A Japanese man rides his bike carrying Soba noodles on his shoulder in Tokyo, 1935, colourised.1yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This man wore a lucky horseshoe on his helmet. It turned out to actually be lucky, stopping a Japanese bullet and saving his life. The bullet would most probably have penetrated the helmet and killed him if the horseshoe hadn't been there. Okinawa, 1945.2yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Sergeant Waverly B. Woodson Jr. administered first aid to at least 200 men on Omaha Beach during D-Day while wounded with shrapnel. He was denied the Medal of Honour because he was black. Help me change that. Sources and extra information will be in comments.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
Sergeant Waverly B. Woodson Jr. administered first aid to at least 200 men on Omaha Beach during D-Day while wounded with shrapnel. He was denied the Medal of Honour because he was black.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
A Messerschmitt Bf-109 'Emil' in a wind tunnel in Germany, 1940. [1600x1209]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
US Troops hold up a captured Nazi flag and portrait of Hitler outside a cafe on Hohenzollernstraße in Munich, 22nd March 1945.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
This dog flew 12 combat missions, gained 8 battle stars, saved his owner from artillery fire, performed on live TV and more. Extra information in the comments, colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This man administered first aid to 200 men on Omaha Beach, whike bleeding from two wounds. He was denied the Medal of Honor because he was black. Help me change that, details and sources in comments.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/army
This man gave first aid to 200 men on Omaha Beach while bleeding from two wounds. He was denied the Medal of Honor because he waa black. Help me change that. Sources and details in comments.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/Military
USS Shaw, a Mahan-class destroyer, exploding in Pearl Harbour after a fire set aflame her forward magazine, detonating the ammunition inside. Colourised by me. [2048x1638]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
USS Lexington Exploding During the Battle of the Coral Sea, 8th May 1942. Colourised by me. [1600x1175]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Sergeant Waverly B. Woodson Jr. gave first aid to over 200 men on Omaha Beach while bleeding from the thigh and rear. He was denied the Medal of Honor because he was black. Help me change that.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/BlackLivesMatter
USS Tennessee providing covering fire for Marines and Infantry landing on Okinawa during Operation Iceberg, April 1st 1945. COlourised by me. [2048x1634]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
A member of the RAF holds up a bulletproof window from a captured Messerschmitt Bf-109. Colourised.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Searchlights pierce the sky over Gibraltar and anti-aircraft guns open fire into the night in a practice for an air-raid on the 20th November 1942. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A B-25B Mitchell launching from the deck of the USS Hornet (CV-8) during the Doolittle Raid on April 18th 1942. Colourised by me. [1200x806]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
IJN aircraft carrier Akagi at Kure Naval Arsenal in Japan while being built, 6 April 1925. Colourised by me. [2048 × 1341]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Canadian Infantry on an LCA (Landing Craft Assault) headed for Juno Beach, June 6th, 1944. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Private First Class Stands Guard Outside The Palace Of Justice In Nuremberg, November 1945. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
HMS Campbeltown After Being Rammed Into The Dry Dock At Saint Nazaire, 28th March, 1942. She Would Blow Up Soon After This Photo Was Taken, Destroying The Dry Dock Until 1948. Colourised by me. [1130x710]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
HMS Hood (with HMS Repulse trailing) off the coast of Adelaide, 1924. Colourised by me. [2048x1342]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Three B-17s flying in formation over Europe during WWII as seen through the cockpit window, date and location unknown. Colourised by me. [1080x1064]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
A worn out US infantryman works his way through the thick snow to assault a German machine gun position in the Ardennes, December 1944.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
The wind shifts and, for a moment, Saint Paul's Cathedral is visible through the smoke and flames engulfing London. 29th December, 1940. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Canadian Commando with a Lanchester SMG and bayonet. Date and location unknown. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A French Commando takes a German Heer infantryman prisoner (who's hiding in a ditch behind a shot up Citroen Traction 11CV) after a firefight in Belfort, France. 20th November, 1944.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Private Michael Swinkin, B Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, loaded up for the crossing of the Roer River near Kreuzau, Germany, 25th February 1945.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Swordfish L-9781 flying over her carrier, HMS Ark Royal, in 1939. Colourised by me. [1066x720]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was a medic and labded on Omaha Beach on June 6th 1944. He gave first aid to over 200 men while wounded, and worked for 30 hours straight. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Mrs M. Hale, whose husband is fighting in France, spends the day giving US soldiers tea and other refreshments in the road outside her house, and playing the accordian for all those who want to listen. June 22nd, 1944.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
German Heer Truppen run past a Norwegian House that's going up in flames, April 1940.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
HMS Duke of York in the Mediterranean Sea. Colourised by me, requested by u/frostedcat_74. [1300x100]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
HMS Revenge, Ramillies, Royal Sovereign, and Resolution, taken from sister HMS Royal Oak, circa 1930. Colourised by me. [900x720]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
The Michelin Man mascot Bibendum as characterised in the 1920s [1800x2500]2yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
5 British soldiers man a BL 6-inch Mk VII naval cannon on an extremely foggy day at Shornemead Fort in England, 1940-1941, after being scrambled to positions during a rehearsal for a pantomime they were putting on. [962x689]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
A Canadian soldier fires a captured Mp-40 into a ruined hous in Caen. Behind him is a dispatch rider, with another soldier and dispactch rider to the right. 10th July, 1944. Colourised.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
The airship Hindenburg exploding and crashing. Manchester, May 6th 1937, colourised.2yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Freddie Mercury performing in his famous yellow jacket at the Live Aid performance in Wembley, 13 July 1985. Photograph taken by Neal Preston [Colorized] [3710x2247]2yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A Gloster Gladiator from No. 521 (met) Squadron RAF takes off over a Triumph Gloria and a pilot at RAF Bircham Newton, sometime during the second world war. Editied and colourised from the original taken by Flight Officer J R Watkins (IWM) [1600x1208].1yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
A colourised rendition of Tiger 232 along with a second Tiger behind it (both part of the 505th Heavy Panzer Battalion), at Kursk, passing between a destroyed T-34 and what appears to be a BT-7. July 1943. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/DestroyedTanks
81 Years Ago Today: Men from the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment keeping watch in a trench at Rumegies, 22 January 1940. Taken by Lieutenant Davies and Lieutenant Kessell.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A trio of Revenge Class ships in heavy seas, 1936. Colourised by me. [1712x1258]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
The Firebombing of Dresden Ended 76 Years Ago Today. Here, the city is ablaze.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Lucy Smith and Pauline Ranken climb the Salisbury Crags cliff in large boots and dresses. Edinburgh, 1908, colourised. Harnesses were unavailable to the group, and ladies had to climb in dresses to remain 'decent.' Colourised photo.1yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
B-24H Extra Joker In Flames Over A Forest Near Turnitz, 23rd August 1944. Colourised by me, more info in comments.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
M4A3 with a T34 Calliope in France, sometime in autumn 1944. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/TankPorn
A battered HMS Terpsichore (D48) sails as lead destroyer in Task Group 38.3, August 1945. She is covered in her own fuel oil. They are preparing to provide air support for an early invasion of the Japanese home islands that will never come. [2048x1651]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
The OG r/suddenlygay crew. 14 October 1944, an American Sergeant lights his cigarette using a Chinese man's already lit cigarette2yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/SuddenlyGay
Duke of York just off Iceland, probably December 1943. Colourised by me. [1121x663]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Captain Sir Tom Moore Raised £30 Million For The NHS. He Died Today From Pneumonia After Testing Positive For COVID. He Was 100 Years Old.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
HMS Duke of York and HMS King George V moored in Scapa Flow, December 1941. Colourised by me. [1876x1425]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
During WWII, when radio silence needed to be observed, radio operators would use signal lamps to communicate with nearby aircraft while in flight. Here, a radio operator does this to tell an aircraft to maintain close formation. Colourised photo.2yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
A British soldier stands on guard under the morning sunrise in Pozieres, France, 1915.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WWIpics
A Corporal, out of ammunition and has lost all but two of his squad, cries in frustration and anger. 1950, taken by David Douglas Duncan. [Colorized] [2648x3600]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
P-38 Lightning test-firing its .50 calibre machine guns, loaded with tracer shells every 5 bullets. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Hawker Hurricanes at Hawkinge, 29th July 1940. Colourised by me, more info in comments. [2048x1151]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
Unidentified Australian soldiers from the 5th Infantry Division have a smoke break on the side of Montauban road, near Mametz, while en route to the trenches, December 1916.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WWIpics
The Victory Corps provided rifle training to High School girls in the US during WWII. Roosevelt High School, August 1942, Colourised photo.2yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
US Infantry secure their perimeter at dawn during the Battle of Bougainville, following Japanese infiltrations the night before. They are accompanied by an M4 Sherman called 'Lucky Legs' II. Colourised by me. [2048x1433]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
The Luftwaffe used wind tunnels during the Second World War. Here, A Messerschmitt Bf-109 E is being tested aerodynamically. More information in comments.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Because he was such an awful human being. Is that the answer you wanted?3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/InsanePeopleQuora
An Avro Lancaster B Mk III from 619 Squadron of the RAF (based at Coningsby, Lincolnshire) in flight. Photo taken by Flight Lieutenant Devon S A. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/aviation
A Panzerkampfwagon (PzKpW) IV Ausf. G and a Sd.Kfz.263 Funkspahwagon on a snow covered road in winter, 1943.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A Wehrmacht Heer soldier eats his toast and is armed with a butter knife, and an MG-42 (with a Stielhandgranate lying close by). Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
General Patton Aboard USS Augusta Before Operation Torch, Oct-Nov 1942. He died 75 years ago today. Colourised by me. [1611x2048]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Smoky the Yorkshire Terrier sitting inside an M1 Steelpot during WWII. Details about Smoky in the description, colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
US Infantry secure their perimeter at dawn during the Battle of Bougainville, following Japanese infiltrations the night before. They are accompanied by an M4 Sherman called 'Lucky Legs' II. Colourised by me. [2048x1433]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/TankPorn
A C-47 Skytrain/Dakota on the runway at Gibraltar during WWII. Searchlights pierce the sky behind her. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A Wehrmacht soldier eats his toast and is armed with a butter knife, and an MG-42 (with a Stielhandgranate lying close by). Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A German soldier poking out of a hole cut through the side of a Russian plane.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A colourised rendition of Tiger 232 along with a second Tiger behind it (both part of the 505th Heavy Panzer Battalion), at Kursk, passing between a destroyed T-34 and what appears to be a BT-7. July 1943. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/TankPorn
Canadian Infantry on an LCA (Landing Craft Assault) headed for Juno Beach from H.M.C.S Prince Henry, June 6th, 1944. Colourised by me. [2048x1570]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Three GIs from the 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, force their way into a house where several snipers are reported to be. Two of them have rifle grenades attached to their barrel. Stavelot, Belgium, December 24th 1944.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
German Heer gather round a Steyr 1500A Light Truck, during the invasion of Poland. 1939. Colourised.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
r/WarshipPorn, I need your help! Here's a photo of the Ark Royal for context. Colourised by me. [1190x910]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Happy New Year! Pelorus Jack the Pug inside the barrel of a 12-inch gun on HMS New Zealand, 1913. [2048x1476]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
The US Fleet at Pearl Harbor under a sunset, September 1940. Colourised by me. [960x528]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
A Finnish junior sergeant fires a captured Soviet anti-tank rifle PTRD-41 on the eve of an armistice between the USSR and Finland. Uuksujarvi, Russia, on the 3rd September, 1944. Photo taken by Esko Toyri, photo provided by SA-Kuva, the Finnish Military Archives.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Some crewmates of the USCG Cutter Spencer watching as depth charges explode around U-175, 500 nautical miles West-South-West of Ireland, 17th April 1943. Photo taken by Jack January. Colourised by me. [Colorized]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
British Infantry stopping for tea in the Monte Cassino area, 5th April 1944. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
USS Nevada fires her forward 14 inch guns at targets on Utah Beach, June 6th 1944. Colourised by me. [1500x1176]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
A Focke Wulf FW-190 of JG 54 taking off from.a snow covered airfield. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
A Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter being put into a wind tunnel at the “Hermann Goering” Aviation Research Institute, Braunschweig, Germany, 1940.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
An aerial view of Dresden as it burns. The bombing of Dresden ended 76 years ago today. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Vertical photo-reconnaissance aerial, taken from 8,500 feet, showing the German battleship Tirpitz surrounded by repair vessels (left), and the floating workshop Neumark (right), both moored behind double torpedo booms in Kaafjord, Norway. Taken by Fl.Lt Dodd and Fl.Sgt Hill [3185x2160]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
A Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 piloted by Lt Wilhelm Fronhofer from 9./JG 26 crashed in a British field and is being inspected by 3 British infantrymen. 31st August 1940. Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Austin Wah, a US Navy Talker, sporting the Mk II Talker helmet, while on the USS Breese, in June, 1945. More infornation in comments. Colourised by me. [4096x2742]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
General Patton Aboard USS Augusta Before Operation Torch, Oct-Nov 1942. He died 75 years ago today. Colourised by me. [1611x2048]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Erwin Rommel Inspecting The Atlantic Wall, December 1943. Colourised by me, details about Rommel in the comments.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A German U-Boat being bombarded from the air, supposedly by a US carrier aircraft. Colourised by me. [1031x828]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
The Process of Colourising Skin. Top-to-bottom, left-to-right. Details in a comment.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This was chilling on my wall. Do you know what it is? For context: photo taken in Romania2yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/whatsthisbug
Watching CallMeKevin suffer through the Chaos mod is the best cure to COVID-19 I could have asked for.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/CallMeKevin
This man won a Medal of Honor for single handedly delaying Chinese forces from overwhelming his company after being shot at least 10 times. Details in the comments.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
After holding a position during a German counterattack in the woods overnight (near Wiltz, Luxembourg), three US Army Combat Engineers of B Company, 101st Engineers emerge for a rest. Taken 14th January 1945. Colourised by me. [2048x1300] [Colorized]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An unnamed SS man wearing an M38 Platanenmuster (plane tree pattern) smock over his uniform. This camouflage smock was the first recorded use of dots in a camouflage pattern.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
29 year old 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 1945.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
General Patton Aboard USS Augusta Before Operation Torch, Oct-Nov 1942. He died 75 years ago today. Colourised by me. [Colorized] [1611x2048]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A US Marine, probably on Saipan, gives a blank stare into the camera. Colourised.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A ship exploding in an Atlantic convoy, during the Battle of the Atlantic. [1280x757]3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Australian soldiers of the 2/23 Battalion manning a Bren Light Machine Gun just 400 yards away from the enemy. 1941.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/Afrikakorps
A US soldiers with an M1 Garand makes his way to attack a German MG post in the Ardennes, 1944.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/ww2
My school, which hasn't been having full days or serving food, hasn't erased the menu from the last full day of school.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
