During the D-Day landings, why couldnt the landing craft have opened their ramps while facing backwards?2mo ⋅ MayoChickenzx ⋅ 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
I have no idea what decade this pic is from or where is was taken. But the battlefields must have looked like this for many years after the war.2yr ⋅ Bagpussreturns ⋅ 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.3yr ⋅ mikeh117 ⋅ r/ww2
On this day: A lone Canadian gunner of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Anti-Tank Battery fires a 6-pounder gun at positions held by the German 1st Fallschirmjager Division, Ortona, Italy, 21 December 19431yr ⋅ Goldeagle1123 ⋅ r/ww2
Omaha Beach, Dog Green Sector. View from the waters edge up towards Draw 1.1yr ⋅ Your_Coffee_Table ⋅ r/ww2
Paratroopers of Easy Company, 506th PIR, Band of Brothers, in the square of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, D+1.4yr ⋅ BRuX- ⋅ r/ww2
Spanish volunteer of the 250. Infanterie Division Azul in the Soviet Union 1941. Colorized by me1yr ⋅ Turbulent-Account992 ⋅ r/ww2
Irma Grese, nicknamed 'The Beautiful Beast' pictured with Joseph Kramer who was commandant of Auschwitz and later Belsen concentration camps. She was hanged aged 22 in 1945 and Kramer in 1946.1yr ⋅ Kranvagen ⋅ r/ww2
My girlfriend’s grandfather recently passed away. These are his WW2 medals. I’m hoping to get some insight as to what they are for to surprise her. Any ideas?7mo ⋅ Puzzleheaded_Poet454 ⋅ r/ww2
Visiting grandparents over the holidays in Belgium and found this in the garage.1yr ⋅ nuggetmuncher123 ⋅ r/ww2
Staying at a hotel in Germany, this guy was on the wall. Tried Google but couldn't find it. who is he???1yr ⋅ Hour_Shirt_320 ⋅ r/ww2
A British soldier gives a V gesture to German prisoners captured at El Alamein, 26 October 1942.3yr ⋅ legalizeex ⋅ r/ww2
The German Ho 229. A Nazi jet aircraft made in 1943. The jet was a light bomber ordered by Hermann Goring.1yr ⋅ Awsomehappyface50383 ⋅ r/ww2
Adolf Hitler was so embarrassed by this photo of himself in lederhosen that he had the picture banned, calling it beneath my dignity. Originally taken in the 1930s, this image only resurfaced after an Allied soldier found it in a German house in 1945.3yr ⋅ RainyB0w ⋅ r/ww2
My Grandfather served in both theatres, including the D-Day landing at Omaha Beach.1yr ⋅ iLutheran ⋅ r/ww2
Corporal Desmond Doss: The Real-life Hacksaw Ridge Soldier who was the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor. He received the medal for saving 75 men in the Battle of Okinawa during WWII.2yr ⋅ EriccMendez ⋅ r/ww2
Actual telegram from Stalin to Hitler during Nazi-Soviet Alliance (1939-41) [Paix et Liberte, Translated]1yr ⋅ Ciaran123C ⋅ r/ww2
US Army soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division that had surrendered were lined up and executed by their German captors, in Wahlhausen, Luxembourg 1944.1yr ⋅ kiefler ⋅ r/ww2
21 year old Knight of the Mannerheim Cross Corporal Vehvilainen, showing his trophies. Near lake Pyhajarvi, 28 September 19411yr ⋅ SnooDingos7659 ⋅ r/ww2
The note my grandma received after her husband’s ship was caught by a mine3yr ⋅ No_Distribution_9348 ⋅ r/ww2
US army Nurses sunbathing next to a twin 40mm on a Coast Guard troop ship3yr ⋅ Officer_Aisouf ⋅ r/ww2
American pilot Major J.D. McFarlane is photographed by a member of the Danish resistance while a German pilot looks on. Copenhagen, Denmark. March, 1945.3yr ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/ww2
This is a Jewish Soviet POW in German captivity forced to wear a yellow star. How did the Germans know which Soviet POWs were Jewish?1yr ⋅ cerseiwasright ⋅ r/ww2
World War II - Russian soldiers giving cigarettes to captured German soldiers after the battle of Stalingrad, 19423yr ⋅ Europa_Teles_BTR ⋅ r/ww2
Today marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day. To the 11 million Jews and others who died unfairly, may you rest in peace.2yr ⋅ Saffronsc ⋅ r/ww2
German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin shortly before launching, Deutsche Werke shipyard, Kiel, Germany, 8 December 19381yr ⋅ Goldeagle1123 ⋅ r/ww2
German Tiger tank crews observe natives and camels in North Africa; c. 1942-431yr ⋅ Westoaklane ⋅ r/ww2
Two RAF airmen whose plane crashed in the English Channel are buried with full military honors by occupying German soldiers, Channel Islands, 19432yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/ww2
Victorious Soviet troops on the roof of the Reichtag, Germany's Parliament building. May 1945. Note the array of captured German pistols.2yr ⋅ kameradtim ⋅ r/ww2
88 year old Winston Churchill flashes his famous 'V for Victory' hand sign. June 19th, 1963.1yr ⋅ Nowiscurrent ⋅ r/ww2
In 1944, PFC Chester Lyman Beany Kingsbury, Jr. took his beloved trumpet with him to fight the war in France. He never came home but eventually the instrument did. It was rediscovered in 2019 and reunited with him on Memorial Day. (full story with photos linked in comments.)1yr ⋅ graemeknows ⋅ r/ww2
The grave of US war correspondent Ernie Pyle, killed in action on lejima by Japanese machine gun fire on April 18th 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa2yr ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/ww2
An African soldier or 'Askari' on guard duty at No. 23 Air School at Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa, January 1943.1yr ⋅ qaiankqjpb ⋅ r/ww2
British and French troops awaiting evacuation from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, 4 Jun 1940.3yr ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/ww2
Colonel Mashbir gives the ‘move along’ sign to Lt. Gen. Torashiro Kawabe rather than shake hands during the Japanese surrender at Nichols Field, Manila, August 19, 1945.2yr ⋅ NashEast65 ⋅ r/ww2
German aircraft, possibly a Dornier Do 17, crashed into a house during the Battle of Britain in 1940.2yr ⋅ dogsrunnin ⋅ r/ww2
An American soldier tends to the wounds of a young German soldier. France, September 19442yr ⋅ KeeperWanderer ⋅ r/ww2
An American serviceman shares his rations with two Japanese children. Okinawa, 19452yr ⋅ KeeperWanderer ⋅ r/ww2
Grandfathers WW2 bring back of German Soldier’s arm band. I also have this soldiers side arm, and Mauser rifle.2yr ⋅ JHPickle ⋅ r/ww2
The next Indiana Jones film, “The Dial of Destiny” features a Heinkel 111 with an unusual tail configuration. Did this version exist or is it a work of fiction, like the aircraft in Raiders?1yr ⋅ BoltonCavalry ⋅ r/ww2
Luftwaffe aces meet Hitler after an awards ceremony at the Berghof (Eight of the officers shown here accounted for a total of 1,486 aerial kills), 1944.2yr ⋅ Redditdovakiin ⋅ r/ww2
German soldier frustated at Dutch soldier because they resisted their attacks for days at Kornwerderzand The Dutch soldier completely ingnores the German soldier and looks into the camera2yr ⋅ B4sten030 ⋅ r/ww2
Soviet railroad-torpedo ZhDT-3, designed to take out German armoured trains.2yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/ww2
This photograph titled “Taxis to Hell- and Back- Into the Jaws of Death” was taken on June 6, 1944 during Operation Overlord by Robert F. Sargent, United States Coast Guard chief petty officer and “photographer’s mate.” The photograph was originally captioned,1yr ⋅ life_aint_fair_45 ⋅ r/ww2
Into the Jaws of Death – Taken at this hour, on this day in 1944 during the D-Day Landings4yr ⋅ photojacker ⋅ r/ww2
A German soldier stands next to one of the scariest weapons ever created: a mule with a panzerfaust!2yr ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/ww2
Hope this is allowed, I was able to meet the remaining 2 survivors of the USS Indianapolis and I was just so excited.2yr ⋅ FatsyCline12 ⋅ r/ww2
Found this in a California, USA camp that housed WW2 POWs. Any thoughts on authenticity?8mo ⋅ Whole_Juggernaut ⋅ r/ww2
General Feld Marschall Erwin Rommel inspecting the 21st Panzer Division in Normandy on the 30th of May 1944.2yr ⋅ qaiankqjpb ⋅ r/ww2
Daily WW2 #9: Soviet soldiers at the Continuation War, 1944 colourized2yr ⋅ Beautiful-Local-5793 ⋅ r/ww2
One of my favorite photos from great-grandpas album - standing on the ruins of Nazi Germany1yr ⋅ go_getz_em ⋅ r/ww2
An abandoned German captured French Mle 1914 Hotchkiss machine gun. France, June 19442yr ⋅ JCFalkenberglll ⋅ r/ww2
The last appearance of Adolf Hitler here he's looking out in the ruins of Berlin as war draws to a close and soon the man will take his life - taken on April 30th 19451mo ⋅ JoshuaKpatakpa04 ⋅ r/ww2
The channel stopped you but it won't stop us! British Paratroopers get ready for the Normandy campaign 19441yr ⋅ SoldiYT ⋅ r/ww2
German NCO and grenadier with MP40 sub-machine guns and newly won Iron Cross 2nd Class medals, Crimea, 1942. [640x953]1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/ww2
Inauguration of the German Architecture exposition in Madrid. The Minister of foreign affairs, leader of Falange and also brother in-law to Franco welcomes the German diplomatic corp. Spring 1942. Color by myself2yr ⋅ excedente ⋅ r/ww2
For the first time in 76 years, WWII veteran Robert White stands in the vicinity in which he landed after jumping into Germany in March of 1945. He was as a paratrooper with the 17th Airborne Division.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
What interests you more when learning about WW2: The Pacific or European Theater?6d ⋅ investormax ⋅ r/ww2
Very happy that I got to see the Lancaster fly over my house today, no Spits or Hurricanes unfortunately2yr ⋅ srsly_organic ⋅ r/ww2
Scanning the snow-covered fields in search of the enemy, Eastern front, 1943/1944.3yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/ww2
In honor of D-Day, I thought I’d show off the news papers my grandmother gifted to me. Dated June 6th 1944.2yr ⋅ THETIGERTANK51 ⋅ r/ww2
Both grandfathers served in WWII, one in Europe and the other survived the attack on Pearl Harbor.1yr ⋅ King-of-Battle ⋅ r/ww2
Colonel Takatoshi Nakamura (Ja) Brigadier General Walter C. Short (US), and General Friedrich von Boetticher (Third Reich) at the US military exercises at Redford, New York - 19391yr ⋅ tatramatra ⋅ r/ww2
Soviet troops entering the Frankfurter Allee 113 subway station to clear it of German troops. Berlin, 28 April 1945.3yr ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/ww2
US Marines with what looks like a Japanese POW probably trying to talk his buddies in the cave into surrendering. Notice what looks like a samurai sword stuck into the sand in the foreground. Iwo Jima, Feb 1945 [794x536]1yr ⋅ TheCoolKraken ⋅ 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 ! Cheers3yr ⋅ julo433 ⋅ r/ww2
German soldiers inspect the wreck of a Char 2C super-heavy tank, near Langres, France, June 19401yr ⋅ Goldeagle1123 ⋅ r/ww2
