Photographs

Drancy internment camp in the suburbs of Paris, France, in August 1941. In the image we see the inner courtyard and the horse shoe shape of the housing blocks. The camp was under the command of Adolf Eichmann’s assistant, Alois Brunner. Drancy was operational between 20 August 1941 and 17 …

The 1945 photo was taken by British forces during the Battle of Weeze, which was part of the Allied operation “Veritable”. The Weeze Town Square, seen in the images, was 87% destroyed during the War. Book suggestion ⤵️ 📖 The Rhineland 1945: The Last Killing Ground in the West (Ken …

Brazilian soldiers are greeted by Italian civilians as they arrive in the city of Massarosa, September 1944. Brazil was the only South American country to send troops abroad in World War II. The Brazilian Expeditionary Force consisted of 25.900 men who fought for the Allied Cause in the Mediterranean Theatre. …

German Wehrmacht soldier sitting on top of a disabled Char B1 bis tank in Northern France, 1940. The Char B1 was a French medium tank which was used as a break-through vehicle and as a battle tank. The B1 entered service in 1936. In 1937, a newer version, the Char …

Two Soviet snipers, members of Sydir Kovpak’s partisan unit in the Ukrainian Communist resistance movement against Germany. Soviet women played an important role during WW2, with more than 800.000 serving in various branches of the USSR armed forces. More than 50% of the medical personnel was also female. Major-General Sydir …

A shattered Japanese Kawanishi H8K seaplane is watched by US soldiers after strafing (attacking ground targets with automatic weapons), likely on the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands in early 1944. The Battle of Kwajalein, fought between January 31st and February 3rd 1944, saw the United States defeat a small …

View from the HMAS Sydney light cruiser with ocean liners RMS Queen Mary (right) and RMS Queen Elizabeth (left) in the background. Wilson’s Promontory, Victoria, Australia, September 4th 1941. HMAS Sydney was sunk in a half hour single ship battle with the German Auxiliary cruiser Kormoran on November 19th 1941. …

Barbed Wire entanglements set up in Northern France by the British Expeditionary Force in the Winter of 1939-1940. Book suggestion ⤵️ 📖 The British Expeditionary Force, 1939-40 (Edward Smalley, 2014)

Hungarian soldiers somewhere in the Carpathians, sometime during 1944. Further details are unknown. Book suggestion ⤵️ 📖 Hungary in World War II: Caught in the Cauldron (Deborah S. Cornelius, 2011)

Abbey of Monte Cassino, Italy, in ruins after Allied bombings in February 1944, vs 2007. Allied forces wiped the monastery from the face of the Earth believing it was a vantage point for German forces. They were not sure it was, but decided to bomb it anyway in case the …