Dec
25
Stand to Death: 152 mm Howitzer Battery Fires during Operation Bagration, 1944
Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation (operation "Bagration") resulted in co…
Author: RHP
Dec
24
The Vulture and the Little Girl: The Tragic Story Behind an Iconic Photo
The vulture is waiting for the girl to die and to eat her. The photograph was ta…
Dec
24
The Defiance: Himmler and a Prisoner Locked in a Staring Contest, 1941
Heinrich Himmler looks at a young Soviet prisoner of war during an official visi…
Dec
24
Georges Blind, a Member of the French Resistance, Smiling at a German Firing Squad, 1944
This was a mock execution attempting to get the resistance fighter, Georges Blin…
Dec
24
Funeral Services for the 28 Germans who Lost their Lives in the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937
In New York City, funeral services for the 28 Germans who lost their lives in th…
Dec
22
A Portrait of a Well-Armed Soviet Partisan, 1944
This Soviet partisan is remarkably well equipped for the average partisan, he’s …
Dec
22
Children in an Iron Lung Before the Advent of the Polio Vaccination, 1950
An iron lung or as it is called officially a negative pressure ventilator is a f…
Dec
19
General Ambrose Burnside, whose Unusual Facial Hair Led to the Coining of the Term “Sideburns”, 1865
Sideburns are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending f…
Dec
19
Crossed Rifles in the Sand Placed as a Tribute to this Fallen Soldier, 1944
Crossed rifles on the sand are a comrade’s tribute to this American soldier who …
Dec
19
Two RAF Airmen are Buried with Full Military Honors by Occupying German Soldiers, Channel Islands, 1943
Full military honors were granted by the Luftwaffe at the funerals of RAF sergea…
Dec
18
German Cavalry Firing from the Backs of Horses, 1935
German cavalry firing from the standing saddle position during maneuvers on the …
Dec
17
Japanese Troops Using Prisoners of War for Target Practice, 1942
The Japanese treatment of prisoners of war in World War II was barbaric. The men…
Dec
15
The Life on a Crewman in German Torpedo-Boat, 1916
This torpedo-boat crewman looks thoroughly unpleased with the situation. Patrols…
Dec
15
The Reichstag Covered in Graffiti After Being Seized from the Nazis by the Red Army, 1945
After seizing the Reichstag in May 1945 and raising their flag on its roof, Sovi…
Dec
15
Selknam Natives En Route to Europe for Display in Human Zoos, 1899
With the permission of the Chilean government in 1889, eleven Selk'nam natives i…
Dec
14
Photo of 6th Army Soldiers Marching to Stalingrad, 1942
These kids had no idea what kind of hell was about to be unleashed on them. They…
Dec
12
Russian Soldiers, One of them Wearing a WW2 German Helmet, Overlooking Grozny, 1999
This is Second Chechen War, shot from Kirovo, near Grozny. They are not marines,…
Dec
11
Hitler’s Birthday in 1941: Goering, Keitel, and Himmler Wishing the Fuhrer
Five years later all the four would be dead, three suicides, and a hanging. This…
Dec
11
Reichserntedankfest Rally: Thanksgiving Celebration of the Reich, 1934
This is the Reichserntedankfest of 1934 in Buckeberg. That year, 700,000 people …
Dec
11
Two Soviet Infantrymen Frozen to Death in Their Foxhole, 1940
The Soviets had to bring troops from far away to the Finnish front. Some of the …