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Lithuanian women giving water to German soldiers, 1941
August 5, 2022

Lithuanian women giving water to German soldiers, 1941

Lithuanian women assisting Wehrmacht soldiers with buckets of water in June 1941, during the early s…

Wehrmacht soldiers on motorcycles, Battle of France
August 5, 2022

Wehrmacht soldiers on motorcycles, Battle of France

German soldiers on motorcycles riding through a devastated French town sometime in May 1940, in the …

Erich von Manstein on the Eastern Front, 1943
May 23, 2022

Erich von Manstein on the Eastern Front, 1943

Erich von Manstein photographed while smoking a cigar alongside a few Turkish Generals on the Easter…

Hermann Goering’s wines at the Cricova cellars
May 12, 2022

Hermann Goering’s wines at the Cricova cellars

Located no more than 15 kilometers from Chisinau, the Cricova winery is a must see attraction for an…

A fancy Fraulein at Cafe Wien in Berlin, 1946
May 11, 2022

A fancy Fraulein at Cafe Wien in Berlin, 1946

A fancy Fräulein relaxing at the famous Cafe Wien, located in Berlin on Kurfurstendamm Avenue, somet…

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    Lithuanian women giving water to German soldiers, 1941

    Lithuanian women assisting Wehrmacht soldiers with buckets of water in June 1941, during the early …

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    Wehrmacht soldiers on motorcycles, Battle of France

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    Erich von Manstein on the Eastern Front, 1943

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    Hermann Goering’s wines at the Cricova cellars

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    A fancy Fraulein at Cafe Wien in Berlin, 1946

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    Santa Claus in Camp Lee, Virginia, 1941

    American soldier costumed as Santa Claus driving a Willys Jeep with a sack of radios, …

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  • dukw duck ww2

    British “Duck” driver in 1944 near Anzio, Italy

  • us coast guard smoke d day

    Damaged US Coast Guard landing craft on D-Day

  • v2 rocket b-17 ww2

    V-2 rocket trail in the vicinity of a US B-17 heavy bomber

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    Albert Einstein at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 1933

    Albert Einstein delivering a speech at the Royal Albert Hall in London, during a gathering …

  • 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

  • de havilland mosquito firing

    De Havilland Mosquito firing during a night test

  • the last jew in vinnitsa

    The last Jew in Vinnitsa, 1941-1943

    The last Jew in Vinnitsa is a famous photograph taken during the Holocaust in Ukraine …

  • soviet operated matilda tanks ww2

    Soviet operated Matilda II tanks on the Western Front, 1942

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    Katyusha rockets firing on first day of Operation Barbarossa

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    Red Army POWs inspected by a Waffen SS Soldier, 1941

  • wehrmacht kiev

    German troops enter Kiev in 1941

  • sikh prisoners target practice japanese ww2

    Sikh POWs used as target practice by Japanese soldiers, 1942

    Blindfolded Indian prisoners of war, part of the Sikh Regiment of the British Indian Army, …

  • 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

  • japanese pow okinawa world war ii

    Japanese POW captured in the Battle of Okinawa, June 1945

  • Ponte Santa Trinita

    Ponte Santa Trinita temporary restoration, 1944

    Ponte Santa Trinita, located downstream of Ponte Vecchio in Firenze, Italy, was built between 1567 …

  • milan cathedral ww2

    Panzer IV tank in front of the Milan Cathedral, 1943

  • italian submarine cobalto

    Italian submarine Cobalto damaged during Operation Pedestal, 1942

  • italian battleships firing

    Italian battleships Vittorio Veneto and Littorio firing during WWII

  • brazilian soldiers ww2

    Brazilian soldiers greeted by Italian civilians in Massarosa, 1944

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    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

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    Love during World War Two #2

  • nazi black world war two

    German policemen smoking with a French prisoner, 1940

Tanks

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  • heinz guderian world war two
  • romanian goliath tracked mine

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