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V-Mail: The WWII program that scanned letters onto microfilm, 1942-1945

April 14, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War II, letters were essential for soldiers and sailors stationed overseas. The average soldier wrote six […]

The German occupation of Czechoslovakia in rare photographs, 1938-1939

March 12, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteAfter Germany’s annexation of Austria in March 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain traveled twice to the continent hoping […]

Incredible color photos show the women railroad workers who mobilized the American war effort, 1943

March 3, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War II, America’s railroads were an important part of the war effort and it’s estimated that […]

Photographs from the surplus vehicle boneyards of World War Two, 1945-1948

January 29, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen World War II ended in 1945, the industrial war machine did not stop overnight. Estimates of the […]

Haunting pictures of Londoners sheltering in the Underground during World War II, 1940-1941

January 9, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Second World War, Londoners of all classes flocked to Underground platforms to keep themselves safe from […]

Vintage color photos show WWII air cadets in training at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, 1942

January 2, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis collection of photos from Naval Air Station Corpus Christi during World War II shows the American war […]

Women workers of World War II: These color photos show the real-life Rosie the Riveters, 1941-1943

December 18, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteMore so than any war in history, World War II was a woman’s war. Women, motivated by patriotism, […]

Harlem Hellfighters: Rare photographs of the African American regiment renowned for courage despite prejudice, 1917-1918

December 13, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Hellfighters, the infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard, was the most celebrated African American […]

D-Day: The Normandy landings through rare photographs, 1944

December 9, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe D-Day Invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, was an immense undertaking involving nearly 6,939 Allied ships, […]

When Hitler’s nephew moved to America and joined the US Navy to fight his uncle, 1911-1947

December 8, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteWilliam Patrick Stuart-Houston (né Hitler), son of Alois Hitler Jr, was the half-nephew of Adolf Hitler. He was […]

These color photos capture the newly-recruited tank crews training at Fort Knox, 1942

November 20, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1942, Office of War Information photographer Alfred T. Palmer visited Fort Knox and captured these spectacular photos […]

These photos follow the journey of an average young man into a skilled and disciplined soldier, 1942

November 14, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring the early years of World War II, various initiatives were undertaken by the US government in order […]

Color photos of the French army during the Great War, 1914-1918

July 28, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese color photos document life in the French army during World War One, and the destruction of towns […]

British soldiers manning anti-aircraft guns in women’s clothes, 1940

July 7, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese photographs were taken in 1940 by John Topham while he was visiting the base of the Royal […]

A photographic album of Polish pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain, 1940-1943

January 19, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteBy the outbreak of the Second World War, Poland’s Military Aviation, quite commonly and incorrectly called the Polish […]

When people scrapped metals to help the war effort, 1942

December 22, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Second World War, the United States government encouraged the American people to participate in scrap drives, […]

Auschwitz Guards: The faces that oversaw a genocide, 1940-1945

December 14, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese mugshots of Auschwitz guards were published by Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance and you can see the […]

Rebuilding Dresden after the horrific firebombing at the end of World War Two, 1945-1970

November 18, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the final winter of World War II, the eastern German city of Dresden was reduced to rubble, […]

When European refugees fled to Egypt, 1944

October 27, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen the Germans and their allies invaded Southeastern Europe, a large number of civilians (over 40,000) escaped from […]

When New Yorkers heard about the D-Day invasion, 1944

October 16, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteBy the time the sun rose in New York City on the morning of June 6, 1944, the […]

Everyday life on a Navy ship, 1942-1945

October 8, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1942, shortly after the US entry into the war, the Navy established a special group called the […]

Rare color photos from the Second World War, 1941-1945

September 30, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese are rarely seen color pictures from the Second World War featured in the book “The Second World […]

The bloody mountain warfare of the Italian Front, 1915-1918

August 6, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn May 1915, Italy attacked Austria-Hungary along the Isonzo River and in the Trentino, hoping to conquer territory […]

An unauthorized photo of Stalin: the moment he was informed that the Germans were about to take Kiev, 1941

July 24, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteAn unauthorized photo of Stalin inside of the Kremlin shows the very moment he was informed that the […]

Evgeny Stepanovich Kobytev: A soldier’s face after four years of war, 1941-1945

July 4, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese two pictures are shown side by side in the Andrei Pozdeev museum. The museum caption reads: “(Left) […]

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