British Airborne Pathfinders check their watches on the night before D-Day (1944). [Colorized]5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
German Wehrmacht General Anton Dostler is tied to a stake before his execution by a firing squad in a stockade in Aversa, Italy, on December 1, 1945.5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
One year after the D-Day landings in Normandy, German prisoners landscape the first U.S. cemetery at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, France, near Omaha Beach, on May 28, 1945.5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
U.S. soldiers with guard dogs walk patrol on a beach in Los Angeles in order to spot possible Japanese attackers. 1943. [Colorized]5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
U.S. Army soldiers are engaged in combat with German forces near the cathedral in Cologne. April 1945. [Colorized]5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
Nazi General Erwin Rommel inspects defences ahead of D-Day. On the actual day of the invasion he was away from the front celebrating his wife’s birthday. [Colorized]5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
German soldiers of SS-Panzer Grenadier Division 'Das Reich' advance through the southern Voronezh Front during Battle of Kursk, Jul 19435yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
American soldiers with full equipment leap into the surf from a landing craft and wade toward Utah Beach. June 6, 19446yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
A German solider fires a flamethrower across a field of tall grass in the Soviet Union. Circa 1941-1942.5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives instructions to paratroopers in England in preparation for the imminent D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.6yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
Troops of German 4th Army, after being captured at Minsk in Byelorussia, being marched through the streets of Moscow, Russia, 17 Jul 19445yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
German railroad low loaders with new tanks on the way to the Eastern Front in 1943.6yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
French civilians seeking cover as an unexpected German sniper opened fire at a group of American soldiers, Paris, France, 26 Aug 19445yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
M8 Greyhound armored car passing under the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France, Aug 19445yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
Pre-invasion bombing by A-20 bombers of Pointe du Hoc at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944.5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
A French mob shaved the head of a French girl as punishment for having personal relations with a German soldier, Montelimar, France, 29 Aug 19445yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
Five U.S. Marines and one sailor raise an American flag over Mount Suribabachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945.6yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
U.S. troops from the USS Joseph T. Dickman wait to disembark from their landing craft as they approach Utah Beach on June 6 1944. [Colorized]5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
Finnish children collecting rags to warm soldiers on the front lines, 1939-1940.5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
German soldiers inspecting damage on the armor plating of their Tiger I heavy tank, Kursk, Russia, summer 19435yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
US troops boarding landing barges at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Nov 19435yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
American soldiers, injured while storming Omaha Beach on D-Day, recover just after the landings in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.6yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
An American torpedo boat marksman behind his machine gun off the coast of New Guinea, July 1943.6yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
U.S. soldiers wait in a landing craft as it approaches Omaha Beach during the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - June 6, 1944.6yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
A squadron of Germany's Heinkel He-111 bombers on mission against enemy targets in October 1941.5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
A motorcyclist of the 1st Canadian Reconnaissance Squadron enjoys a cup of tea during an break in the day's work in 1940.6yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
Someone said they were surprised they hadn't seen this one yet. So here you go.5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/modernwarfare
US Marines and war dogs practicing amphibious landing, Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, circa 19435yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
A U.S. landing craft filled with troops for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. [Colorized]5yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics
Ordnancemen loading belted cartridges into SBD-3 at NAS Norfolk, Va. - September 1942.6yr ⋅ Hel0_ ⋅ r/wwiipics