Category Archives: World War 2
Wall of Suitcases in Poland of Those Sent to Concentration Camps During World War II
A wall of suitcases, symbolizing the deportation of Jews to death camps, forms part of a permanent exhibition at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland. Each suitcase is a family, a life. It looks like a monument to the crime of humanity. The Auschwitz museum says some of the victims’ 3,800 suitcases have been putContinue reading “Wall of Suitcases in Poland of Those Sent to Concentration Camps During World War II”
22 Vintage Photographs of Clark Gable Served in Uniform, Flew Combat Missions in World War II
Incredible Photos of ‘The Battle of Manila’, 1945
The British Pet Massacre of World War II
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1940s Volume 12
The 1940s (pronounced “nineteen-forties” and commonly abbreviated as “the 40s”) was a decade that began on January 1, 1940, and ended on December 31, 1949. Most of World War II took place in the first half of the decade, which had a profound effect on most countries and people in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. TheContinue reading “50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1940s Volume 12”
Amazing Photographs of the Tuskegee Airmen at an Air Base in Italy During WWII
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50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1940s Volume 11
The 1940s (pronounced “nineteen-forties” and commonly abbreviated as “the 40s”) was a decade that began on January 1, 1940, and ended on December 31, 1949. Most of World War II took place in the first half of the decade, which had a profound effect on most countries and people in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. TheContinue reading “50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1940s Volume 11”
20 Rarely Seen Photographs of the Liberation of Paris, 1944
The liberation of Paris was a military battle that took place during World War II from August 19, 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on August 25, 1944. Paris had been occupied by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Second Compiègne Armistice on June 22, 1940, after which the Wehrmacht occupiedContinue reading “20 Rarely Seen Photographs of the Liberation of Paris, 1944”
74 Vintage Photographs of Bristol, England During World War Two
Bristol is a city and county in South West England. The district has the 10th-largest population in England. The city borders North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, with the cities of Bath and Gloucester to the south-east and north-east, respectively. Bristol was heavily damaged by Luftwaffe raids during World War II; about 1,300 people living orContinue reading “74 Vintage Photographs of Bristol, England During World War Two”
