Royal Air Force men examine a Messerschmitt 109 which crash-landed in Windsor Great Park, October 1940 piloted by Oberleutnant Karl Fischer of 7/JG27. Fischer survived and was captured. He made the forced landing after being attacked by Hurricanes whilst defending his bombers attacking London.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Henry Behrens, the smallest man in the world dances with his pet cat in the doorway of his Worthing home, 1956.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Princess Elizabeth did her part for the war effort when she served as an ambulance driver for the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II. 19456yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
John Lennon and Yoko Ono bought a large billboard in Times Square in 1969 declaring that 'War is over if you want it' Colourised [1000x797]6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Lee Miller, soaks in Adolf Hitler’s bathtub! the only female combat photographer in Europe during World War Two. She is pictured in Hitler’s Munich apartment on April 30, 19455yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Danish explorer Peter Freuchen and his third wife, Dagmar Cohn -19475yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Martha Gellhorn, The Only Woman Who Landed in Normandy on D-Day5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Man Lighting His Pipe In Thick Fog Under The Arches At The Temple, London , 23 December 19356yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
‘Snipers in the furthermost line’ - Photograph taken in early 19174yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Otto Frank in the attic of the secret annexe on the day that the Anne Frank House was officially opened to the public, on 3 May 1960.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Infantrymen of the 1st Division, U.S. First Army, make final preparations and get briefed before crossing the Roer River at Schneidhausen, Germany. 25 Feb 45.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in Rosedale, Mississippi - This “photo-booth self-portrait” of Johnson, believed to have been taken in the early 1930s. It is one of only two known photos of Johnson that have been made public. From the Granger Collection, New York.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Iwo Jima - A wounded US Marine holding the piece of shrapnel that was removed from his neck in the invasion of Iwo Jima, February 20, 1945.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
American casualties lying on stretchers aboard a landing craft, awaiting evacuation, Munda Point, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 12 Jul 19436yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
ATS spotters, wearing sunglasses, watch for any sign of hostile aircraft at a London anti-aircraft battery. In front of them is a range-finder. September 19406yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Allied soldiers in greatcoats warm themselves around a brazier, Egypt, North Africa. 11 July 1942.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
11 year old Cousins, Wendy Anderton and Cathie Jones pose with the tail section of a Heinkel He 111P-2 of 8./KG27 which crashed landed by their home at Border House Farm near Chester in Cheshire, August 14th 1940.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
German commando captured in American uniform is prepared for execution, 23 December 19445yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The daughters of a Prussian Garde-Landwehr officer pose happily with their fathers helmet and sword during the hot summer days in July 1914.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Astrid Kirchherr, the Woman Who First Photographed the Beatles - Self Portrait, 1960.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The original glass plate is captioned 'Louis'. Photographed in near a German prisoner war camp in Douchy, France sometime in 1916.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
WW1 Soldiers on Leave: Soldiers were not allowed on leave until 1915 as officers believed the war would be finished by the end of 1914.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Five Malta-based pilots sitting in front of two fighter aircraft at Luqa. 19434yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A knocked out British tank with dead German soldiers next to it in Herenthage Park after the Battle of Langemarck, 1917.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
His name is 'Karl', we don't know his family name, but he did have a 'Mona Lisa smile'. He served in 8th company Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 239 and had this photo taken somewhere in the Champagne in March 1917.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
This Sunday marks 100 years since the Armistice was signed in November 1918, bringing an end to the First World War. - Celebrations in the U.S. following the end of the First World War. - Soldiers and civilians waving the Union Jack and stars and stripes.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The London smogs - poisonous combines of smoke and fog - reached their zenith during the 1950s6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
19 December 1944 Members of the US 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, Company ‘C’ pose in front of an M-10. These men were credited with knocking out four s.SS/Pz Abt. 501 Panzer VI ‘King Tigers’ at or around Stavelot, Belgium.2yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
GI Thanksgiving on the frontline ww2 colourised by me (1022px x 940px)6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The first US Prisoners taken by German troops in World War One - during 'Unternehmen Jakobsbrunnen' (Operation Jacob's Well) on 2-3 November 19174yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Alan Turing (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) The confidential code-breaking mastermind - An eccentric, exceptional mathematician, Turing headed the secret team of code-breakers during the Second World War that created an early computer that could decipher encrypted messages sent by the Germans.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) Marriage Counselor, 1963 Reference Photo.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
An unidentified sniper of the Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 185 from Baden. around 1915/16.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Karl Thurmann (4 September 1909 – 20 January 1943) Missing after sent his message: (Periscope not clear). U-553 was never heard from again.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
‘Senegal black at the bandage station Brussels - Etterbeek with frozen feet who fears to get killed because of being wounded’ 28 November 19143yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Stefania Cecylia Wojtulanis-Karpinska , aka Barbara (born on November 22, 1912 in Warsaw , died on February 12, 2005 in Los Angeles - captain pilot of the Polish Air Force.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
L.A. river drag racing in the 1950s under the old 6th St Bridge.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen 2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918, was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Manfred von Richthofen in conversation with Hauptmann Rudolf Kleine and Oberleutnant Martin Gerlich of Kamfgeschwader 3. Two Albatros D.V are parked in the background - Richthofen & Kurt Wolf - Gontrode, East Flanders, in the first week of July 19173yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
WW1 Sniper with 121 kills, Gefreiter (corporal) Herrnreiter, a former poacher with an extensive civilian criminal record, once known as the best shot of the Bavarian Army, who was decorated with the coveted Bavarian Golden Military Merit Medal in January 19155yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
BLACK BRITISH WWI FORCES - West Indian men serving in the British Navy, in the Fleet Auxillary. July 19176yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Portrait of Tasker Watkins, awarded the Victoria Cross: France, 16 August 1944.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
American pilots of No 71 'Eagle' Squadron rush to their Hawker Hurricanes at Kirton-in-Lindsey, 17 March 1941.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Munitionnettes - February 1916 Production of the so-called Crapouillots the 20 kg Medium A.L.S bombs for the 58mm French trench mortar.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A different kind of lockdown in different times: Ludgate Hill on 15 September 1940 while RE Bomb Disposal engineers are removing a bomb from under St Pauls Cathedral.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister CH CBE (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was a British middle-distance athlete, doctor and academic who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Portrait of Arthur Moore Lascelles, awarded the Victoria Cross: France, 7 November 1918.2yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
German Alpenkorps - Men of the Schneeschuh-Ersatzabteilung from Immenstadt training for their deployment at the front in the Allgau Alps. 19154yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
German Soldiers of the German Mortar Detachment in the Battle for Stalingrad August 19424yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
This 13 year old German of the Hitler Youth captured by the 14th Armoured Division, 3rd US Army, in the vicinity of Martinszell-Waltenhofen, Germany on April 29, 1945.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
D-Day, Medics from the 2nd Naval Beach Battalion and the 261st Medical Medical Battalion, 1st Engineer Special Brigade assist a paratrooper as he steps onto the ramp of a LCVP that has pulled to Utah Beach at high tide.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Pte. Joseph Robert (Bob) Armstrong Lyons Killed in Action September 2, 19183yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Clara Barton (1821–1912), founder of the American Red Cross - She was nicknamed as the “Angel of Battlefield”6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Evelyn Nesbit (born Florence Evelyn Nesbit, December 25, 1884 or 1885 – January 17, 1967) was an American artists' model, chorus girl, and actress.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Members of the US 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, Company 'C' pose in front of an M-10. These men were credited with knocking out four s.SS/Pz Abt. 501 Panzer VI 'King Tigers' at or around Stavelot, Belgium on December 19 1944.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Captured British MK IV (Male) tank of Abteilung 11 or 12 at Wavrin, April 1918.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Arming a Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter on board HMS Indomitable. Operation Pedestal, 12th AUGUST 19424yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The first Supermarine Spitfire to land in France, Normandy, on the afternoon of 10 June 1944.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The U.S. escort carrier USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) en route to NAS Alameda, California with a deck load of war-weary planes in 1944. The planes visible on deck are eight Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats, 18 Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters, and a Grumman J2F Duck amphibious biplane.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Squadron Leader Johnny Kent, with a group of Polish pilots of 303 squadron at RAF Northolt, leads his men away from a Hurricane in October 19404yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Major Robert Henry Cain VC TD (2 January 1909 – 2 May 1974) was a Manx recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Andy Warhol was born on August 6, 1928. Warhol was once advised by an art teacher to paint what he liked, which happened to be rather ordinary things.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
John Lennon and Yoko Ono bought a large billboard in Times Square in 1969 declaring that 'War is over if you want it'5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Two high ranking German officers being transported by soldiers of the US 4th Armored Division in a Ford GPW jeep - March 31 19455yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
German children watch U.S. Tanks of 87th Division, Third U.S. Army, enter town of Kobern, Germany. March 16, 19455yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
RAF personnel and soldiers inspect Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 (W.Nr. 1988) 'RED 7' of 5./JG54, which belly-landed at Broom Hill, near Lydd, Kent at 9.30am on 25 October 1940. Oberleutnant Schypek was captured.2yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
HRH Princess Elizabeth watching parachutists during a visit to airborne forces at Netheravon Airfield, Salisbury, Wiltshire in England in the run-up to D-Day. 19 May 19446yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Sopwith Camel forced down and photographed at Clapham Junction at Zillebeke Flanders Belgium 26 September 1917.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Team US sailors are preparing to transfer a friend in need of medical care. Pacific theatre of war - 7 December 1941 – 2 September 19455yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Lt. Ted Hutchins of Port Charlotte, Fla. climbs out of his Kingfisher spotter-plane after coming back aboard the Battleship South Dakota off Okinawa in World War II. Ensign Stark, in the back cockpit, had just been rescued after his Hellcat fighter plane was shot down. Jan. 22, 19454yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Captain Manfred von Richtofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918) with the officers of the Jagdstaffel 11. From left to fight - unknown, unknown, Kurt Wolff, Ernst Udet, Werner Voss, unknown, Friedrich Noltenius, Karl Emil Schafer, unknown, Karl Allmenroder.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
On November 27 1942, the Germans commenced Unternehmen Lila with the goal of occupying Toulon and seizing the French fleet.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Offiziersstellvertreter Edmund Nathanael (18 December 1889 – 11 May 1917) was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
10th Armored Division United States in the German city of Saarburg. February 22, 1945.In the foreground, an abandoned German 75-mm anti-tank gun PaK 40.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Leading Aircraftmen Norman Bond of Swindon and William Webb of Addington, Surrey, carry a rocket projectile to load under the wing of Bristol Beaufighter Mark X, NE646 'V', of No. 211 Squadron RAF Detachment at Ranchi, India 19434yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
British 7th Armoured Division officers and a Canadian captain inspect a German PzKpfw IV Ausf H tank of Panzer Lehr Division, one of two knocked out by a 6-pdr anti-tank gun of the 6th Durham Light Infantry, 50th (Northumbrian) Division, near Douet, on 10 June 1944.2yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
'The Hello Girls' the women who ran the WWI switchboards - Six members of the U.S. Army Signal Corps preparing to ship off for France in 1918, where they and 217 other women served as switchboard operators.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The Bluebird-Proteus CN7 is a gas turbine-powered vehicle that was driven by Donald Campbell and achieved the world land speed record on Lake Eyre in Australia on 17 July 1964.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Edgar Charles Badcoe (centre) and his Halifax crew of No.77 Squadron outside KN-C at Elvington airfield in 1943.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
First woman to go into space - Valentina Tereshkova. In 1963, she spent almost three days in space and orbited Earth 48 times in her space capsule, Vostok 6.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A French mademoiselle waves the French Tricolor in tribute to the forces which liberated her city as they march past the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. August 26, 1944.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Presentation Of The Royal Humane Medal To Stoker S G Elvin Of HMS Skiddaw. 1940, Rosyth.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A unit of the US 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), 4th Armored Division moves through the village of Le Repas, commune de Folligny (Manche), in Normandy on July 31, 1944.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Boeing Model 314A 'Clipper', G-AGCA Berwick, of BOAC, lands on Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria, for moorings at the West African flying boat terminal at Iquoi c.19455yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 (serial number B2258) and a Nieuport Scout (serial number B6821) biplanes at St. Omer Aerodrome at night, 19 December 1917.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Avenger TBF-1C NZ2523 being re-armed at Piva on Bougainville, about May 1944. Note the yellow mission markers below the windscreen and the white 523 on the lower nose. (RNZAF)4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Veronica Foster, (b.1922 - d.2000) popularly known as Ronnie, the Bren Gun Girl5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Profumo affair - Christine Margaret Keeler (22 February 1942 – 4 December 2017) was an English model and topless showgirl.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
HMS Pegasus, Lamlash, Scotland, September 1942. A Kingfisher being lowered. The observer sits astride the hull in order to hook on and off.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
One-armed Squadron Leader James Archibald Findlay MacLachlan, DFC. & Bar, of a night fighter squadron, playing cards with other pilots of No1 Squadron at RAF Tangmere, November 19414yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Bf109 of Lt Willi Fronhofer of 9./JG26 after he crash landed in a field at Ulcombe Kent 19404yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
1 November 1960: The reverend Vernon Mitchell visits numerous strip clubs in Soho to determine what should be censored.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
HM Submarine URSULA returns to port after successful patrol. 11 DECEMBER 1941, GIBRALTAR5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Pilots from 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron lend a hand in pushing Spitfire IX BS451, FY-V, out to dispersal at Biggin Hill. 18 December 1942.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Eagle Squadron - Flying Officer Eugene Red Tobin (4 January 1917 – 7 September 1941) was an American pilot who flew with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain in World War II.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A De Havilland Mosquito FB Mark VI of No. 110 Squadron RAF taxies out for a sortie, past another aircraft of the squadron at Joari, India.January 19453yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
REGENT STREET, LONDON. 1960. The tradition of decorating Regent Street with Christmas lights began in 1954 after the Daily Telegraph reported that London looked 'drab' at Christmas.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Edward Sheriff Curtis (February 16, 1868 – October 19, 1952) was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and on Native American peoples.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The statue of Lady Justice - The Old Bailey - London, In 1937 the statue was re-gilded in preparation for the Coronation of King George V.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, CO of No. 242 Squadron, seated on his Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The Blitz Fire fighters tackle a blaze in London's Temple, home to barristers and lawyers, following an air raid over the city. May 1st, 19416yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Following the death in January 1942 of her great-great-uncle and godfather, the Duke of Connaught, Princess Elizabeth was appointed on 24 February to succeed him as the Colonel of the Grenadier Guards.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Bob Dylan - 11 May 1966, waiting at the Aust Ferry Terminal near Bristol.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
M4 Sherman tanks of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade, advancing into Caen, Normandy. 10 July 1944.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
John Lennon and Yoko Ono at Butterfly Studios in New York City. August 1972.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
W.A.A.F. Scottish Station of Flying Training Command - Picture (issued 1944) shows - Leading Aircraftwoman S. Harrison of Alloa, Clackmanshire, a flight mechanic, before the take off. (Miles Master Mark II, DM425)4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Whitby, England about 1900 - Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (English, 1853–1941)5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Ground staff work on a No 610 'County of Chester' Squadron Spitfire V at Westhampnett, 11 April 1943. Corporal Houseman (top), Corporal Phenna (with oil can) and Sergeant Moore (below) had all been with the Squadron since its formation in February 1936.4yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The wreck of the Dimitry of Narva which was the inspiration for Bram Stokers “Dracula” in 1887. In the book he renamed the ship The Demeter of Varna.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A pair of M-8 'Greyhound' Armored Cars of 'C' Company, 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd US Armored Division, turn from Rue de Vire into Rue de la Foret, Saint-Sever-Calvados, Normandy. 3 August 19446yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Dining with Hans von Luck. A photo caption in the album reads: “With Tommy flyers at Fecamp, 12 Juni 1940”.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Countess di Castiglione The selfie queen of Paris society - c. 1865-18946yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
George S Patton – America’s Blitzkrieg General (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945)5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was an American statesman who served as the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953)6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Fw 190A-8, Melsbroek, Belgium. Works No. 175140, 6 + – (Brown outlined in black). Burnt and looted. September/October 19445yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Major Donald James Matthew Blakeslee from Ohio became the first flier in history to shoot down an enemy plane with the P-47 Thunderbolt - 15 April 19435yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Supermarine Seafire Mark IIc of 885 Naval Air Squadron warming up its engine for take off in bright sunshine on the deck of HMS FORMIDABLE in the Mediterranean., December 1942.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Jasta 1 - Josef Kister and his Albatros DVa - Mont St Martin June 19184yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Flight-Lieutenant R H A Lee, after being awarded the DSO and DFC, and Flying Officer K H Blair, after being awarded the DFC, by King George VI at RAF Hornchurch, Essex. 27 July 19405yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Karstadt department store on Berlin’s Hermannplatz, built in 1929 - it was a real feature of Berlin’s skyline, especially when lit up at night!5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Major General G L Verney, GOC 7th Armoured Division, enters Ghent in his Staghound armoured car, 8 September 1944.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
'Sherlock Jr.' - Silent comedy directed by and starring Buster Keaton in (1924)6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Bristol Scout D, No. 8980, piloted by Flight Sub Lieutenant Day RNAS, banking away to port. Flight Sub Lieutenant Day was killed at Ostend in 1917.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Charles Lindbergh in the open cockpit of airplane at Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri in 19235yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
German surrender at Luneburg Heath - 4 May 1945 – The senior members of the German delegation: General Admiral Hans-Georg Friedeburg, Rear Admiral Gerhard Wagner and General Eberhard Kinzel arrive to deliver a letter from Field Marshal Keitel offering to surrender Army Group Vistula.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Fanny & Cobber! Flying Officers N Fanny Orton and E J Cobber Kain of No. 73 Squadron RAF, standing by a Hawker Hurricane Mark I - 19405yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Marian Rejewski was responsible for the initial analysis that enabled exploitation of the German ENIGMA cryptographic machine. Without his breakthroughs, which he provided to the French and British in 1939, the U.K. and U.S. may have never been able to exploit ENIGMA.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Sherman M4A3(76)W of the 752nd Tank Battalion, Buttapietra Italy 25 April 19456yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A gunner of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force with a dog mascot before a mission in his B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-78465) nicknamed Patches. Handwriten on image: 'Gunner -before mission.' 1943-455yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The Edward Cambell Whitby England 1880s - Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941)5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Bouncing Bomb Inventor Sir Barnes Neville Wallis (26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979)5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Wing Commander Alan Deere (1917-1995; right) with Squadron Leader Denis Crowley-Milling DSO DFC (1919-1996; left), 1940.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Nancy Harkness Love (February 14, 1914 – October 22, 1976) c. 19435yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Battle of Britain 10 July – 31 October 1940 : A Supermarine Spitfire Mark 1A of No 19 Squadron, Royal Air Force being re-armed between sorties at Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire.6yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
