Woman in white bathing suit on beach wearing big straw hat. 03 August, 1938. Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Swedish high jumper Gunhild Larking from the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, from archives of LIFE Magazine1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Young Brigitte Bardot visits Pablo Picasso at his studio near Cannes, 19564yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
On the set of the film “Alexander Nevsky” by Sergei Eisenstein, 19381yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Baron Rothschild and his brother Leopold de Rothschild (in top hat), 19061yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Comedian and entertainer Lucille Ball applies makeup for a performance in her dressing room. 19341yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The painter Xavier Martinez works on a portrait of his friend Jack London, 1905. This painting disappeared in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.2yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Amelia Earhart, Ruth Nichols and Louise Thaden at the National Air Races, Los-Angeles, 19332yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Marcel Pliat, 1916, the only black man to serve in the Russian Imperial Air Force during World War I2yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Phone in the trench, 1915, WW1, 4th battery of the 10th Artillery Brigade of the Western Front, Imperial Russian Army2yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Pauline Cushman (1833-1893), American Actress and Spy for Union Army during American Civil War, Mathew Brady Studio, 18641yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Yma Sumac, Peruvian Singer, Date taken: August 8, 1950, Photographer: Peter Stackpole1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Cheng Benhua being prepared for execution, Anhui Province, China, Apr 19382mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ImperialJapanPics
Virginia, Army of the Potomac Headquarters Captain Harry Page, Quartermaster. The Halt. May 18641yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Joseph Goebbels (center) at the porcelain exhibition at the National Museum in Krakow 1934. Next to him are museum director Felix Koper (left) and director of the Krakow propaganda bureau Tadeusz Spalkowski (right).2yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Transformation of Fritzes. WW2 poster by Kukryniksy (artist's trio: KUpriyanov, KRYlov, NIKolay Sokolov). 19421yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
James Willis, Senior Riding instructor at the St. Petersburg Officer Cavalry School from 1898 to 19092yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
March 27, 1933: George Bernard Shaw, Marion Davies, Louis B Mayer and Clark Gable2yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
20th February 1946: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (1900 - 2002), accompanied by the two Princesses, in the royal box for the re-opening of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. They are watching a performance of Sleeping Beauty by the Sadler's Wells Ballet company.2yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Rudolph Virchow, German anatomist and anthropologist, Director of the Pathological Institute of Berlin, shown lecturing - for the 200th birthday of Rudolf Virchow (13 October 1821 - 5 September 1902)2yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A.P. Chekhov reading his play The Seagull to the artists of the Moscow Art Theater, 18991yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Soviet soldiers inspect the downed Japanese plane. Mongolia, Khalkhin Gol, 19392yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Siege (battle) of Leningrad: German sentinel next to a sign post 'Where the german soldier stands is germany' 01.dec.19412mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Singer Anastasia Vyaltseva, St. Petersburg, 1910. Photo by studio Renz and Schrader1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Soviet village is set on fire during the German advance, photographed on October 28, 19411yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
A frontline encounter. Father and daughter met at the front in 1944. Tatyana Koneva, combat medic of an artillery regiment, with her father. Photo by Nikolay Shestakov.1mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Cast members of The Great Ziegfeld on a beach from left to right: Wanda Perry, Bonnie Bannon, Monica Bannister, Claire Manners, Frances McInerny, Mary Lange and Claire Owens2yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Unknown lieutenant, graduate of the Guards Artillery Corps of Pages in everyday uniform. Atelier A. Renz and F. Schrader. Imperial Russia, 190411mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Daguerreotype of Passed Midshipman Kidder Randolph Breese, U.S.N., c. 1852 wearing his naval officers uniform with arms crossed, Breese was on the Perry expedition, during the Civil War served at New Orleans, Vicksburg, Ft. Fischer, and later at the Naval Academy2yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A soviet armored division receiving operational orders prior to the final battle in Berlin, Germany, 19451yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov among relatives and friends in the courtyard of his house on Sadovo-Kudrinskaya Street. Spring 1890.9mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Soviet flamethrower soldiers fight for the city of Kustrin 03/12/1945. Photo by A. Kapustyansky4mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
A unit of anti-tank rifles prepares to repel an enemy tank counterattack near Ivangorod. 1944. Photo by I. Fetisov2mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soviet submachine gunners among the destroyed houses during the battle of Stalingrad, 1942. Photo by Zelma1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ 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
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
Imperial Russia. Smolny Institute for Education of Noble Maidens, ca. 1913. Photo by Karl Bulla8mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Red Army wireman Lipovka M.I. at work in the territory recaptured from the Germans. Photo: Strunnikov1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Meeting of Marshal Rokossovsky and Marshal Montgomery, surrounded by military. Germany. May 10, 1945. Photographer Bilenko Alexei Mikhailovich.5mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
The 3rd Ukrainian Front. Barricade on a street in Vienna. April 1945. Photo by Olga Lander1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
A lieutenant (full name not identified) loading a 120-mm regimental mortar with a mine with the inscription: Death to Hitler! 19457mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Months before the WW2 began: Feb 1939, Heinrich Himmler and Kordian Zamorski in Warsaw. In Warsaw Himmler met with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Assistant Under Secretary of State (Arciszewski)1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
78 years ago, on April 30, 1945, Soviet soldiers hoisted the Banner of Victory over the Reichstag1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Stalingrad, January 1943. Lieutenant V. Zhivago's machine-gun crew in action. The inscription on the wall reads, If you want victory, ruthlessly destroy fascist invaders. Photo by Georgi Zelma1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Soviet Army girl on traffic duty in the Unter den Linden in Berlin chats with a British soldier during the Allied occupation of the city. July 19451yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Estonia - Cheering population in Tallinn when German troops enter. August 19411yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
This huge pile of German helmets surrounded by Nazi guns and equipment that was captured by the Red Army in the Battle of Leningrad, was just one part of the great exhibition called, Heroic Defense of Leningrad, which opened in Leningrad.1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Grigori Rasputin, Bishop Hermogen and Hieromonk Iliodor in Tsaritsyn, 1909 [1509x1708](colorized)8yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
100th anniversary of Richard Wagner, born 22 Mai 1813. Portrait in Munich 1865. Photographer Franz von Hanfstaeng1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Heavy tanks of Soviet troops advance west along the forest roads of Latvia, forcing water barriers, 19442yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
The command of the 3rd shock army, whose troops hoisted the Banner of Victory over the Reichstag. From left to right: Litvinov A.I., Kuznetsov V.I., between them Major General Bukshtynovich.1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Some Volunteers Of Schutzstaffel (S.S.) Of Bosnian Origin Reading A Brochure About Distinctions Between Islam And Judaism On December 20, 19431yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Reichsfuehrer-SS Heinrich Himmler and his entourage visit a POW camp while on a tour of the Eastern Front. The officer second to the right of Himmler is his Chief of Staff, Karl Wolff. Photographer: Walter Frentz, August 1941, Minsk, USSR1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Annexation / Anschluss of Austria, the local population greeting at Adolf Hitler's convoy - March 1938 - Published in: '12 Uhr' 31.03.1938 - Photographer: Presse-Illustrationen Heinrich Hoffmann Vinta8mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soviet submachine gunners among the destroyed houses during the battle of Stalingrad, 1942. Photo by G. Zelma11mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ww2
A Gate of Honour for Hitler that residents of an Ukrainian village had erected after the invasion of the German army (the inscription reads Heil Hitler And His Brave Soldiers Liberators Of The Ukraine1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Worker and supervisor, car factory, Moscow, USSR, 1954 [1880x2820](colorized)9yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
German prisoners of war are attacked by the angry French population - August 19441yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Nikolay Vatutin, commander of the Soviet forces that liberated Kyiv in 19431yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Another city is taken by the Red Army. Berdichev is liberated. Photo by Ustinov A.V. 19441yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Peace Conference, Munich, Septemebr 1938: Left to right: Neville Chamberlain (Britain) Edouard Daladier (France) Adolph Hitler (Germany) Benito Mussolini (Italy) and Count Ciano (Italy)1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Red Army soldiers distributing bread to Berlin residents after Germany's surrender1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Performers of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the 2nd Belorussian front at the Reichstag. 1945.1mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament. A.A. Alekhine (Russia), Jose Raul Capablanca (Cuba), F. Marschall (USA); in the foreground: Emanuel Lasker (l) and S.Tarrasch (Germany)- 21.04.-22.05.1914 (colorized)2mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/chess
Soviet soldiers in a beer garden (Biergarten) in Vienna, Austria. 1945. Photo by Ivan Shagin8mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
The offensive operation in the direction of Oryol. Women's bath and clothing unit at work. Thousands of sets of soldiers' underwear were washed by female toilers on the front. 11.08.1943. Photo by Vasily Savransky11mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Eastern front - German railroad low loaders with brand new tanks (pzkpfw IV) on the way to the front. 19431yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
German self-propelled gun of the Ferdinand type, knocked out on July 6, 19431yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Russian forced laborers who are to be taken to Germany at the Kovel train station. Winter 19421yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev, born on 14 June 1871, a Russian weapons designer11mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/WorldWar2
Frederick Oliver Robinson, 2nd Marquis of Ripon & (Constance) Gladys, Marchioness of Ripon when Earl and Countess de Grey4yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/Colorization
Ivan Gavrish, commander of a platoon of anti-tank rifles of the 1118th rifle regiment of the 333rd rifle division of the 6th army of the 3rd Ukrainian front, sergeant. Photo by D. Baltermants1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/WorldWar2
On the right in the photo is Ilyin Nikolai Yakovlevich, sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union. He was killed in action on August 4, 1943. He finished with a totally of 494, making him one of the best snipers of WW2.6mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
A pretty lady from St. Petersbourg. Photo by Carl Bergamasco. 1870s3mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Soviet sniper Maxim Passar. 237 confirmed Kills. Stalingrad, October 1942. Photo by Podshivalov11mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/WorldWar2
The southern front, soviet anti-tank riflemen firing at enemy tanks, june 19421yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
2nd Belorussian Front. Nazi soldiers surrender. East Prussia, March 1945. Photo by Alpert9mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soviet soldiers and chief of medical service of Berlin police, Major General Karl Emil Wrobel. He was taken prisoner on May 2, 1945. In the background is Lt. Alexei Berest, the junior sergeant in the middle is a soldier of his unit.8mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Soviet paratroopers in the enemy's rear, sappers placing mines under railway track, January 19421yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
Yakov Tolstobrov (1905-1986), Guards senior sergeant, commander of the machine gun squad of the 5th Warsaw Motorcycle Regiment, Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory7mo ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
March 22 is the anniversary of one of the most monstrous crimes of the Nazis: on this day in 1943, the Belorussian village of Khatyn was burned along with the inhabitants - 149 local residents were burned alive and shot (75 of them were children). Gregory Vasyura - the executioner of Khatyn.1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/wwiipics
