Soviet POWs, one wounded, surrendered to the 1st SS Panzer division. 12, July, 1943 battle of Prokhorovka 1wk ⋅ Antique_Pop1482 ⋅ r/wwiipics
American troops and Filipino guerrillas with captured Japanese soldiers in WWII3yr ⋅ PandaIthink ⋅ r/wwiipics
Dutch made Fokker D.XXI fighter in Finnish service in a great livery. See pics for colorization credits.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
de Havilland Mosquito flown by the RCAF 409 Squadron, piloted by LCol Robert Fullerton, makes a low pass under the Eiffel Tower, autumn 19442yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/wwiipics
Jasper, a mine-detecting dog, having his ear bandaged by a Royal Army Veterinary Corps sergeant, near Bayeux, France. 1944.2yr ⋅ Dhorlin ⋅ r/wwiipics
B-26 C-45-MA Marauder, serial number 42-107566 hit by flak during an attack on a railway bridge near Marzabotto Italy, 10th July 1944. All 6 crewmen were killed. It was their second sortie of the day. [2920x3830]6mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soviet soldiers celebrate the liberation of Vitebsk, Belarus, June 19442yr ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/wwiipics
The Soviet PTRD-41 was a mass-produced anti-tank rifle that could penetrate 30mm of armor at 500 meters and 40mm of armor at 100 meters, powerful enough to knock out most German armor.1yr ⋅ HGpennypacker ⋅ r/wwiipics
[NSFW] Women prisoners at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, trying to wash themselves. 1945.1yr ⋅ Dhorlin ⋅ r/wwiipics
An American and Australian soldier trade Japanese loot taken during the New Guinea campaign.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/wwiipics
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel inspecting fortifications in preparation for the Allied invasion, 1944.4yr ⋅ WeAreBrainPolice ⋅ r/wwiipics
A low-quality, but original color, civilian photograph of the Battleship Tirpitz in a Norwegian Fjord - August 19432yr ⋅ kingsaw100 ⋅ r/wwiipics
An abandoned boy holds a stuffed toy animal amid ruins following a German aerial bombing of London during The Blitz, 1940. Copyright Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images.1yr ⋅ jamerson72 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soldiers of the 167th Tire Repair Company check the tires to be reconditioned at a depot in Normandy1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Japanese paratroopers of Kaoru Airborne Raiding Detachment inside an L2D aircraft, 26 November 1944; person in aisle with glasses was identified as Lieutenant Takashi Kaku.2yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/wwiipics
“Band of Brothers” German Style. German Luftwaffe Paras having a break and some rest in Heraklion after the battle for Kreta. 1941.3yr ⋅ rtyga12 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A grinning German soldier poses for a photo with a bust of Stalin. 19412yr ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A U.S. Marine shares his water bottle with a stray kitten found under a burned-out Japanese tank on Tarawa in 1943.4yr ⋅ TheDoors1940 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Heinkel He 111 is is shot down by Soviet AA guns near Moscow, date unknown2yr ⋅ Great_White_Sharky ⋅ r/wwiipics
V2 rocket in the Mittelwerk underground secret factory in a mountain range near the town of Nordhausen - 19442yr ⋅ kingsaw100 ⋅ r/wwiipics
US Navy salvage crew works to save the captured German submarine U-505 shortly after she was abandoned by her German crew in June 19441yr ⋅ HGpennypacker ⋅ r/wwiipics
The Queen Mary teeming with American troops returning to New York harbor after the end of WWII, 19452mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Iranian women look at the camera next to a US Army convoy crossing Iran to deliver supplies to the Soviet Union.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Private Wotjek. A Bear found in Iran after the newly formed Anders Army left the Soviet Union, He carried crates with 25 Pound artillery shells during the Battle of Monte Cassino without dropping any. He learn how to do this by mimicking the soldiers lifting crates. 1942.1yr ⋅ ThomasCrowley1989 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A very tall German soilder shown surrendering during the battle of Normandy to a British solider.4yr ⋅ MrFreedomMcBaguette ⋅ r/wwiipics
It is the only time in U.S. Navy history that an aviator was buried in his aircraft after being killed in action.2yr ⋅ duncan_D_sorderly ⋅ r/wwiipics
Dutch resistance fighters with captured German weapons celebrate the liberation of Breda, 29 October, 1944. [1080x1111]1yr ⋅ Whole-Gear7257 ⋅ r/wwiipics
The grave of an unknown British soldier, buried by German soldiers during Operation Market Garden, Eindhoven 19442yr ⋅ UA6TL ⋅ r/wwiipics
Tunisian Campaign. c February – May 1943. US Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower grabs some chow by the side of the road. (960 x 769)2yr ⋅ drumdust ⋅ r/wwiipics
My Grandfather Edward, driver RASC British expeditionary force, died December 1940 from wounds received after evacuation from Dunkirk.3yr ⋅ yaxi67 ⋅ r/wwiipics
My grandfather Edgar Stohler receiving the Silver Star from Brig. Gen. Van Vleet (1944)3yr ⋅ jstohler ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Waffen SS soldier observes the field with his binoculars behind the cover of an overturned allied Sherman tank. Caen, France, 1944.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
P40 Warhawk. The Flying Tigers over China, 1942 3rd Squadron Hell’s Angels, Flying Tigers over China, photographed in 1942 by AVG pilot Robert T. Smith.3yr ⋅ Losenoc ⋅ r/wwiipics
Ukrainian volunteers of the German Army guarding Russian prisoners on a train bound to the concentration camps in the area of Stalingrad, today Volgograd. Stalingrad, October 19421yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Grandfather Alfred (left) as German military police in Krakow/Krakau 1940s (OC, AI colouring).2yr ⋅ cice2045neu ⋅ r/wwiipics
Major Winters and Captain Nixon with fellows rest at the Berghof, Hitler's residence. Bavaria, Germany. May, 1945.2yr ⋅ Corbatzy ⋅ r/wwiipics
A German soldier stops to fiddle with a French Velocar as his comrades continue on. Invasion of France, 1940.3mo ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/wwiipics
A wounded German officer with an infantry detail on a train. Germans used outdated & captured tanks on railcars, like the French Somua in the pic, as train artillery for protection and sometimes to disembark and give chase to partisans. This is likely a training session.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Sikh troops of the British India Army pass bomb shattered buildings on the outskirts of Cassino, Italy, 1944. WWII2yr ⋅ DudeZombie360 ⋅ r/wwiipics
January 20th, 1945, the first 4 units of RAF Gloster Meteor F3 jet fighters arrive in Melsbroek, Belgium to counter a possible threat by German Messerschmitt Me-262. They were all painted white for easy ID, a full squadron would be there by March that year.2mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
South African ski troops during WW2, Somewhere in Northern Italy, 1945~2yr ⋅ IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA ⋅ r/wwiipics
German infantry in Normandy. As allies broke out of the Normandy beaches they got entangled in the bocage characteristic of the area where fighting often took place between small units.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soviet and American soldiers share a dance upon their meet-up at the River Elbe near Torgau, Saxony, Germany. April 26th, 1945.2yr ⋅ getintough ⋅ r/wwiipics
A German soldier sitting with his head in his hands by a destroyed heavy artillery gun and the corpse of one of his compatriots during the Kursk battle of July 1943.1yr ⋅ From-Yuri-With-Love ⋅ r/wwiipics
Gran Sasso Raid, Italy. 12 September 1943. German Fallschirmjager rescue Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from the Hotel Campo Imperatore. (1280 x 934)1yr ⋅ drumdust ⋅ r/wwiipics
I went into Chernobyl Exclusion Zone 20 times and documented every WW2 memorial. This one is in the infamous 'red forest' with radiation hotspot of 100 000 times above the norm nearby. An inscription is dedicated to the division of 13th Army that fought a fierce battle for Pripyat Bridgehead, 1943.3yr ⋅ Darmon-Richter ⋅ r/wwiipics
Japanese Fighter pilot Takeo Tanimizu (32 kills) looking at his kill markings painted on his Zero fighter, 1945. Tanimizu once flew in low and threw his life preserver to U.S. Marine Captain Harvey Carter of Glendale, California, who had just been shot down and was swimming in the ocean4yr ⋅ niconibbasbelike ⋅ r/wwiipics
A German soldier stands next to a mule that has been fitted with a panzerfaust2yr ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/wwiipics
American POVs go against regulations to celebrate the Fourth of July at Japanese prison Camp Casisang in the Philippines (1942)3mo ⋅ HelloSlowly ⋅ r/wwiipics
German soldiers walk past an inscription left by Yugoslav partisans in the city of Hvar. The inscription in Bosnian reads: Long live our allies: the USSR, England, America!4yr ⋅ Banonimus ⋅ r/wwiipics
Reporter Percy Knauth examines the dirt and debris at the bottom of the trench in the garden of the Reich Chancellery, where the bodies of Hitler and Eva Braun are believed to have been burned after suicide, 1945.3yr ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/wwiipics
Lt. R.H. Dawson of the Australian 2/6th Field Regiment firing a captured Japanese mountain gun against enemy positions on Coconut Ridge, July 30, 1943.3yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soviet troops posing at the throne of Puyi, former ruler of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo and last emperor of Qing Dynasty, in Changchun, China, following the Soviet invasion of Manchuria (September 1945)2yr ⋅ vaish7848 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Chow time at The War Dog Reception and Training Center on Cat Island(!), Mississippi. 1942.1yr ⋅ Dhorlin ⋅ r/wwiipics
U-853 and her crew. During the final months of WWII U-853 was sent to the East Coast of the United States on patrol. She was destroyed off the coast of Rhode Island, one day before Germany surrendered, during the Battle of Point Judith, one of the final engagements of the Battle of the Atlantic1yr ⋅ UA6TL ⋅ r/wwiipics
Wedding rings of prisoners, discovered by American soldiers at Buchenwald concentration camp - 5 May, 194511mo ⋅ kingsaw100 ⋅ r/wwiipics
80 years ago today, Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans, and their friend Christoph Probst, all members of the White Rose non-violent resistance movement, were executed by guillotine in Munich for publishing leaflets critical of the Nazi regime1yr ⋅ nysom1227 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Frenchwoman, believed to have been a prostitute, has her head shaved by French civilians to publicly mark her for reportedly collaborating with the Nazis (August 29, 1944)3mo ⋅ HelloSlowly ⋅ r/wwiipics
The crew of a Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber scramble to safety after ditching near the carrier, 19444yr ⋅ Darth_Texan ⋅ r/wwiipics
US MP's from 44th Infantry Div. accept the surrender of two little German Soldiers of the 19th WH Field Army, Austria May 1945.3yr ⋅ Spike762x39 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Silhouette of a Japanese person left on the wall of a building in Nagasaki after the atomic bomb - August 19452yr ⋅ kingsaw100 ⋅ r/wwiipics
General Heinz Guderian in his command half-track during the Battle of France in 1940 - note the Enigma Machine3yr ⋅ A410821 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A pair of camouflaged T34 Calliopes along a roadside in France, circa 19443yr ⋅ JustAStuartTank ⋅ r/wwiipics
Female munitions workers in England get to see what they are making in action.8mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/wwiipics
German Heinkel He 162 “Volksjager” aircraft factory in an underground mine in Hinterbruhl, Austria, 19457mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A young boy greets his father, a soldier allowed to return home for Christmas, 1944.4yr ⋅ TheDoors1940 ⋅ r/wwiipics
8.8 cm Flak 36 gun & crew in winter gear, labelled in 1943. Unknown location.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
USS Cowpens listing hard port during Typhoon Cobra in the Philippine Sea - 18 December, 1944.3yr ⋅ kingsaw100 ⋅ r/wwiipics
After Daniel Inouye's arm was blown off at the elbow by a German rifle-grenade he pulled a still-live grenade from his severed hand and tossed it into a German bunker killing his attacker. As he was being carried off the field he told his men, Nobody called off the war! 21 April, 19451yr ⋅ HGpennypacker ⋅ r/wwiipics
A French Poilu and an American GI sharing a slice of bread during a lull on the western front, 19442yr ⋅ FrenchieB011 ⋅ r/wwiipics
My mother passed down my grandfather's war medals to me this rememberance day.3yr ⋅ Mufftronaut ⋅ r/wwiipics
Wherever there is a disaster the Red Cross is there to serve donuts. (Life magazine). 19444yr ⋅ Dhorlin ⋅ r/wwiipics
WW2 Death Card of Gefreiter Franz Rickl, who served in a panzer division and was killed while inside his tank. Details in comments1yr ⋅ Heartfeltzero ⋅ r/wwiipics
Pfc. Ivan Babcock of the US Army's 165th Signal Photo Company Poses with the Crown of the Holy Roman Empire in a cave in Siegan, Germany, 3 April 1945. US Army Photo by T/5 E. Braum.4yr ⋅ CapCamouflage ⋅ r/wwiipics
Interior of the Reichstag covered in graffiti from the Red Army, Berlin 19452yr ⋅ Super_Duper9 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Pearl Harbor burning in the background with flack bursting in the air. The thick mass of smoke in the center is the burning oil from the USS Arizona.3yr ⋅ pornogroff_the_weird ⋅ r/wwiipics
Column of German soldiers marching eastwards past a column of Soviet POWs. Operation Barbarossa, summer of 19413mo ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/wwiipics
While the war might have ended in 1945, the heroism and heartbreak continued. Read the story of Thomas Aaron Eaton who died on Guam in 1946. (link in comments)1yr ⋅ graemeknows ⋅ r/wwiipics
Commandant of the StG 77 (77th Dive Bomber Wing) Major Clemens Count of Schonborn-Wiesentheid on a field in the south of Russia. USSR, 1942. (640X774)11mo ⋅ franconazareno777 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A bit over 78 years ago the P-80 Shooting Star prototype flew for the first time. Jan 8th, 1944. Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of the design process.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A German soldier escorts a captured Soviet female soldier as well as a civilian. 19415mo ⋅ sasha_man123 ⋅ r/wwiipics
German nurse helping a US Army medic from the 8th Armored Division in treating German soldier during the battle for Unna, Germany, 1945. Credits for the colorization in the pic.4yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/wwiipics
British Tonsil rocket battery firing a salvo. It was operational from July to September 1944 and shot down eight V-1 rockets5mo ⋅ Great_White_Sharky ⋅ r/wwiipics
British troops and American Rangers meet on the Anzio-Rome road in Italy on January 23, 19447mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Ariel photos of Hamburg, Germany during WWII, camouflaged to try to get bombers to drop bombs on the “Binnen Alster” - a lake in the middle of the city, by dragging a painted tarp over the small lake to make it look like city, and draping a fake bridge over the large lake to mimic the real bridge.4yr ⋅ RGD5IMPACT ⋅ r/wwiipics
After a bombing mission to Regensburg, Germany, the ball turret gunner of this 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress was killed when his plane was forced to the ground without landing gear.9mo ⋅ Quick_Presentation11 ⋅ r/wwiipics
An unusual photo brings to life how some farmers painted their cows during the World War 2 Blitz. The animals were recognised as potential traffic hazards during the bombing blackouts. Some crafty farmers of the earth daubed their cows with white stripes so they could be seen by motorists at night.2yr ⋅ qaiankqjpb ⋅ r/wwiipics
Finnish troops use a captured flamethrower to attack soviet positions, Niinisalo Village July 1st 19422yr ⋅ Great_White_Sharky ⋅ r/wwiipics
A former German prisoner of war who returned from the United States, at the site of his destroyed house in Frankfurt am Main - 4 March, 19471yr ⋅ kingsaw100 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Picked up the Gunto from my father to show you guys. This all belonged to the same Japanese Army Officer. Flag as well. Link with close ups of the Gunto, in the comments. The Swordsmith was named Kanenao Ishihara.4yr ⋅ Tarpup ⋅ r/wwiipics
A G.I. with a German POW captured during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest, 1944.1yr ⋅ From-Yuri-With-Love ⋅ r/wwiipics
German soldiers advance during the battle of Arnhem. Netherlands, September 19443yr ⋅ haeyhae11 ⋅ r/wwiipics
German Commandos of Kommandoverband Jaguar disguised in Soviet tank crew uniforms, note the very rare suppressed MP402yr ⋅ UA6TL ⋅ r/wwiipics
A member of the Polish Home Army defending a barricade in Warsaw's Powisle district during the Warsaw Uprising, August 1944. The soldier is armed with a Polish manufactured “Błyskawica” machine pistol.2yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/wwiipics
Dutch New Guinea. 12 April 1944. Gunner Jim Scott on patrol through the swamp. There are 60,000 square miles of swamps, much of which is kept under constant surveillance by Australian patrols. (640 x 508)3yr ⋅ drumdust ⋅ r/wwiipics
