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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 …

1) Sweethearts embracing and kissing at the Conneticut train station in 1945, as an older couple smiles in the background. 2) French girl holding an American G.I., maybe her boyfriend, on a date sometime during the 1940s. Image might be taken somewhere around Cote d’azur (note the palm trees). 3) …

Major Charity Adams, 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the Women’s Army Corps commander, and Captain Abbie Noel Campbell, 6888th CPD executive officer, inspect the first soldiers from the unit to arrive in England. February 15th, 1945. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all African-American Women’s Army …

American infantrymen of the 290th Regiment in the snowy Ardennes (near Amonines, Belgium) during the Battle of the Bulge. The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was the final major offensive campaign by German forces on the Western front in WW2. Germany’s surprise attack through …