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Douglas SBD Dauntless bomber on the Pacific seabed
August 22, 2023

Douglas SBD Dauntless bomber on the Pacific seabed

A sunken Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber of the US Air Force is lying on the Pacific Ocean seabed …

Italian troops pictured in Addis Ababa, 1936
June 22, 2023

Italian troops pictured in Addis Ababa, 1936

Italian troops pictured in Addis Ababa during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, image taken in May 193…

24th Panzer division advancing towards Stalingrad
May 10, 2023

24th Panzer division advancing towards Stalingrad

The 24th German Panzer Division advancing towards Stalingrad sometime during August 1942. After init…

German tanks in Kasserine, Tunisia, 1943
May 10, 2023

German tanks in Kasserine, Tunisia, 1943

German tanks advance in Kasserine, Tunisia, February 1943. This was the first major battle between U…

Czech resistance members and civilians during the Prague Uprising
May 2, 2023

Czech resistance members and civilians during the Prague Uprising

Czech resistance members and civilians fighting during the Prague Uprising, which took place between…

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  • 24th panzer division stalingrad

    24th Panzer division advancing towards Stalingrad

    The 24th German Panzer Division advancing towards Stalingrad sometime during August 1942. After initially serving …

  • german tanks kasserine ww2

    German tanks in Kasserine, Tunisia, 1943

  • germans kiev

    Germans set up pontoon bridge near Kiev, 1941

  • wehrmacht soldier

    Wehrmacht soldier with grenade launcher mounted on a Karabiner 98K

  • us tanks schevenhutte ww2

    Then and Now: US tanks in Schevenhutte, 1945

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    Douglas SBD Dauntless bomber on the Pacific seabed

    A sunken Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber of the US Air Force is lying on …

  • us tanks schevenhutte ww2

    Then and Now: US tanks in Schevenhutte, 1945

  • us marine cries ww2 peleliu

    US Marine crying during the Battle of Peleliu

  • al blozis nfl us army

    US Army hero Al Blozis during his football days

  • us marine japanese boy battle of tinian

    US Marine and a Japanese boy, 1944, Battle of Tinian

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    Aircraft spotter in London, 1940

    A British aircraft spotter of the Royal Observer Corps pictured on the roof of a …

  • albert einstein

    Albert Einstein at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 1933

  • boy reading london ww2

    Boy reading in bombed London library, 1940

  • Panzer e-100

    Panzer E-100 prototype captured by British forces

  • soviet operated matilda tanks ww2

    Soviet operated Matilda II tanks on the Western Front, 1942

  • germans kiev

    Germans set up pontoon bridge near Kiev, 1941

    German forces photographed while building a bridge over the Dnieper river near Kiev in September …

  • the last jew in vinnitsa

    The last Jew in Vinnitsa, 1941-1943

  • soviet operated matilda tanks ww2

    Soviet operated Matilda II tanks on the Western Front, 1942

  • katyusha rockets

    Katyusha rockets firing on first day of Operation Barbarossa

  • soviet pow

    Red Army POWs inspected by a Waffen SS Soldier, 1941

  • us marine japanese boy battle of tinian

    US Marine and a Japanese boy, 1944, Battle of Tinian

    U.S. Marine pictured while giving a Japanese boy candy through the barbed wire of a …

  • sikh prisoners target practice japanese ww2

    Sikh POWs used as target practice by Japanese soldiers, 1942

  • japanese airplane shot down usa ww2

    Japanese Kawanishi Flying Boat shot down by US bomber, 1944

  • world war two kaiten torpedoes

    World War Two Kaiten torpedoes on top of a Japanese submarine

  • Japanese soldiers charging ww2

    Japanese infantrymen charging during the Second Sino-Japanese War

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    Italian troops pictured in Addis Ababa, 1936

    Italian troops pictured in Addis Ababa during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, image taken in May …

  • last supper da vinci ww2 bombings

    How Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” painting survived the Milan bombings during WWII

  • Ponte Santa Trinita

    Ponte Santa Trinita temporary restoration, 1944

  • milan cathedral ww2

    Panzer IV tank in front of the Milan Cathedral, 1943

  • italian submarine cobalto

    Italian submarine Cobalto damaged during Operation Pedestal, 1942

  • battle of castle itter

    Battle of Castle Itter, 1945, one of the strangest WW2 battles

    The Battle of Castle Itter is one of those “hidden gem” stories from World War …

  • us troops saint-lo france ww2

    US troops enter the razed French town of Saint-Lo, July 1944

  • marina ginesta

    Marina Ginesta, communist reporter, overseeing Barcelona in 1936

  • love world war two 2

    Love during World War Two #2

  • nazi black world war two

    German policemen smoking with a French prisoner, 1940

Tanks

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  • then and now foy bastogne battle of the bulge
  • panzer iv eastern front

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