Feb
13
Photo of The Fat Man Atomic Bomb on Transport Carriage, 1945
It's so odd to see that an object roughly the same size as a large car can destr…
Author: RHP
Feb
9
The German Embassy in Sweden Flying the Flag at Half Mast the Day Hitler Died, 1945
The embassy is an official state function and since the Third Reich outlived Hit…
Feb
7
Photos of Federal Ironclad USS Galena Showing Some Battle Damage, 1862
It’s amazing that this broadside ironclad was designed and built without the aid…
Feb
6
Adolf Hitler During his Stay in a Military Hospital, 1918
In October 1918, Hitler and several comrades were temporarily blinded due t…
Feb
5
Smart, Beautiful, and Deadly: 19-Year-Old Soviet Sniper Roza Shanina with 59 Confirmed Kills, 1945
Roza Shanina was a Soviet sniper during World War II who was credited with fifty…
Jan
30
German Soldiers Take Boots and Other Equipment from Dead American Soldiers at a Crossroads in Belgium, 1944
These American soldiers probably got ambushed by German machine guns when they w…
Jan
28
Photographs Capture the First Bananas in Norway, 1905
This is one of the first batches of bananas that was sent to Norway. It had a we…
Jan
28
Muhammad Ali Knocks Out Cleveland Williams at the Astrodome, Houston, 1966
A dramatic overhead shot by Neil Leifer, generally regarded as one of the greate…
Jan
22
Harold Agnew Carrying the Plutonium Core of the Nagasaki Fat Man Bomb, 1945
A somewhat odd photo and not terribly exciting unless you are aware of the detai…
Jan
20
German Prisoners of War Packed into the Nonant Le Pin Prisoner Camp, 1944
All these German prisoners of war were captured following the Falaise Pocket bat…
Jan
20
A German Soldier Shares his Ration with a Russian Mother, 1941
Germany deliberately starved occupied Soviet territories by plundering their foo…
Jan
19
German Soldiers in a Dug Out Waiting for an Enemy Artillery Barrage to Lift, 1917
Fifteen pensive-looking faces, each man contemplating his fate as they await the…
Jan
19
Dora Ratjen: A German Olympic Athlete, Who was Arrested at a Train Station on Suspicion of Being a Man in a Dress, 1938
Born a male but raised as a female, Dora Ratjen competed on the female German tr…
Jan
19
Malcolm X Kidding Around with Muhammad Ali, 1963
Muhammad Ali became a close associate to Malcolm X and he looked to Malcolm much…
Jan
14
The Art Assembly Line of Female Students Engaged in Copying World War II Propaganda Posters, 1942
A room full of women are working hard at emulating the “real danger” present in …
Jan
12
Crowded Ship Bringing American Troops Back to New York Harbor after V-Day, 1945
This is troopship Queen Elisabeth. Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were used as t…
Jan
9
Facing the Death: The Different Expressions of Six Polish Civilians Moments Before Death by Firing Squad, 1939
It’s interesting to see the range of emotions displayed by these men: anguish, d…
Jan
8
Three German Soldiers Returning From a Training Exercise, 1941
Every time this image gets posted on the internet a caption from the book "The K…
Jan
6
Benito Mussolini’s Mugshot, 1903
Mussolini was brought up with firm socialist ideals and, as a young man, became …
Jan
5
Searchlights on the Rock of Gibraltar, 1942
The searchlights in this photo aren't intended for the use of the crews running …