Jakob Nacken, the tallest German soldier of Second World War, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteOn one side towered a 7ft 3in (2.21m) German man mountain who quit his job with an American […]
World War Two
The men of Easy Company at Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest”, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteToward the end of World War II, American soldiers of Easy Company were assigned to occupation duty in […]
The weird side of World War Two, 1939-1945
This post was originally published on this siteThese images are part of the book Weird War Two, a book from the Imperial War Museums that […]
The raids and brutal reprisals of World War Two, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteThe events of 1942 were crucial in the way that World War Two played out. The first Americans […]
When Queen Elizabeth was a truck mechanic, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteAt the outbreak of World War II in 1939, many close to the British royal family wanted the […]
The Italian Campaign and the Road to Rome in rare color photos, 1943-1945
This post was originally published on this siteThe Italian Campaign of World War II was the name of the Allied operations in and around Italy […]
Kyra Petrovskaya: Soviet sniper girl and survivor the Siege of Leningrad, 1940-1980
This post was originally published on this siteThe Soviet sniper girl Kyra PetrovskayaKyra was born in 1918 on the coast of the Black Sea in […]
World War II: The bloody war spreads around the globe, 1940-1941
This post was originally published on this siteOn April 9, 1940, Germany simultaneously invaded Norway and occupied Denmark, and the war began in earnest. On […]
The Navajo Code Talkers and their unbreakable code, 1942-1945
This post was originally published on this siteEvery war combatant highly appreciated the need for an unbreakable code that would help them communicate while protecting […]
Fashion and style in World War II, 1939-1945
This post was originally published on this siteLet’s imagine that World War II wasn’t about invading countries, killing people and achieving world domination. Instead, it […]
The deadly Soviet women snipers, 1941-1945
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Second World War, the Soviet Union used more women in combat than any other country. Hundreds […]
Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Campaign in rare pictures, 1942-1943
This post was originally published on this siteThe Battle of Midway was a turning point in the Pacific War. Before the Battle of the Coral […]
The Miracle of Dunkirk in rare pictures, 1940
This post was originally published on this siteDunkirk was the largest of the multiple evacuations of British, French and Belgian troops from Northern France following […]
The attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective, 1941
This post was originally published on this siteBy the time the first Japanese bomber appeared over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, tensions between Japan […]
France in the Final Year of World War I, 1918
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s 1918 and France was caught in the final year of World War I. American photographer Lewis Hine […]
A young woman writing a thank you note to her boyfriend in the Navy for the skull of a Japanese soldier that he sent, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteA rare and disturbing picture, so much about this it’s still a mystery. We don’t know what became […]
After the devastating World War II, 1945-1947
This post was originally published on this siteAt the end of the war, millions of people were dead and millions homeless, the European economy had […]
The propaganda posters that sold World War I to the American public, 1914-1918
This post was originally published on this siteThe United States entered World War I in 1917 as an associated power on the allied side of […]
This Japanese-American fighting unit was one of WWII’s most decorated, 1943-1945
This post was originally published on this siteAfter the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, many Americans were distrusting and fearful of Japanese-Americans […]
The Allied Invasion of Europe, 1943-1945
This post was originally published on this siteStarting with the Invasion of Sicily in July of 1943, and culminating in the June 6, 1944, D-Day […]
The Invasion of Poland in pictures, 1939
This post was originally published on this siteOn September 1, 1939, the world was shocked as Nazi troops invaded Poland. Tensions soared in Europe, and […]
Sleeping with the enemy: Collaborator girls of the German-occupied Europe, 1940-1944
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s 1942 and the Germans occupy and dominate the vast majority of Europe. They were there, on the […]
A stranded Dutch warship evaded the enemy by disguising itself as an island, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteIn February 1942, in the midst of World War II, the Japanese fleet completely wrecked a combined Dutch-American-Australian-British […]
Germans at Stalingrad, 1942-1943
This post was originally published on this siteIn June 1941 Hitler ordered a surprise invasion of the Soviet Union, and for most of the next […]
Tank factories of the Second World War, 1940-1945
This post was originally published on this siteThe story of the tank began in World War I, when armoured all-terrain fighting vehicles were first deployed […]