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 […]
World War Two
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 […]
The last days of the Nazi Germany, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteBy the beginning of 1945 the war which Germany had unleashed throughout the world had come back to […]
The bloody battles of The Eastern Front, 1942-1943
This post was originally published on this siteThe battles on the Eastern Front constituted the largest military confrontation in history. They were characterized by unprecedented […]
Technology and the Weapons of the First World War, 1914-1918
This post was originally published on this siteWorld War I was one of the defining events of the 20th century. From 1914 to 1918 conflict […]
US Marine Colonel Francis Fenton conducting the funeral of his son Private First Class Mike Fenton, Okinawa, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteThis picture depicts one of the most heart wrenching moments to occur on Okinawa involved a family with […]
Rare pictures of London in Dufaycolor, 1943-1945
This post was originally published on this siteThis collection of rare photographs of London, spanning from the dark days of the Blitz to the triumphant […]
A concentration camp victim identifies a SS guard, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteThe picture depicts a liberated Russian inmate pointing an identifying and accusing finger at a Nazi guard who […]
Yang Kyoungjong, the only known soldier to have fought on three sides of a war, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteHe was Korean – captured by the Japanese and pressed to fight the Soviets, captured by the Soviets […]