A few days late but here’s an End of Year Review - 23 WWII Books in 2023 (in the comments)3mo ⋅ irishkateart ⋅ r/ww2
Muslim members of the Waffen-SS 13th division at prayer during their training in Germany, 19431yr ⋅ 3Cartier ⋅ 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
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
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
German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels calls for total war during a speech at the Berlin Sportpalast, 18 February 1943. (Colourized)1yr ⋅ glimpsesintothepast ⋅ 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
A Japanese soldier cooling himself with a fan during a hot day in occupied China.2yr ⋅ YoYoB0B ⋅ r/ww2
My Great Grandad (Far right) infront of the Sphinx (Egypt) with his tank crew ~Oct 19421yr ⋅ Suishiboy1 ⋅ r/ww2
One of my grandfathers medals.. anyone know what this is? He was american and allegedly took this and a few rings off someone he shot.1yr ⋅ 1arightsgone ⋅ 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.2yr ⋅ 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
Colorized photos of Soviet soldiers celebrating victory over Nazi Germany, 194511mo ⋅ Numerous_Bat_8051 ⋅ r/ww2
This battle-damaged eagle was taken from the ruins of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, it now sits in The Imperial War Museum London. [OC]2yr ⋅ _VitoCorleone_ ⋅ r/ww2
Mexican Propaganda Poster. Mexico would join the war in 1942 after having two of their oil tankers sunk by Germany11mo ⋅ Loud_Blackberry_9125 ⋅ r/ww2
American and Soviet soldiers embrace upon meeting at the Elbe (Late April 1945)1yr ⋅ weaponmaster903 ⋅ r/ww2
American and Soviet troops enjoying a song on a Soviet tank after their forces linked up near Griebo, Germany, May, 19453yr ⋅ Galm2Pixy ⋅ r/ww2
Why Hitler declared War on the USA, just after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour? 3wk ⋅ nikhilxskit ⋅ r/ww2
What's the story with the ice cream cones? I know each bomb is a Misson but Shouldn't they all be bombs5mo ⋅ Captain-tie-dye ⋅ r/ww2
Marauder in flames after a direct hit by a German AAA over Toulon, France in 1944. Colorized by me.11mo ⋅ Murica4ever1998 ⋅ r/ww2
My great-grandfather picked this up as a paratrooper during WW2. What is this pin supposed to be?5mo ⋅ Big_Papa_7 ⋅ r/ww2
Tech Sergeant Meredith Rogers points out his luck when his helmet got punctured by a sniper bullet, 19441yr ⋅ Trehnains ⋅ r/ww2
Marine Corporal Eugene Sledge (left) and his brother, Edward (right), an Army Captain. Circa 1946.1yr ⋅ Chrislondo110 ⋅ r/ww2
German propaganda unit 637 uses a telephoto lens to photograph shelling of Soviet positions, Ukraine, Soviet Union, August 19411yr ⋅ Goldeagle1123 ⋅ 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)3yr ⋅ ImDJGolden ⋅ r/ww2
Colorized photos of Soviet soldiers celebrating victory over Nazi Germany, 19453yr ⋅ fabbe096 ⋅ r/ww2
It is today 83 years ago the invasion of Poland began, thereby starting the second world war, which would last 6 years from the 1st of September 1939 and ending the 2nd of September 1945.1yr ⋅ Redditdovakiin ⋅ r/ww2
A shadow box I created honoring my Great Uncle, who was killed in action in '451yr ⋅ Ryliemyguy ⋅ r/ww2
U.S. MP Francis Dagger, 11th Armored Division, with a 10 year old German prisoner, 19453yr ⋅ cologel ⋅ r/ww2
General Erwin Rommel at the Paris victory parade, June 1940. Note both his Pour le Merite and Iron Cross military decorations.1yr ⋅ Westoaklane ⋅ r/ww2
I might get some hate for this but i think the m4a3e8 was the best tank of ww23mo ⋅ Spirited_Place_9531 ⋅ r/ww2
Two captured luftwaffe bomber crewman casually being escorted in London after their plane got shot down due them dropping bombs on London (1940)2yr ⋅ HouseofGaunt0404 ⋅ r/ww2
Rest in peace, Cleatus Lebow. This morning, USS Indianapolis survivor Cleatus Lebow passed away at the age of 98. There is now one remaining Indianapolis survivor left.1yr ⋅ FatsyCline12 ⋅ r/ww2
A young Polish boy returns to what was his home and squats among the ruins during a pause in the German air raids on Warsaw, Poland, in September of 1939.11mo ⋅ _-Carter ⋅ r/ww2
Japanese soldier gives water to a dying horse from his canteen, during the Battle of Shanghai, 19371yr ⋅ Goldeagle1123 ⋅ 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.4yr ⋅ Danimal69420 ⋅ r/ww2
B-25 bombers fly over Mount Vesuvius in Italy while it erupts in March 1944 during the Italian Campaign of World War II. Colorised.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
American troops posing with a captured nazi flag and wrecked german tank France,19441yr ⋅ TankAndplaneEnjoyer ⋅ r/ww2
A German soldier buries an unknown English soldier who was killed in a dogfight in the Egyptian desert, 1942.2yr ⋅ Banonimus ⋅ r/ww2
Sainte Mere Eglise. What a line up. Build up to the 78th anniversary of D-Day.1yr ⋅ Bagpussreturns ⋅ r/ww2
Captain Lewis Nixon of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division suffering a hangover after celebrating V-E Day at Hitler’s “Eagles Nest” (where they “liberated” a collection of 10,000 bottles of liquor, wine, and champagne amassed by Hermann Goring) in Berchtesgaden, Germany, 1945.4mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/ww2
Where's the 5th pig. Anti hitler propaganda not sure what country its from but cool nevertheless2yr ⋅ KillerGhostface ⋅ 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.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
Camp Commandant Amon Goth, infamous from the movie “Schindler’s List”, standing on his balcony preparing to shoot prisoners, 19431yr ⋅ 3Cartier ⋅ r/ww2
German soldiers grieve the loss of their comrade, allegedly the first casualty in their unit of the Russian campaign.6/24/412yr ⋅ Fallschirmsoldat ⋅ r/ww2
A Dutch soldier, a Wehrmacht Oberschutze and a Luftwaffe Gefreiter sharing a cigarette next to the wreck of a German Ju 52 plane, Netherlands May 19401yr ⋅ Great_White_Sharky ⋅ r/ww2
Hitler speaking at the Munich Burgerbraukeller on the 16th Anniversary of the Putsch, November 8 1939. There is a bomb placed by George Elser in the pillar behind Hitler. It is concealed by the Flag.3mo ⋅ C1rter ⋅ r/ww2
This photo, taken on February 14, 1945, near Aboncourt, France, shows Sergeant Elvin Harley (Kalamazoo, Michigan) being kissed by a little French girl. Elvin survived the rest of the war and returned to Michigan. Lest we forget 🌺2yr ⋅ Naomi_Wesley ⋅ r/ww2
German Army ski patrol with an MG 34, Soviet Union, Winter 1942 (Original color)1yr ⋅ Goldeagle1123 ⋅ r/ww2
Colorized this photo of my Grandfather, according to the date it was taken near or around Remereville, France (short story about him in comments)1yr ⋅ PumpkinAutomatic5068 ⋅ r/ww2
Saturday Evening Post Cover, May 26th 1945. Scene of a soldier returning home after the end of the war in Europe. One of Norman Rockwell’s best.1yr ⋅ Heartfeltzero ⋅ r/ww2
American troops aboard a landing craft heading to the beaches of Oran, in Algeria, during Operation Torch, on November 1942. [1203x1600] (Colorized)1yr ⋅ Derpson--69 ⋅ r/ww2
“I refuse to be shot by a corporal. Bring back an officer” (smokes cigarette) - New Zealand Army Captain Charles Upham (VC and bar), entangled in the wire between fences while attempting an escape from German POW camp.2yr ⋅ HAL-says-Sorry ⋅ r/ww2
German soldier buying the newspaper on the Place de la Concorde, Paris, 19423yr ⋅ PandaIthink ⋅ r/ww2
86 Years ago today. I, like so many, was destined to never meet my grandfather. I so miss this man I never met. My mother had just celebrated her first birthday the month before.3yr ⋅ Baseballtacos ⋅ r/ww2
An American soldier makes out an identity tag for a young German prisoner of war as another wounded Nazi supplies some necessary information. 9 June, 1944.1yr ⋅ glimpsesintothepast ⋅ r/ww2
Can someone explain me why did some ww2 planes had those cables on top of the cockpit?1yr ⋅ EpicGuy999 ⋅ r/ww2
Controversial post: Most people are familiar with the last picture of Adolf standing outside of his bunker as the last picture of him, however, this picture was the last. Picture is Adolf inspecting the ruins in Berlin on April 20th, 1945. To the right of Adolf is Julius Schaub.2yr ⋅ Nowiscurrent ⋅ r/ww2
Great grand father's helmet from ww2 he was an artillery ldt with the North Shore Regiment of New Brunswick lest we forget1yr ⋅ titanfan71 ⋅ r/ww2
August 25th, 1944 - On this day in World War Two history, Free French and Allied troops liberate Paris after over four years of Nazi occupation. The Tricolor is flown from the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe.1yr ⋅ ww2historia ⋅ r/ww2
Face of a german tank gunner doing a thousand-yard stare after fighting in stalingrad 1942-32yr ⋅ Training_Opposite473 ⋅ r/ww2
More than 70 years after the battle for the Hurtgen Forest ended, this concrete German bunker remains menacing and is indicative of the many strongpoints American GIs encountered during the fighting there.1yr ⋅ qaiankqjpb ⋅ r/ww2
I found an official surrender document by the Japanese, and given to the USS Missouri5mo ⋅ DragonsHockeyfan ⋅ r/ww2
US soldier examines the grave of an unknown US soldier, who was buried by the enemy before retreating. The first American soldier who noticed the grave decorated it with mortar shells and ferns1yr ⋅ Burger_devourer007 ⋅ r/ww2
19 year old U.S. Marine Pvt Theodore J. Miller in his “Thousand yard stare” after 48 hours of fierce fighting, 19442yr ⋅ Trehnains ⋅ r/ww2
German student Kalistros Thielecke has his mugshot taken after murdering his mother, whom he stabbed 17 times. He later joined the Dirlewanger Brigade, an SS unit composed of convicted violent criminals. They committed atrocities so brutal that even other SS units were horrified (1930).1yr ⋅ Zerkaaaaaa ⋅ 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 1946.3yr ⋅ DikkeryDok ⋅ r/ww2
A Marine signals his comrade to hold fire as a civilian emerges from a cave on Okinawa.2yr ⋅ eleventhjam1969 ⋅ r/ww2
Count Folke Bernadotte (Swedish Red Cross leader who saved 31,000 people from Nazi Concentration Camps)1yr ⋅ Ciaran123C ⋅ r/ww2
Daily WW2 #10: German soldiers at Operation Barbarossa, 22 of June 1941 colourized2yr ⋅ Beautiful-Local-5793 ⋅ r/ww2
Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels (in box) at Charlottenburg Theatre, Berlin, 1939.2yr ⋅ Redditdovakiin ⋅ r/ww2
The largest of Vienna's massive abandoned WW2 Flak Towers (Video + Info in Comments)1yr ⋅ PumpkinAutomatic5068 ⋅ r/ww2
After the Attack on Pearl Harbor a Chinese Worker in a American factory tries to avoid discrimination. Los Angeles, January 19422yr ⋅ Bababoi_236 ⋅ r/ww2
Easy Company, 506th Infantry Regiment. A TV show was made about this specific company called Band Of Brothers.3yr ⋅ warpuffed ⋅ r/ww2
Adolf Hitler receiving salutes from the German Reichstag upon declaring war on the United States, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany, 11 Dec 19411yr ⋅ icewollowcome_60 ⋅ r/ww2
Joseph Alois Ratzinger, who would later become Pope Benedict XVI, in his Luftwaffenhelfer uniform, 1943.1yr ⋅ 3Cartier ⋅ r/ww2
US Marine Corps soldiers on Bougainville in 1944 wearing the well known Frogskin camouflage. Colorized by me1yr ⋅ Turbulent-Account992 ⋅ r/ww2
American soldiers with an interesting machine gun system made up of HO-103 MGS, date and location unknown2yr ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/ww2
A German prisoner of war returning to his hometown of Frankfurt to discover his house bombed and his family no longer there, Frankfurt am Main, 19461yr ⋅ CPFC_Cartier ⋅ r/ww2
