅ DikkeryDok ⋅ r/ww2
My Grandpa was a B24 pilot. My dad found his flight logs and made this for me. All 30 of his missions against Nazi occupied Europe in 1944.1yr ⋅ griev0r ⋅ r/ww2
13 May 1901, Witold Pilecki was born. In 1940 he volunteered to be captured by Nazis so he could collect intelligence on the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. He escaped in April 1943 and wrote a report about the crimes in the camp.2yr ⋅ redwhiterosemoon ⋅ r/ww2
Two pictures stitched together from Nazi rally at Reichserntedankfest make you realise how enormous it actually was.3yr ⋅ PandaIthink ⋅ r/ww2
Sad news today as the last member of the legendary WW2 unit Easy company 506th PIR 101st Airborne “Band of Brothers” has passed away. A grim reminder that before long the “Greatest Generation” will no longer be with us. These heroes need to be recognised daily. RIP legends.2yr ⋅ UnknownEffect ⋅ r/ww2
The only surviving Ho 229 - German WW2 aircraft, the first pure flying wing powered by jet engines. 19442yr ⋅ Bernard_Hunor_Deak ⋅ r/ww2
Because someone wanted to see the whole picture, here's a Portrait of my great-granduncle. He was an SS-Untersturmfuhrer. He died in 1944 in the East. Because of private reasons i will not show his face!1yr ⋅ Feldmarschall_ ⋅ r/ww2
To a of those who laid down there lives for further generations to come thank you. D-DAY 772yr ⋅ reillyn02 ⋅ 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.3yr ⋅ zMistzX ⋅ 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.3yr ⋅ BubbleAngryThe ⋅ r/ww2
Joseph Stalin jokingly points Mosin Nagant Sniper Rifle at a crowd (1943) (Moscow)2yr ⋅ George-User ⋅ r/ww2
Today, on the island of Paramushir, Kuril Islands, a Japanese 105 mm Type 92 cannon was found in a cave in a combat position. Stood there since August 19452yr ⋅ Selenyi ⋅ r/ww2
Captain Nieves Fernandez shows to an American soldier how she used her long knife to silently kill Japanese soldiers during the occupation, in 19441yr ⋅ PandaIthink ⋅ r/ww2
Great grandfather brought this back. Stormed Utah beach and was injured in Saint-Lo2yr ⋅ issaGlock1 ⋅ r/ww2
My grandfather, a WW2 veteran, wearing his uniform and the reproduction cap I got him after his original cap and dog tags were stolen 10 or so years ago.9mo ⋅ I_jack_off_showers ⋅ 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.3yr ⋅ site-98-director ⋅ r/ww2
Imagine the date / time that bomb was dropped and by which Luftwaffe pilot who either survived the war or died in it. If he only knew his bomb wouldn't explode until 2023.10mo ⋅ tan-499 ⋅ r/ww2
Finnish officer writing letter to families of his comrades-in-arms who passed away. (1941)1yr ⋅ Turbulent-Cry-3681 ⋅ r/ww2
My Grandfather, Veteran of El Alamein, Dunkirk, Invasion of Sicily and D-Day, Died on this day 24 years ago. 1997, Served from 1939-1947 ❤️2yr ⋅ shaqsleftnip ⋅ r/ww2
An ID photograph of a very grizzled Luftwaffe Oberleutnant that I have in my collection. Note the Prussian era fencing scars.2yr ⋅ Atomictrooper ⋅ r/ww2
Statue Of David By Michelangelo, Encased In Bricks To Prevent Damage From Bombs1yr ⋅ Machinefun ⋅ r/ww2
General Erwin Rommel’s funeral ceremony held in his hometown of Ulm, Wurttemberg, October 18th 1944.1yr ⋅ Redditdovakiin ⋅ r/ww2
Kaiser Willhem II in 1940 at his home during the early stages of World War II2yr ⋅ Europa_Teles_BTR ⋅ r/ww2
Members of the Hitler Youth stand guard over the coffins of five English schoolboys, who died on a hike in the Black Forest in 1936.8mo ⋅ carter_kr ⋅ r/ww2
A Japanese soldier walks through a completely leveled area of Hiroshima in September of 1945.9mo ⋅ carter_00 ⋅ r/ww2
US M26 Pershing Eagle of the 3rd Armoured, Spearhead, Division. Eagle was the tank that was captured on film engaging a German Panther in the Battle of Cologne. Gunner 'Clarence Smoyer' (second from the right), last of the division, died late September 2022; aged 99.1yr ⋅ InstantC0ffee ⋅ r/ww2
A photo of Joseph Goebbels as he was being informed that the photographer was Jewish.3yr ⋅ RedditFunnyMan234 ⋅ r/ww2
British & American troops meet at the Anzio-Rome road in Italy on January 23, 194410mo ⋅ Galm2Pixy ⋅ 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, 1944.2yr ⋅ inanmazsaninanma2 ⋅ r/ww2
A 12-year-old Polish insurgent with a German GrB 39 grenade launcher posing for a photo at the barricade. Warsaw Uprising 1944.2yr ⋅ Negative_Virus_5507 ⋅ r/ww2
Russian and Germany allies shake hands after successfully invading Poland together in 1939.1yr ⋅ KoolYankee ⋅ r/ww2
German soldiers carrying the casket of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel draped in a Nazi flag. People can be seen lining the streets and watching from windows of buildings adorned with Nazi propaganda. Four soldiers can be seen in the right making the Nazi salute. Rommel was forced to commit suicide.1yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/ww2
My grandfather was a poor Norwegian immigrant that served in the Battle of the Bulge during WW2.Apparently he was so poor he wore his army uniform even after the war because it was the only nice suit he had1yr ⋅ technoviking-86 ⋅ r/ww2
Another veteran visiting an old friend's grave in Europe. Story in comments.2yr ⋅ nelsonblaha ⋅ r/ww2
The Italian Lady Be Good - A torpedo bomber that vanished over the Mediterranean in 1941 and was found in the Libyan desert in 1960.1mo ⋅ LavrentioVI ⋅ r/ww2
Political commissar Alexey Yeremenko leads his men into combat, he was killed minutes after this photo was taken, 19421yr ⋅ 3Cartier ⋅ r/ww2
Modern photo of a former Romanian position on the Don's Bend, north of Stalingrad1yr ⋅ yourpervertuncle ⋅ r/ww2
Japanese POW listening to Emperor Showa's surrender announcement, Guam, 15 Aug 19451yr ⋅ icewollowcome_60 ⋅ r/ww2
Adolf Hitler visits the tomb of Napoleon at Les Invalides in Paris on June 28, 1940.1yr ⋅ icewollowcome_60 ⋅ r/ww2
Wer kennt ihn? - Anyone recognize him? A German mother trying to reach her son, whom she lost track of in the war - 1945.2yr ⋅ gngr_ykr ⋅ r/ww2
Camp Commandant Amon Goeth, infamous from the movie “Schindler’s List”, standing on his balcony preparing to shoot prisoners, Poland, 1943.1yr ⋅ Redditdovakiin ⋅ r/ww2
US Army soldier, Pfc. David Kenyon Webster, poses with the local population of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 1944. Color by @colourisedpieceofjake1yr ⋅ SmokeSinseLoud ⋅ r/ww2
Like a tale from an Indiana Jones movie, a number of warbirds lie untouched in some of the remotest areas of the world.1yr ⋅ Bagpussreturns ⋅ r/ww2
Luftwaffe aces meet Hitler after an awards ceremony at the Berghof, 1944.10mo ⋅ PhallusMaximusBiggus ⋅ r/ww2
American map from 1943 illustrating the scale of destruction of Operation Barbarossa had it happened in the US.1yr ⋅ Hunor_Deak ⋅ r/ww2
Erwin Rommel helps to push his stuck staff car somewhere in Northern Africa, January 1941.2yr ⋅ Tolu_nun_burnu31 ⋅ r/ww2
Wehrmacht soldiers preparing to defend against the Soviet Winter offensive in 1942.3yr ⋅ Dr_Bahir ⋅ r/ww2
The massive Nazi rally at Reichserntedankfest in 1934, attended by over 700,000 people.1yr ⋅ --Carter ⋅ r/ww2
Stalin, the moment he was informed that the Germans were about to take Kiev, 19413yr ⋅ Omariusm ⋅ r/ww2
Muslim members of the Waffen-SS 13th division at prayer during their training in Germany, 19431yr ⋅ 3Cartier ⋅ r/ww2
(Colorized) German General Anton Dostler tied to a stake before his execution by a firing squad on Dec. 1st, 1945. The General was convicted and sentenced to death by an American military tribunal after ordering the execution of 15 captured US soldiers on March 26th, 1944.2yr ⋅ HandMadeFeelings ⋅ r/ww2
This was in my friends attic, his grandfather said he got it off of a German officer, does anyone know what this means or symbolizes?1yr ⋅ INFERNO6X ⋅ r/ww2
Is there anywhere we can donate this to? Does anyone know this symbol within the swastika?3mo ⋅ Benderboy35 ⋅ r/ww2
The devastation of Cologne, Germany, 1944. A total of 34,711 long tons of bombs were dropped on the city by the RAF, in 262 separate air raids. Miraculously, 700 year old Cologne Cathedral survived, pictured here standing tall amidst the ruin.1yr ⋅ Adam_Deveney ⋅ r/ww2
This is my great grandfather. He served with the 89th rifle division with the red army from 1941 - 1945. For anyone who is interested i can tell you his war stories.2yr ⋅ SeekNDstroy5782 ⋅ r/ww2
A Japanese soldier cooling himself with a fan during a hot day in occupied China.2yr ⋅ YoYoB0B ⋅ r/ww2
German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels calls for total war during a speech at the Berlin Sportpalast, 18 February 1943. (Colourized)1yr ⋅ glimpsesintothepast ⋅ r/ww2
Mexican Propaganda Poster. Mexico would join the war in 1942 after having two of their oil tankers sunk by Germany3yr ⋅ TheCheerfulCynic ⋅ 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.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
This day in 1945, one of the most famous photo of World War II was taken in Germany's capital Berlin, Raising a flag over the Reichstag. It became a symbol of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.1yr ⋅ wwhistoriann ⋅ r/ww2
August 23rd, 1942 - On this day in World War 2 history, The Battle of Stalingrad officially begins as German Army Group B reaches the Volga River near the famous city.1yr ⋅ ww2historia ⋅ r/ww2
