Two Polish soldiers embrace each other after reuniting during the Battle of Warsaw, October 1944. The soldier on the left is armed with a Soviet PTRD2yr ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A wounded German officer, found in the Egyptian desert during the first two days of a British offensive, is guarded by a sentry while awaiting backup, on November 13, 1942. [1600×1189].2yr ⋅ thegreatlib23 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Reich Marshall Hermann Goering handed over this Walther PPK pistol along with a ceremonial dagger to American soldier Jerome Shapiro to mark his surrender at the end of the Second World War.2yr ⋅ qaiankqjpb ⋅ r/wwiipics
Yesterday died one of the last WWII RAF airmen, sergeant Tomas Lom at age of 96. Tomas Lom served between 1944-1945 in Czechoslovak 311. Bomber Squadron RAF as radio operator-mechanic in Consolidated B-24 Liberator. Once a bomb exploded inside his aircraft. [963x761]3yr ⋅ Muff1995 ⋅ r/wwiipics
The Contents of my Grandfather's Footlocker, from his service in the Pacific. Link in comments to a detailed album.4yr ⋅ Tarpup ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Private First Class Stands Guard Outside The Palace Of Justice In Nuremberg, November 1945. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
William W. Outerbridge, captain of the destroyer USS Ward which attacked a Japanese midget submarine spotted at Pearl Harbor shortly before the Japanese attack.1yr ⋅ jamerson72 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soviet submachine gunners among the destroyed houses during the battle of Stalingrad, 1942. Photo by Zelma1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
US Marine and his dog, Tubby, participate in a training exercise; Tubby was later KIA in Guam2yr ⋅ HGpennypacker ⋅ r/wwiipics
German fallschirmjager gun crew using an American .30-caliber Browning air-cooled machine gun. Carentan, 19443yr ⋅ Digo10 ⋅ r/wwiipics
My father in law, stationed aboard the USS Shangri-la, circa 1944. What is the meaning of the legend he is posing in front of? Some of the details are hard to make out.1yr ⋅ g0vang0 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Letter that Mahatma Gandhi sent to Adolph Hitler 2 months before the breakout of the war. From India with Love2yr ⋅ blackbeard_qar ⋅ r/wwiipics
German officer examines a captured Thompson submachine gun on a beach in Dieppe, France (1942)1yr ⋅ UltimateLazer ⋅ r/wwiipics
These overshoes were made for Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents operating in Asia and the Pacific during WWII. When the agent landed on a beach from the sea, the “footprints” were intended to fool the Japanese into thinking that he was a barefoot native.2yr ⋅ qaiankqjpb ⋅ r/wwiipics
USA's top ace during the war, Major Dick Bong, flew his P-38 Lightning Marge so close to enemy planes that, Even I couldn't miss. Bong was Awarded the Medal of Honor for his service and would die in August of 1945 test-piloting the P-80 Shooting Star1yr ⋅ HGpennypacker ⋅ r/wwiipics
German traffic controller at a checkpoint in occupied Kiev - October, 19411yr ⋅ kingsaw100 ⋅ r/wwiipics
P-40s at the assembly plant. Each aircraft had a cost of $44,892 which equals out to about $648,181 a piece in today's money. There were 13,738 built between 1938-1944.3mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Children play by a Tall-Boy bomb crater with the wreck of the German Battleship Tirpitz in the background being broken up near Norway2yr ⋅ bsmith2123 ⋅ r/wwiipics
'See ya later Adolf!' American soldier of the 87th infantry division in Koblenz, Germany, march 1945.4yr ⋅ AutisticKnight ⋅ r/wwiipics
German Soldiers attend Mass before battle. Unknown location and date.2yr ⋅ titans8ravens ⋅ r/wwiipics
99 Year Old WWII Ex-POW Vet Who I just Interviewed Holding His Medals and a Photo of His Firstborn!3yr ⋅ LegendsofWWII ⋅ r/wwiipics
In another black and white photo brought back to life, American troops stand guard during the Battle of the Bulge in December 19443yr ⋅ UA6TL ⋅ r/wwiipics
American paratroopers cross the field under German artillery fire. Betuwe Region, Netherlands. October 19443yr ⋅ Fallschirmsoldat ⋅ r/wwiipics
Husband and wife Alexandra and Ivan Boiko, who served as commander and driver in the same tank in the Soviet 48th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment during the Second World War.3yr ⋅ caesar_tr ⋅ r/wwiipics
80 Years ago today! A British soldier takes advantage of the opportunity to have a bath in Tobruk, Libya, 17th February 19422yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
G.Is passing by an old woman who is staring in disbelief at the destruction the war has brought.3yr ⋅ Yankee9Niner ⋅ r/wwiipics
US paratroopers relaxing with locals after liberating Eindhoven, Netherlands from the Nazis. Sep 1944.1yr ⋅ TheCoolKraken ⋅ r/wwiipics
One hell of a hangover— Captain Lewis Nixon, 506th PIR, on the morning of May 8, 1945. (Photo courtesy of US Army Signal Corps)4yr ⋅ diosmioman ⋅ r/wwiipics
The extermination of Jews, which had already taken place in Poland and other Nazi-occupied territories, was expanded in the Ukraine immediately after the Nazi attack on the territory of the USSR. In early July 1941, a Jewish pogrom took place in Lvov, during which 2,000 to 6,000 Jews died.1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
A German soldier talks to a Soviet prisoner with SN-42 armor. Karelia, 1944, colorized4yr ⋅ haeyhae11 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Soviet Central Asian man smokes his pipe while being armed with a captured German MP-382yr ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Two German Soldiers pose for the camera with a captured US M1 Bazooka, La Luzerne, St. Andre de L’Epine, France, June 1944. Note the use of US parachute material as a camouflage helmet cover by the soldier on the left.1mo ⋅ UA6TL ⋅ r/wwiipics
US B-17 Flying Fortress Miss Donna Mae II is hit by bombs after drifting under the bomber flying above it. The damage to the horizontal stabilizer caused the plane to go into an uncontrollable spin and crash, killing all 11 crew members.2yr ⋅ Neyxos ⋅ r/wwiipics
Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter was famed for carrying an umbrella into battle.He later disabled a German armoured car with his umbrella, incapacitating the driver by shoving the umbrella through the car's observational slit and poking the driver in the eye.4yr ⋅ UA6TL ⋅ r/wwiipics
An American soldier of the 12th Armored Division stands guard over a group of German soldiers, captured in April 1945, in a forest at an unknown location in Germany2mo ⋅ HelloSlowly ⋅ r/wwiipics
Excellent Shot! (Photograph from an unknown German soldier's photo album)4yr ⋅ UnpopularPerspective ⋅ r/wwiipics
In the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe, two soldiers of the 2nd French Armoured Division battle German snipers and pro-German French militia who were making an abortive attempt to free German prisoners. The latter lie dead on the Champs Elysees. 26 August 1944.2mo ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soldiers of the US Seventh Army guard SS prisoners in a coal yard at Dachau concentration camp during its liberation; 29 April, 19451yr ⋅ HGpennypacker ⋅ r/wwiipics
General George Patton carried to his grave at an American Military Cemetery in Luxembourg; December 1945. Patton was killed in an automobile crash.2yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/wwiipics
T-34/85's firing at night with the help of flares; Ukraine, April 1944.1yr ⋅ ObtuseAnalAbuse ⋅ r/wwiipics
Inmates at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp chase down and beat a former kapo guard. April 16, 1945.3yr ⋅ kingsaw100 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Four female pilots leaving their ship, Pistol Packin' Mama, at the four engine school at Lockbourne AAF. World War II, 1944. Colourized by Marina Amaral3yr ⋅ Losenoc ⋅ r/wwiipics
Maori Battalion of the New Zealand Army perform a Haka war cry in Helwan, Egypt (June 1941)2yr ⋅ UltimateLazer ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Dutch civilian lifts his two children away from danger near a British Sherman tank during the fighting in Hertogenbosch, October 27, 1944 - Colorized by Piece of Jake.1yr ⋅ ATSTlover ⋅ r/wwiipics
The Royal Air Force had black pilots serving in standard squadrons during Operation Market Garden. Flight Sergeant James Hyde, shown here, was shot down and killed in 1944 whilst providing air cover for the Battle of Arnhem.3yr ⋅ NineteenEighty9 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Medal of Honor recipient Daniel Inouye (far left) plays cards with future senator Bob Dole at Percy Jones Hospital in Battle Creek, MI1yr ⋅ HGpennypacker ⋅ r/wwiipics
This RAF Avro Lancaster crew show the hole left by a bomb dropped by another Lancaster flying above them during a mission over Germany. They were lucky as the bomb went trough unexploded.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines contains the graves of 16,636 Americans and 570 Filipinos who died in the Pacific War, making it the largest of all American overseas military cemeteries. Lest we forget.2yr ⋅ TrendWarrior101 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Just about anyone who has read about the Pacific War, knows that Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto was killed when the G4M he was flying in was shot down over Bougainville on April 18, 1943, by U.S. Army Air Force P-38 ‘Lightning’ fighters. The wreckage of that G4M can still be seen today.2yr ⋅ qaiankqjpb ⋅ r/wwiipics
Rommel's favourites command vehicles were 2 captured British AEC Armoured Command Vehicles, they were named Max & Moritz1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Nazi Bachem Ba 349 Natter, a rocket-powered interceptor with only one manned test flight that resulted in the death of its pilot1yr ⋅ HGpennypacker ⋅ r/wwiipics
German officer's salute capitulated French troops, allowing them the honors of war June 1st 19402yr ⋅ From-Yuri-With-Love ⋅ r/wwiipics
American soldiers posing with a Mercedes 540K that belonged to Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief Hermann Goring, 1945.1yr ⋅ No-Cup-7280 ⋅ r/wwiipics
British paratroopers in action during the North African Campaign. (1920 x 1560)1yr ⋅ drumdust ⋅ r/wwiipics
75 years difference, but still the same. Czech Tobruk Rat from Czechoslovak 11th Infantry Battalion - East in Tobruk, Libya in 1941 and Czech soldier from 102nd Reconnaissance Battalion a Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan in 2016. [750x1000]3yr ⋅ Muff1995 ⋅ r/wwiipics
An Allied Soldier takes a break during the approach to Tripoli, Libya beside a swastika and the words Heil Hitler that have been carved into a rocky hillside, January, 1943.2yr ⋅ getintough ⋅ r/wwiipics
Japanese prisoner of war listening to Emperor Showa's surrender announcement, Guam, 15 Aug 19453yr ⋅ franconazareno777 ⋅ r/wwiipics
T-34-85 crews receive operational orders prior to the final battle of Berlin, Germany, April 19453yr ⋅ RanardUSMC ⋅ r/wwiipics
Hell In Hurtgen by photographer Tony Vaccaro shows an American soldier in Germany's Hurtgen Forest, 1944.1yr ⋅ From-Yuri-With-Love ⋅ r/wwiipics
Motorcyclists of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf Death's Head resting during a halt in the French campaign - June, 1940. This division was known for their murdering of captured African French soldiers and machine-gunning and bayonetting surrendered British troops in 1940.1yr ⋅ kingsaw100 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Fanta originated in Germany as a Coca-Cola alternative in 1940 due to the American trade embargo of Nazi Germany, which affected the availability of Coca-Cola ingredients. Fanta soon dominated the German market with three million cases sold in 1943.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
U.S. Airborne troops at St. Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, in June 1944.1yr ⋅ HerrasKissa ⋅ r/wwiipics
American heavy machine gun crew credited with killing half of the 109 Japanese soldiers who were slain on Biak Island on the 22nd of June, 1944.2yr ⋅ signalcorpsarchive ⋅ r/wwiipics
SS-Panzergrenadiers belonging to SS-Kampfgruppe Muhlenkamp of the Wiking in Eastern Poland in July 1944. In the background Panzerkampfwagen V Panther.3yr ⋅ Losenoc ⋅ r/wwiipics
Survivors from the German submarine U-175 picked by the US Coast Guard cutter Spencer that sank their ship.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Two Imperial Japanese soldiers on Attu Island. Only 28 soldiers would make it out of Alaska alive, these two were never identified.1yr ⋅ ArchdukeOfNorge ⋅ r/wwiipics
Marshal Zhukov inspects the troops during the 1945 Victory Parade [3441 x 2135] [colorized]4yr ⋅ ak-pk ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Daimler armoured car opens fire in the gloom of early morning at the start of the battle for Tripoli in Libya, 18th January 1943.1yr ⋅ FacedReversal173 ⋅ r/wwiipics
World War II’s “odd couple” on an inspection flight along the Western Front on September 9, 1944. General George S. Patton, Jr. (left) and General Omar Bradley reveal their strain and fatigue during the campaign to liberate Western Europe from the Nazis.2yr ⋅ qaiankqjpb ⋅ r/wwiipics
Senegalese soldier captured by the Germans during the Battle of France, May 19402yr ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/wwiipics
American troops marching through the Arc de Triomphe after the liberation of Paris.3yr ⋅ thefrontYT ⋅ r/wwiipics
Sir Pita Simogun KBE BEM, a New Guinean policeman who served as a coastwatcher. On New Britain island between Oct 43-Apr 44 he lead a guerrilla campaign, only losing two of his men while killing around 260 Japanese soldiers.3yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/wwiipics
Christmas packages destined for US soldiers who were killed or declared missing in action awaits”Return to Sender” stamps, 194410mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/wwiipics
North American Aviation P-51D-5-NA 44-13366 on a test flight near the North American plant at Inglewood, California. (1074 x 911)1yr ⋅ drumdust ⋅ r/wwiipics
A column of German soldiers and equipment stretches beyond the horizon as it marches through the vast Russian landscape. 1941.6mo ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/wwiipics
Italian troops retreat in Russia, possibly in the winter of 1942/43 after the Red Army offensive.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A worn out US infantryman works his way through the thick snow to assault a German machine gun position in the Ardennes, December 1944.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Finnish soldier armed with a Suomi submachine gun during the battle for the village of Povenets, Karelo-Finnish SSR - 2 July, 19421yr ⋅ kingsaw100 ⋅ r/wwiipics
The wind shifts and, for a moment, Saint Paul's Cathedral is visible through the smoke and flames engulfing London. 29th December, 1940. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Trying to keep normality. Football (soccer) match in Britain, Charlton Athletic vs Arsenal with a Home Guard sentry watching for German air attacks.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Zuzemberk, Yugoslavia. 1945. Bristol Beaufighter's of 19 Squadron SAAF firing rockets at a German position. (850 x 1177)1yr ⋅ drumdust ⋅ r/wwiipics
Leon Cooper, Navy landing boat commander, at the scene of where he ferried Marines to the landing beach at the Battle of Tarawa. He found it had become a massive refuse of trash. (2009)2yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/wwiipics
Chinese resistance fighter Cheng Benhua moments before she was bayoneted to death by Japanese soldiers in 1939.3yr ⋅ WeAreBrainPolice ⋅ r/wwiipics
American soldiers with an interesting machine gun system made up of HO-103 MGS2yr ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Five Texans of the 96th Infantry Division, each credited with killing five or more Japanese soldiers on Okinawa. 30 June, 1945.1yr ⋅ signalcorpsarchive ⋅ r/wwiipics
Portrait of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery on his appointment as Colonel Commandant of the Parachute Regiment. He is wearing a beret and jacket similar to what was worn by the Parachute Regiment when they were dropped in Normandy on the night of 5 - 6 June 1944.1yr ⋅ qaiankqjpb ⋅ r/wwiipics
Kriegsmarine Sailor Posed Next to British Churchill Tank After Failed Dieppe Raid. 20 August 1942.3yr ⋅ Paul-Von-Hindenburg ⋅ r/wwiipics
Corporal T Sillito was a member of a four-man SAS patrol tasked to blow up a rail line at El Alamein. After a firefight with the enemy, Sillito got separated and walked 100 miles back to the British lines, without food or water, a gruelling week-long desert experience. Note his bandaged feet. 1942.2yr ⋅ qaiankqjpb ⋅ r/wwiipics
Finnish soldiers from their 46th Infantry Regiment, printed in the April 1943 issue of Signal. Note that the Finnish helmets were almost identical to German helmets.2yr ⋅ qaiankqjpb ⋅ r/wwiipics
B-17 production at Seattle, at its height in 1944 the facilities produced 16 B-17G a day.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Canadian Commando with a Lanchester SMG and bayonet. Date and location unknown. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
German signal unit coming under Red Army artillery fire, spring 1942. See pic for colorization credits.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Actual photograph of United States Army Medic Desmond T. Doss standing on top of Hacksaw Ridge during World War II, Okinawa (1945). Incredibly, Doss single-handedly saved the lives of 75 wounded infantrymen while under heavy fire. He is also the inspiration for the film Hacksaw Ridge.1yr ⋅ getintough ⋅ r/wwiipics
I don’t know where my grandfather acquired this but it’s signed by a bunch of US soldiers4yr ⋅ spenceezy ⋅ r/wwiipics
Aerial picture of foxholes in the Normandy area taken some days after the initial Landings11mo ⋅ MT20 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A French Commando takes a German Heer infantryman prisoner (who's hiding in a ditch behind a shot up Citroen Traction 11CV) after a firefight in Belfort, France. 20th November, 1944.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Luftwaffe mechanics cheer after the return of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 from a successful mission.3yr ⋅ UA6TL ⋅ r/wwiipics
German U-Boat U-858 after surrendering to American forces - May, 1945. The photo also shows a US Navy “K” class patrol blimp and a rare view of a Sikorsky R-4B helicopter.2yr ⋅ kingsaw100 ⋅ r/wwiipics
