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US Bantam Jeep pictured in flight, pulling an artillery piece during testing in New River, North Carolina, 1941. The American Bantam company developed the first and most effective Jeep prototype for the US Army, but as the company lacked resources to meet the goverment’s design, their blueprints were given to …

The Battle of Castle Itter is one of those “hidden gem” stories from World War Two. Quite remarkable, but not very well known. It is the only known battle from WWII in which Germans and Americans fought on the same side. In the image we can see damage to the …

US Marine Colonel Francisc Fenton kneeling before the body of his son, Private First Class Mike Fenton, while division staff members pay their respects. May 1945, Okinawa. Michael Fenton reportedly turned down a comission in order to fight on the front. He was killed on May 7th, while fighting off …

Anti mine rollers on a Sherman M4 tank. The rollers were composed of multiple heavy wheels with reinforcements and protection, which could be lowered to apply high ground pressure and detonate mines in front of the vehicle on which they were mounted. In the image we can see a sign …

Sharks circling survivors of USS Indianapolis in the Pacific Ocean. USS Indianapolis was sunk by Japanese torpedoes from the I-58 submarine on July 30th, 1945, after delivering parts of the atomic bomb which was eventually dropped on Hiroshima. Of 1195 men aboard, around 300 went down with the ship, while …

View from the Us Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (WPG-36), as it is sinking the German U-Boat U-175 with depth charges on April 17th, 1943. Out of a crew of 54 men, 13 were killed and 41 were taken prisoners. Book suggestions ⤵️ 📖 Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the …

An American soldier waves off a US Army Air Force Liberator bomber which had just departed for a raid over Japan (we can see the landing gear receding). The image was taken on September 13th, 1943, at an advanced US base in China, one of many American bases on Chinese …

US soldiers enter the ruined French town of Saint-Lo in July 1944, six weeks after D-Day. 95% of the city was destroyed by American bombardments as the Allies retook it from Germany on July 18th 1944. Due to the colossal damage it suffered, Saint-Lo was subsequently nicknamed “The Capital of …

Yang Kyoungjong was a Korean soldier who is thought to have fought for the Imperial Japanese Army, the Soviet Red Army and the German Wehrmacht – thus being the only soldier in recent history to have engaged on three sides of a war. Although there are some who dispute the …

USS Nevada (BB-36) battleship firing its 14″/45 guns towards shore during the Utah Beach landings on June 6th, 1944. The “unsinkable” USS Nevada BB-36 was the lead ship of the two Nevada class battleships. It was launched in 1914 and served in both World Wars. Among other feats, it survivied …