(May 1943) General Dwight Eisenhower, PM Winston Churchill, & Lt. General Omar Bradley try their marksmanship with M1 carbines at a camp in England.4yr ⋅ SonderStudent613 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
(June 1942) An Italian Alpino mountain infantryman in Russia. These Italian mountain divisions were tasked with holding a front on the plains of the Don River. Aside from the eastern front, they saw combat in France, North Africa, Albania, Yugoslavia, and Greece.4yr ⋅ SonderStudent613 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
(March 1944) An Indian solider returns from a successful sniping expedition in Burma.4yr ⋅ SonderStudent613 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
(April 1945) U.S. troops occupy the city of Suhl, where the massive Haenel arms factory was producing the Sturmgewehr. By June, American forces had left Suhl, leaving the Soviet Red Army to take control of the area.4yr ⋅ SonderStudent613 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
(10 May 1941) Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland claiming he bears a peace plan. He is imprisoned in Buchanan Castle, then in the Tower of London, and finally in a villa in South Wales. He is later tried with Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg (Oct 1945). Pictured is his Messerschmitt wreckage.4yr ⋅ SonderStudent613 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
