Color photos of the French army during the Great War, 1914-1918
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 […]
World War Two
British soldiers manning anti-aircraft guns in women’s clothes, 1940
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]