Monday, September 30, 2013
Friday, September 27, 2013
St. Malo
Americans firing an M1 57mm anti tank gun at a German position near St. Malo., Bretagne.
Video of the Siege at St. Malo
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Kyushu J7W1 Shinden
A Japanese Kyushu J7W1 Shinden being examined by American troops. A colorization by an unidentified artist.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Partisan Attack
A burning German trailer after being attacked by Soviet partisans in the Crimea.
The interrogation of a Soviet partisan by Wehrmacht Luftwaffe fallschirmjäger paratroopers, Russia 1942
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Insurgent Leader
Capt. Nieves Fernandez, the only known Filipino female guerilla leader and former school teacher, shows Pvt. Andrew Lupiga how she used her long knife to silently kill Japanese soldiers during the long years of Filipino domination by the Japanese.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Going to War
A soldier shows his brothers his gun before going off to war, Great Smokey Mountains, 1944.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Making Do
German troops attempt to conceal themselves by a mill on the steppe before Stalingrad, September, 1942.
The Greatest
Erich Hartmann was the top scoring fighter pilot of all time. He flew 825 missions in recording 352 victories. All his victories were recorded on the Eastern Front and included 15 Il-2 Sturmovik ground-attack aircraft. He force-landed 14 times during his combat career. Colorization by Mike Gepp.
Hartmann in the cockpit of his Messerschmitt 109
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Battle of Okinawa
Two Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment during fighting at Wana Ridge during the Battle of Okinawa, May 1945. A fantastic colorization by Doug Banks.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
A Musical Interlude
British sailors gather around a phonograph and listen to records while on an Atlantic patrol.
Croatian Pilot
A Croat pilot in front of a ZNDH’s Avia F.L.3 trainer plan, likely at Zagreb airport. The Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia.
Restored AVIA FL.3 with NDH markings. The ZNDH operated 20 of these Italian training aircraft from 1942.
Restored AVIA FL.3 with NDH markings. The ZNDH operated 20 of these Italian training aircraft from 1942.
Monday, September 16, 2013
War Treasure
US pilots examine a boxcar full of German helmets in 1945. These helmets would be work quite a bit of money today.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Spotting Targets
American artillery spotter targets German positions during the Allied drive towards Rome, 1944.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
In Honor
Japanese army war veteran carrying the ashes of a fellow soldier killed in action (China 1938).
Monday, September 9, 2013
Friday, September 6, 2013
Witnessing the Surrender
American sailors aboard the USS Missouri Sept. 2, 1945 straining to see the surrender of the Japanese.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
A Tiger in the Marsh
A superb diorama created by Mark-Armor.
This diorama takes place on the Eastern front in late Fall of 1943. During a tank skirmish, this Tiger I went off the “beaten track” and ended up in a marsh. It didn’t take long for it to become bogged down in the deep mud. Luckily there was a maintenance company nearby outfitted with a Bergepanzer. Problem solved!
This diorama takes place on the Eastern front in late Fall of 1943. During a tank skirmish, this Tiger I went off the “beaten track” and ended up in a marsh. It didn’t take long for it to become bogged down in the deep mud. Luckily there was a maintenance company nearby outfitted with a Bergepanzer. Problem solved!
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Vickers K
A member of a Long Range Desert Group patrol poses with a Vickers "K" gas-operated machine gun on a Chevrolet 30-cwt truck. (May 1942).
War Worker
A striking image of war worker at home. It's caption: "A radio is company for this girl in her boardinghouse room." Photographed by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. (January 1943).
