World War II at Home in Britain Through Breathtaking Historical Photographs
This post was originally published on this siteWhen Britain went to war on 3 September 1939 there was none of the ‘flag-waving patriotism’ of August […]
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Cycling on the Streets of Paris Under Nazi Occupation in 1942
This post was originally published on this siteThese photographs were taken by André Zucca in Paris while the city was occupied by the Germans during […]
The London Milkman: The Story Behind One of the Most Iconic Images of the Blitz
This post was originally published on this siteAs photography had become part of people’s daily lives during the inter-war period, numerous iconic images were taken […]
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 […]
38 Amateur Photos That Capture Daily Life of Paris Under Nazi Occupation
This post was originally published on this siteParis started mobilizing for war in September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, but the war seemed far […]
Amazing Photos of African American Women at Work During World War II
This post was originally published on this siteAmerican women have participated in defense of this nation in both war and peacetime. Their contributions, however, have […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Shocking Photos Show How French Women Were Punished by Shaving Their Head to Publicly for Collaborating With Nazis
This post was originally published on this siteAt the end of World War II, many French people accused of collaboration with Germany endured a particularly […]
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 […]
A Couple Sleeping in a Morrison Shelter Used as Protection From Collapsing Homes During the WWII ‘Blitz’ Bombing Raids
This post was originally published on this siteMorrison shelters were a way of protecting people from in their own homes from falling bombs. This was […]
Rare Photographs Capture the Moment Some of the Nazis’ Most Notorious Murderers Were Brought to Justice, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteThese rare photos show some of the world’s most infamous monsters just moments after their reign of terror […]
Breathtaking Photos Showing the Moment World War I Ended in Color For the First Time
This post was originally published on this siteBreathtaking photos showing the agony and ecstasy of the end of the First World War have been brought […]
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 […]
The Dancer in Birkenau: Meet the Polish-Jewish Ballerina Who Shot Nazis on Her Way to the Gas Chamber
This post was originally published on this siteMore a certainty than a legend, a woman killed a Nazi guard at Birkenau while she was ordered […]