WWII G.I Waiting at Bus Stop With His Girlfriend to Go Off to Fight the War
This post was originally published on this siteAccording to his granddaughter, he returned home. “The sassy woman in the saddle shoes is my grandma Lois.” […]
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20 Candid Vintage Photographs That Show German Soldiers Using Latrines During World War I
This post was originally published on this siteSoldiers lived in the trenches when fighting during World War I, it was muddy, noisy and pretty basic. […]
Incredible Colorized Photos of Ireland’s Civil War (1923-24)
This post was originally published on this siteThe Irish Civil War was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment […]
36 Most Amazing Spy Gadgets From the Cold War Era
This post was originally published on this siteCold war era is Famous for the espionage and spying operations by the world’s two biggest spy organizations […]
30 Portrait Photos of Beautiful Women of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps During Vietnam War
This post was originally published on this siteThe history of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) in Vietnam began in April, 1956 when three Army nurses […]
Portraits of U.S. Army Nurse Joan McDermott During Her Time in Vietnam War in the Late 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteJoan McDermott attended Walther Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago to become a registered nurse when she […]
Christmas Truce 1914: Amazing Photos of British and German Troops Meeting in No Man’s Land During the Western Front
This post was originally published on this siteLate on Christmas Eve 1914, men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) heard German troops in the trenches […]
How Could Slovenian Fighter Albina Mali-Hočevar Look Before the Wound
This post was originally published on this siteAlbina Mali-Hočevar was an extremely brave Slovenian anti-fascist resistance fighter and national hero, who was wounded three times […]
Photos of Soviet Withdrawal From Afghanistan in 1989
This post was originally published on this siteThe final and complete withdrawal of Soviet combatant forces from Afghanistan began on 15 May 1988 and ended […]
50 Amazing Vintage Portrait Photos of British Army Soldiers From the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe British Army during the Victorian era served through a period of great technological and social change. Queen […]
56 Haunting Photos of World War II Taken by James Allison
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s hard to imagine what World War II was really like if you were born long after it […]
Touching Picture of American Soldiers Paying Tribute to All the Horses That Lost Their Life in World War I
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s not just human soldiers who fought for their country. Millions of horses and other animals also served […]
Pancho Villa Expedition: Rare and Amazing Photographs From the 1916 Mexican Border Campaign
This post was originally published on this siteAt 2:30 on 9 March 1916, several hundred troops under the command of Francisco “Pancho” Villa crossed the […]
23 Candid Color Snapshots of Vietnamese Bar Girls During the Vietnam War
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Vietnam War, a whole sex industry sprung up around American servicemembers. Prostitutes would congregate at bars […]
22 Rare Photographs That Capture the Brutal Life of American Troops During the Battle of Buna-Gona
This post was originally published on this siteFrom mid-November 1942 to the end of January 1943 the Australians and the Americans reduced the Japanese base […]
27 Amazing Color Photographs That Capture U.S Nuclear Tests From the Mid-1940s to the Early 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteNuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield, and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. […]
French Man Found a Box of 35mm Film Rolls in the Trash That Capture Life Inside Nazi POW Camp for Polish Officers
This post was originally published on this siteIt was a winter night in 1999 and Olivier Rempfer, then 19, was walking back to his town […]
"Three Dead Americans on the Beach at Buna" – The First Image of Dead U.S Troops to Appear in Media During WWII
This post was originally published on this sitePhoto That Was Hard to Get Published, but Even Harder to Get LIFE photojournalist George Strock captured an […]
15 Found Photos That Show Pin-up Bombshell Nose Art of World War II Bombers
This post was originally published on this siteThe inscription of art work on military planes dates to World War I, when paintings were usually extravagant […]
D-Day in Color: Stunning Retouched Photos of Brave Allied Troops Landing Normandy Beaches in June, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteSome 156,000 Allied troops landed on five Normandy beaches during the operation on June 6, 1944, which would […]
Breathtaking Colorized Photos Show the Horror of the War in the Pacific During World War II
This post was originally published on this siteStunning photos of the US Army during the War in the Pacific have been brought to life through […]
Fearful 16-Year-Old German Soldier Crying Tears of Defeat, After Being Captured by the US 9th Army in Germany, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteA sixteen-year old German anti aircraft soldier of the Hitler Youth, Hans-Georg Henke, taken prisoner in the state […]
Faces From the Front: Incredible Before and After Photos Show World War I Soldiers’ Horrific Facial Injuries
This post was originally published on this siteThese incredible before and after photographs show how British and French soldiers had to have their faces completely […]
24 Rare Studio Portraits of Union and Confederate Soldiers With Their Friends During the American Civil War
This post was originally published on this sitePhotographs of soldiers during the Civil War (1861-1865) were very popular. These ambrotypes and tintypes, and small card […]
A German WWII Prisoner Is Reunited With His Daughter for the First Time Since She Was 1 Year Old, 1956
This post was originally published on this siteHelmuth Pirath, the winner of World Press Photo in 1956 captured the most touching moment when a German […]