Incredible Photos of ‘The Battle of Manila’ by Carl Mydans
This post was originally published on this site‘The Battle of Manila’ (3 February – 3 March 1945) was a major battle of the Philippine campaign […]
World War II
25 Color Photographs Capture the Fall of Paris in 1940
This post was originally published on this siteOn June 14, 1940, Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a […]
The British Pet Massacre of World War II
This post was originally published on this siteThe British pet massacre was an event in 1939 in the United Kingdom where over 750,000 pets were […]
The Most Touching Video Ever: Watch a Man Be Surprised by a Room Full of People He Rescued During the Holocaust
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1938, Sir Nicholas Winton brought Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia to safety in the UK. Fifty years […]
Wall of Suitcases in Poland of Those Sent to Concentration Camps During World War II
This post was originally published on this siteA wall of suitcases, symbolizing the deportation of Jews to death camps, forms part of a permanent exhibition […]
36 Incredible Then-and-Now Photos Show How Norwich Has Changed From the Norwich Blitz
This post was originally published on this siteThe Norwich Blitz refers to the heavy bombing of Norwich and surrounding area by the German Luftwaffe during […]
Norway After Liberation: Historical Photos of German Prisoners of War in Norway, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteThe German occupation of Norway began on 9 April 1940 after German forces invaded the neutral Scandinavian country […]
Captured German Kar98k Rifles at Stavanger, Norway, After the Surrender of Germany in 1945
This post was originally published on this siteStoreroom at Solar aerodrome, Stavanger, holding some of the estimated 30,000 rifles taken from German forces in Norway […]
In 1935, Hessy Levinsons Was Selected as “the Most Beautiful Aryan Baby” by the Nazis. She Was Actually Jewish!
This post was originally published on this siteHessy Levinsons Taft (born Hessy Levinsons; May 17, 1934), a German Jew, was featured as an infant in […]
Photographs of Excited Dutch Boys Hanging on a Moving Train After the Liberation, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1945, photographer Menno Huizinga took these photos of excited Dutch boys hanging on the door of a […]
Shoot Around the Corner: The Krummlauf, a Gun With Bent-Barrel
This post was originally published on this siteThe Krummlauf (English: “curved barrel”) is a bent barrel attachment for the Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle developed by […]
Vintage Photos of Japanese-American Life After the War in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteOn February 19, 1942, shortly after Imperial Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed […]
Vintage Photos of British Army and Royal Navy Celebrating Christmas in World War II
This post was originally published on this siteChristmas is one of the few times during the whole year people briefly pause their busy life to […]
Lee Miller and David Scherman: The Photographers Who Took a Bath in Hitler’s Apartment
This post was originally published on this siteOn April 30, 1945, photojournalists David E. Scherman and Lee Miller produced one of the most controversial photographic […]
Pictures of Veronica Foster – Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl and the Beautiful Woman War Worker of Canada in World War II
This post was originally published on this siteVeronica Foster (January 2, 1922 – May 4, 2000), popularly known as “Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl”, was […]
Women Testing the Guns They Made for World War II at the Inglis Munitions Plant in Ontario, Canada, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteTen pretty girls, all workers at the John Inglis Co. plant, line up with 10 Bren guns built […]
Miss War Worker Beauty Contest in Toronto, Canada, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteOn July 18, 1942, more than 100 contestants from Canada’s major military manufacturing plants vied for the title […]
A Soldier’s Face After Four Years of War, 1941-1945
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1941, Evgeny Stepanovich Kobytev was a young man ready to start his creative life as an artist […]
Sharing Bananas With a Goat During the Battle of Saipan, ca. 1944
This post was originally published on this siteA lovely photo of marine First Sergeant Neil I. Shober of Fort Wayne, Indiana, sharing the spoils of […]
Rare Photographs of 18-Year-Old Ernest Hemingway in Italy During World War I
This post was originally published on this siteIn the winter and spring of 1918, Ernest Hemingway churned out several feature stories for The Kansas City […]
The Story of August Landmesser, the Lone German Who Refused to Give a Nazi Salute on June 13, 1936
This post was originally published on this siteOn June 13, 1936, the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany held a ceremony to launch its […]
Incredible Vintage Photos of Belfast During German Air Raids in 1941
This post was originally published on this siteBelfast is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan […]
Vintage Photos Capture Farewell Scenes at Penn Station in WWII
This post was originally published on this siteAt the height of the Second World War, in April 1943, LIFE photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt came to Penn […]
British Baby Gas Masks From World War II
This post was originally published on this siteThese masks looks like deep-sea diving helmets but are in fact gas masks for babies, dating from World […]
As the Allies Approached Berlin, Citizens Did Their Best to Take Care of Berlin Zoo’s Animals
This post was originally published on this siteOpened on 1 August 1844, the Zoologischer Garten Berlin was the first zoo in Germany. The aquarium opened […]