Pacific Theater. The USAAF Republic P-47N Thunderbolt fighter-bomber. (2000 x 1569)3yr ⋅ drumdust ⋅ r/wwiipics
Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu maneuvering while under attack from B-17E Flying Fortress bombers based at Midway Island, shortly after 08:00h, 4 June 19426yr ⋅ Crowe410 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A sailor chilling on board the Attack Transport USS Queens APA-1035yr ⋅ Slammin_Salmon94 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Australian soldiers of the of the 2/14th Battalion, 21st Brigade, 7th Division, Second Australian Imperial Force, use an Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short field gun to fire on Japanese positions during the Battle of Balikpapan. July, 1945.7yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/wwiipics
Knocked out Pz.Kpfw.V Panther from I./Pz.Rgt. 26 in Lithuania to the evacuation in Memel 1944.5yr ⋅ Steffisub ⋅ r/wwiipics
Map of some of the bigger and/or more well known nazi concentration camps of WWII9yr ⋅ Avilm ⋅ r/wwiipics
Adolf Galland in his flying gear with his dog, ‘Schweinebauch’ (Pork Belly), Audembert, France 19407yr ⋅ Crowe410 ⋅ r/wwiipics
British officer Mad Jack Churchill (no relation) leading his troops into battle in a training exercise carrying his long sword (yes, he did use it in actual combat)6yr ⋅ BadNameThinkerOfer ⋅ r/wwiipics
Wehrmacht soldiers advancing through the bombed ruins of a outskirt suburb of Stalingrad, 19427yr ⋅ Comrade_Kraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
Marines pass through a small village where a Japanese soldier lies dead. Okinawa, April 1945.6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soldiers of Congo in Central Africa. They fought for Belgium, under colonial rule. Their rifle is the Mauser Mle 1889/36. (Belgian Congo - 1943)9yr ⋅ KazCarpent ⋅ r/wwiipics
German S.S. General Ernst Fick and his driver... shot dead by U.S. soldiers who were en route to liberate Polish P.O.W.'s at Oflag VII-A Murnau Prison (Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany 4-29-45)9yr ⋅ KazCarpent ⋅ r/wwiipics
Sprawled bodies on beach of Tarawa, testifying to ferocity of the struggle for this stretch of sand. November 1943.7yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soviet soldiers in battle around ruins of farm buildings on the outskirts of Stalingrad late 19427yr ⋅ Comrade_Kraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
DAK Afrika Korps soldiers resting in the ruins of an ancient Greek building, Libya 19417yr ⋅ Comrade_Kraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
German Focke-Wulf FW 190 scores a direct hit on a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 351st Bomb Group [5131 × 3294]6yr ⋅ DaveScout44 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Cabbage booby-trapped by Japanese troops using a Type 97 grenade, Okinawa, April 19457yr ⋅ McCreedy3 ⋅ r/wwiipics
An Italian soldier of the 8th Parachute Engineer Battalion in north Africa, probably 1942.5yr ⋅ Corn_Vendor ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Finnish soldier with a KP/-31 just outside the burning village of Poventsa during the Continuation War, 2 July 19427yr ⋅ Comrade_Kraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
A German soldier shares his rations with a Russian mother and her child. ca. 1941-1943.9yr ⋅ DrJackov ⋅ r/wwiipics
Wehrmacht lieutenant colonel Munch and Finnish general Siilasvuo wearing mosquito nets, Finland, 19417yr ⋅ Crowe410 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Fingerprinting at the National Guard Amory, Fingerprinting Division, 92nd street, Washington, 1945 [2100 × 1573]9yr ⋅ neuhmz ⋅ r/wwiipics
Winston Churchill sitting in a chair inside the Reich Chancellery after the fall of Germany, 19457yr ⋅ Crowe410 ⋅ r/wwiipics
An unusual view by 1945, US soldiers taken prisoners after a German local counter attack in a town in Germany close to the end of the war in Europe6yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/wwiipics
Finnish soldier with Suomi M31 submachine-gun, Ruotausjarvi area, 16 August, 1944. Sa-kuva.6yr ⋅ jhlcolorizing ⋅ r/wwiipics
German WW2 VK 45.01 Prototype. It was Porsche heavy tank proposal in 1942, but lost to the Henschel design we know as Tiger I. Most chassis and elements like the suspension were used in the Ferdinand/Elephant later.6yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A soldier from the Das Reich Division interrogates a wounded Soviet prisoner during Operation Zitadelle in July 1943.6yr ⋅ Eyal2000 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Water Buffalo, loaded with Marines, churns through the sea bound for beaches of Tinian Island near Guam. July, 1944.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
A flight of Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi G4M betty's flying only a few meters above the ocean attacking American Navy vessels with torpedoes, 8 August 1942 Guadalcanal7yr ⋅ Comrade_Kraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
A plane that has been shot down heads toward the ground. unsure if axis/allied.4yr ⋅ Wirbelwind106 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Anti-Aircraft fire lights up the sky above Algiers during an air raid by the Nazis, c.19438yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soviet soldiers with PPSh 41's during the battle of Stalingrad, Summer 19427yr ⋅ Comrade_Kraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
German soldiers who attempted to storm the 101st Airborne command post in Bastogne, Belgium during the Bulge (12/25/44)7yr ⋅ willkinton247 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Russian Tanks make their way through the destroyed streets of Berlin.10yr ⋅ tupperware_rules ⋅ r/wwiipics
Admiral Yamamoto, a few hours before his death, saluting Japanese naval pilots at Rabaul, April 18, 19437yr ⋅ TheShowaDaily ⋅ r/wwiipics
Ebbing tide on a French beach reveals a long stretch of skeleton obstructions erected by the Nazis. At high tide, the water veils these structures, making them a menace to ships’ bottoms.6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/wwiipics
The ground crew of a Heinkel He 115 seaplane loading a F5b torpedo into the bomb bay before a combat sortie7yr ⋅ Comrade_Kraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
Tropicalised Hurricane Mark IIB, Z3977 �FN-55�, of No. 81 Squadron RAF, being serviced at Vaenga.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/wwiipics
Crew of Enterprise CV-6 listen to instructions (Color Photo from Life Magazine)8yr ⋅ SenorWorkman ⋅ r/wwiipics
Hi all, I am attempting to identify the men in this photograph. I am pretty sure that it is the Japanese navy on a visit to Vancouver, Canada at some point during the 1930s. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!4yr ⋅ goochairz ⋅ r/wwiipics
A knocked out Soviet KV-1 heavy tank in a ditch, with a knocked out Panzer III, also knocked out, just down the road, Winter 19417yr ⋅ Comrade_Kraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
U.S. B-17 bomber is shot down by a German fighter (Germany - exact date/location unknown)10yr ⋅ KazCarpent ⋅ r/wwiipics
Civilians looking at a destroyed Panzer IV Tank, Vacqueville, France November 19447yr ⋅ TheShowaDaily ⋅ r/wwiipics
His Majesty King George VI and Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, at the 8th Army HQ in Tripoli, June 22, 1943. (Colorized)6yr ⋅ rwwhite20 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A group of German snipers of the 1st Paratroop Panzer Division Hermann Goring in the German city of Bautzen, 1945.10yr ⋅ chubachus ⋅ r/wwiipics
Members of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment [Night Witches] posing with their Po-2's.9yr ⋅ Catatafish ⋅ r/wwiipics
A 1944 photo of bomb-laden Marine Douglas SBD Dauntless' of VMSB-231 taxiing on Majuro Airfield.9yr ⋅ Kruse ⋅ r/wwiipics
Defensive machine gun turret of a German Ju 188 bomber. MG 151 20mm - top. MG 131 13mm - lower. (date/location unknown)9yr ⋅ KazCarpent ⋅ r/wwiipics
A unique picture. USS Lexington lower deck hangar with spare body planes hanging from the ceiling. planes hanging are (nearest) Douglas SBD Dauntless and farthest TBD Devastator. On the deck are SBD Dauntless dive bombers. Unit is possible USS Lexington Scouting Squadron Two (VS-2) in 1941.8yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Can anyone help translate these tablets? They are from Kosrae, Micronesia, an island in the Pacific Ocean and believed to be written during world war 2.6yr ⋅ sleepinglady691 ⋅ r/wwiipics
USS Hornet’s (CV 12) forward port .40mm quad in action during a drill on 10 June 19456yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/wwiipics
Panzergruppe 2 Guderian on the Advance in Brest Litowsk Region (July 1941)5yr ⋅ TrueKraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
The burial of Ralph Clark Huston Jr. on board submarine USS Cobia. He was wounded in action against the Japanese on 26 February 1945, and died the following morning.9yr ⋅ DrJackov ⋅ r/wwiipics
1940, aerial view of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (WA). For non-US people this is the state of Washington, the most North-West state of the country (excluding Alaska) right below Canada.7yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Wounded are taken aboard USS Manilla Bay anchored off Saipan, July 1, 1944.9yr ⋅ notbob1959 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Kamikaze pilot Toshio Anazawa departing on his mission towards Okinawa in a Nakajima Ki-43, equipped with a 250kg bomb. Japanese high school girls wave cherry blossoms. (Kagoshima, Japan 4-12-45)9yr ⋅ KazCarpent ⋅ r/wwiipics
Polish resistance fighter equipped with captured German helmet and rifle (Warsaw Uprising - Poland 8/23/44)9yr ⋅ KazCarpent ⋅ r/wwiipics
A young Filipino boy and an American bulldozer operator of the 64th Seabees enjoy bottles of Coca-Cola following the Battle off of Samar, Tubabao, Eastern Samar, Samar Island, Philippines. October 1944.9yr ⋅ DrJackov ⋅ r/wwiipics
M10 Tank Destroyer, fired a salvo after another near the German border at the end of 1944.6yr ⋅ Helftheuvel ⋅ r/wwiipics
A U-boat pen in Brest after receiving a direct hit during an allied bombing raid, 18 September 19447yr ⋅ Crowe410 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Burma Road. The difficult logistics to supply China through Burma (today Myanmar), eventually Air Transport would take over flying over the Himalayas.7yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Men from the 5th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 51st Highland Division, wearing snow suits, exchange weapons with two GIs from the American 87th Division during the link-up of the two Allied armies at Champlin in Belgium, 14 January 1945.7yr ⋅ 420keefndabs ⋅ r/wwiipics
Members of the US 3rd Army try to deal with the mud in Lorraine, in the North East of France, late 1944.5yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Photographs taken by Spanish police of Brigadier Dudley Clarke after his arrest on an espionage mission in Madrid, October 1941.6yr ⋅ Madeline_Basset ⋅ r/wwiipics
African-American soldiers of the 161st Chemical Smoke Generating Company of the US 3rd Army refilling a M-2 smoke generator, at the Saar River near Wallerfangen, Germany, 11 Dec 19445yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
U.S. Army troops pause for a look at a Japanese seaplane during the battle of Makin. The plane was under repair in the lagoon when the invasion started. The Japanese used it as a machine gun nest until American fliers took care of it. November 1943.7yr ⋅ DreamInBinary ⋅ r/wwiipics
German soldiers wash off the winter whitewash camouflage on their Sdkfz 250 half track after the snow season has ended7yr ⋅ Comrade_Kraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
Lieutenant General Wilhelm Daser, commander of the German 70th division, leaving the German headquarters after surrendering Middleburg to the British Army, Netherlands, November 08, 1944. (Colorized)6yr ⋅ rwwhite20 ⋅ r/wwiipics
U.S. B-25 bomber attacking Japanese destroyer Akishimo (Ormoc Bay - Philippines - 11/10/44)10yr ⋅ KazCarpent ⋅ r/wwiipics
Ray Miller 11th Armored, liberator of Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camps passed away this week (x-post from r/pics)9yr ⋅ 11thArmored ⋅ r/wwiipics
German He 111 bomber gunner and Bf 109 fighter (c. 1940s - location unknown)10yr ⋅ KazCarpent ⋅ r/wwiipics
1st Lieutenant Roy Buck Rodgers and his Night Raiders of 1st Battalion, 407th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division, discovers a German who buried himself in an attempt to avoid capture near the town of Linnich, North-Rhine Westphalia, February, 1945. [1800×1800]6yr ⋅ patriot-renegade ⋅ r/wwiipics
German Tiger II captured by U.S. soldiers during the Battle of Ardennes (December 1944)10yr ⋅ KazCarpent ⋅ r/wwiipics
Japanese Army dog holding a Captured American Flag, Guam Island. 19427yr ⋅ TheShowaDaily ⋅ r/wwiipics
[COLOR] German pilots of Heinkel He-111 bombers make a ritual symbolic funeral – they burn an empty coffin with the inscription “Dein Leben – dein Gewinn” (your life is your wealth).Kharkov, Autumn 1942.6yr ⋅ FENIX400 ⋅ r/wwiipics
British and Norwegian soldiers watch as an Esso oil tank farm burns in the city of Samasjøen during the German invasion of Norway, May 22, 19406yr ⋅ DaveScout44 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Irish Setter Peggy Brown, mascot of Finnish Flying Squadron 24 is greeting Squadron Commander Captain Karhunen in Lappeenranta (date unknown). [sa-kuva]5yr ⋅ jhlcolorizing ⋅ r/wwiipics
British soldier with a young German prisoner sitting on the bonnet of a jeep, Italy, 21 January 19447yr ⋅ Crowe410 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soviet Anti-Tank rifleman standing next to his most recent kill, An Italian Fiat L6/40 Light Tank on the flanks of the Stalingrad Front, Summer 19427yr ⋅ Comrade_Kraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
A German Pantherturm emplacement over watching a strategic highway along the Gothic Line, Italy 19447yr ⋅ Comrade_Kraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Bren gunner of the 8th Royal Scots at Moostdijk, Holland, 6 November 19446yr ⋅ Crowe410 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Couple of days after Operation Husky started General Montgomery arrived in Sicily, here in his DUKW. July 12th, 19436yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
My grandfather, 94th Infantry WWII, posing with Nazi flags after they captured a town, 1945 (more info in comments) [671x1025]7yr ⋅ dcpanthersfan ⋅ r/wwiipics
German soldiers in a forest during the Ardennes Offensive (Luxembourg - December 1944)10yr ⋅ KazCarpent ⋅ r/wwiipics
Russian partisans... citizen militia that utilized guerrilla warfare to harass invading German forces during Operation Barbarossa (Russia - summer 1941)9yr ⋅ KazCarpent ⋅ r/wwiipics
Two German prisoners of war are being taken to the 6th Division Prisoner of War Encampment for interrogation and searching. Plouay - north of Lorient, Brittany, France. 28th of August, 19448yr ⋅ DrJackov ⋅ r/wwiipics
'Kate' bomber shot down by the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) 4th December 19437yr ⋅ Crowe410 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Luftwaffe Schirmmutze Cockade Taken By An RAAF Pilot Who Was Shot Down In Mid 1944. This Cockade Was Trophied When He Was Liberated From His POW Camp In 1945 By The Americans. On Another Note, Look At The Tail Of His Aircraft Below. Plenty Of Bullet Holes.6yr ⋅ Busters_Militaria ⋅ r/wwiipics
Three Heer soldiers moving through a smoky street on the Eastern Front. The Gefreiter in the foreground wields the infamous P08 Luger and extra MG ammunition, while the man in the background has the standard Karabiner 98K bolt-action rifle7yr ⋅ Comrade_Kraut ⋅ r/wwiipics
The 800mm (31.5 in) cannon of the “Schwerer Gustav” (railway gun) firing at France.6yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/wwiipics
Captured by the US forces, this JU-87D Stuka is about to be flown by USAAF 98th BG, Benghazi, Libya (North Africa) 19435yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Hitler Youth MG Squad defending a position amidst rubble and debris during the Battle of Berlin: April 28, 1945.5yr ⋅ BigBearSD ⋅ r/wwiipics