22 Images That Show the Many Faces of World War II
Photo Credit: 1. US Department of Defense / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (Colorized by Hotpot.AI) 2. German Military Photo / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (Colorized by Hotpot.AI) By Damian Lucjan and Clare Fitzgerald Society had never before experienced a…
17 Powerful Images That Show the Human Side of War
Photo Credit: 1. Museo Centrale del Risorgimento / Mondadori / Getty Images (Tint Added) 2. Bettmann / Getty Images Since the First World War, every conflict has been well-documented. There are millions of photos showing soldiers, aircraft, tanks and battlefields,…
Luftaufnahme eines deutschen Kriegsgefangenenlagers – 160.000 Gefangene im April 1945!
Der April 1945 markierte die letzten Wochen des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Europa. Während die Alliierten immer weiter ins Deutsche Reich vorrückten, ergaben sich Hunderttausende deutscher Soldaten, die in riesigen Kriegsgefangenenlagern untergebracht wurden. Eine beeindruckende Luftaufnahme aus dieser Zeit zeigt ein…
Rheinwiesenlager: The Notorious American Prison Camps That Held German POWs Following WWII
Photo Credit: US Army / Truman Library Photographs / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain There were hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war (POWs) taken during World War II. Under the Geneva Convention, it was required they receive certain standards of…
The Real-Life Battle Behind the Brutal Vietnam War Movie, ‘Hamburger Hill’
Photo Credit: Sunset Boulevard / CORBIS / Historical / Getty Images Some of the best war movies are based on real-life events – stories that are so fantastical that they’re almost unbelievable, such as Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and Good Morning Vietnam (1987). This is also…
Militärhunde: Fotos von Haustieren im Einsatz aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
Von Kevin Hymel und James Hart Als die amerikanischen Männer ihre Heimat verließen, um im Zweiten Weltkrieg zu kämpfen, ließen sie viel zurück. Sie verloren ihre Identität, ihre Familien und fast all ihre weltlichen Besitztümer, aber sie improvisierten, so gut…
M28/M29 Davy Crockett Weapon System: The Tripod-Mounted Recoilless Rifle That Fired a Nuclear Warhead
Photo Credit: DoD / US Government / The Swords of Armageddon: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Development Since 1945 / Chuck Hansen / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain Throughout the Cold War, the United States was concerned about the Soviet nuclear threat. As…
The History of the US Navy’s Canceled World War II-Era Battleships
Photo Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command / Bureau of Ships Collection, U.S. National Archives / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain The Second World War produced many legendary battleships – Bismarck, HMS Hood (51), Yamato, Roma (1940) and USS Iowa (BB-61). That being said, the conflict would be the last…
Ryan FR-1 Fireball: The US Navy’s First Jet-Engine Fighter Was Also the Worst Aircraft of World War II
Photo Credit: U.S. Navy / U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain The Ryan FR-1 Fireball was an American fighter designed by Ryan Aeronautical for the US Navy during the Second World War. It was…
Higgins Boat: The Landing Craft That Helped the Allies Win World War II
Photo Credit: US Navy / Army Signal Corps Collection / US National Archives / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (Colorized by Palette.fm) The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) – or Higgins boat – was used by the Allies to conduct…