Photographs

1944 vs. modern day. Fourth moat of the Belfort Citadel, France, the spot where Georges Blind, a member of the French resistance, smiled as he faced a German firing squad. However, Blind was not shot. The photograph was taken during a mock execution, set up to force Blind to give …

US President Franklin Roosevelt smoking and drinking white wine, as he is listening to a speech during a Democratic Party fundraiser on November 1st, 1938. Franklin Roosevelt was also known to enjoy Martinis, as well as cocktails and mixed drinks. Book suggestion ⤵️ 📖 No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor …

Amazing photograph showing a British Lancaster bomber above colossal smoke screens set by the Germans, in an effort to hide the mighty Tirpitz battleship. September 15th 1944, Operation Paravane. The ship was stationed in Kafjord, Norway, to deter transports of goods or weaponry between the Western Allies and the Soviet …

Georges Blind, a member of the French resistance, smiling as he faces a German firing squad in 1944. However, Blind was not executed. The photograph was taken during a mock execution, set up to force Blind to give up information (which by all accounts he did not). Blind entered the …

Dutch soldiers training on ice skates during January-February 1940, a few months before Germany invaded the neutral Netherlands without a formal declaration of war on May 10th. The image is said to be taken somewhere along the New Dutch Waterline, which was a wet area with moats, flooded land and …

Citizens of Leningrad gathered around an unexploded SC-1000 bomb dropped by the Germans over the city in 1943, during the Siege of Leningrad. The blockade and encirclement of Leningrad was one of the longest and most horrific sieges in history, lasting 872 days between September 8th 1941 and January 27th …

Lieutenant G.A. Greenwood and Sergeant B. Agnew, both members of the Royal Australian Airforce, hold a joey (young kangaroo) and a dog – the squadron mascots. Coomalie Creek, Northern Australia, 1943. Australian diggers (soldiers) were well known for bringing animals with them in both World Wars, as mascots and companions. …

A french Woman kisses a US soldier on August 25th, 1944, during the liberation of Paris, as his mates offer cheeky smiles. Victory parades took place in Paris for five days after the liberation, between August 25th and August 29th. Book suggestion ⤵️ 📖 Eleven Days in August: The Liberation …

Benito Mussolini meets Adolf Hitler in Munich, with the Italian leader having traveled to discuss the French armistice request on June 18th, 1940. Although Mussolini intended to gain a hefty share of spoils from the French, Hitler did not want to discuss it. What’s more, the Fuhrer declared that he …

Danish resistance members hold up German SS soldiers at gunpoint and disarm them in Copenhagen, sometime in 1945. Resistance against German occupation increased steadily in Denmark starting with the Autumn of 1942, but the country was not liberated until May 5th, 1945 – two days before Germany officially capitulated. Book …