Nov
22
German Troops Trying to Rescue a French Soldier from Sinking in a Mud Hole, 1916
The picture was taken during the Battle of Verdun, one of the deadliest battles …
Author: RHP
Nov
22
Parade of German Prisoners of War in the Streets of Moscow in 1944: Rare Photos
In the summer of 1944 the Soviet Union launched Operation Bagration, a large-sca…
Nov
22
General Patton’s Dog After His Death, 1945
This picture of Willie, Patton’s dog, was taken a few days after the General’s d…
Nov
22
A German Soldier with a Badge on His Chest, Stalingrad, 1942
Looks like this man has seen some horror, a little bit like one thousand-yard st…
Nov
22
The End of WW2 is Celebrated in Moscow’s Red Square, 1945
At 1:10 a.m. on May 9, 1945, night owls in the USSR heard a radio report that Na…
Nov
22
Liberation of Paris: The Story Behind an Iconic Photo, 1944
On August 25, French General Philippe Leclerc entered the free French capital tr…
Nov
22
The Night They Ended Prohibition, 1933
Originally intended to prevent crime and drunkenness, it soon became clear that …
Nov
22
A Dog Being Posed by a German Soldier, 1940
In the beginning, the war was still fun and the soldiers were not fully engaged …
Nov
21
The Last Picture of Adolf Hitler, 1945
This last known picture of Hitler was taken approximately two days prior to his …
Nov
20
The Last Jew in Vinnitsa: The Story Behind an Evil Photograph
A picture from an Einsatzgruppen soldier’s personal album, labeled on the back a…
Nov
20
The Gadget: The First Photo of The First Atomic Bomb, 1945
The nuclear test of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon was codenamed Trini…
Nov
20
The Cathedral of Light of the Nazi Rallies in Rare Pictures, 1937
The Cathedral of Light was a main aesthetic feature of the Nazi Party rallies in…
Nov
20
Backstory: Execution of a German Communist in Munich, 1919
On the reverse of this photograph reads: "Zum ewigen Andenken an den Spartakiste…
Nov
20
Adolf Hitler’s Eye Color in a Rare Color Photo
Although Adolf Hitler claimed the Germans were of a superior Aryan race of white…
Nov
20
Hans-Georg Henke: A 16-Year-Old German Soldier Crying After His Capture by the Allies, 1945
A sixteen-year-old German anti-aircraft soldier of the Hitler Youth, Hans-Georg …
Nov
20
Germans Testing a Messerschmitt Bf 109 E3, 1940
The facility is the Luftfahrtforschungsanstalt Hermann Goering. It was located i…
Nov
20
Henry Ford Receiving the Grand Cross of the German Eagle from Nazi Officials, 1938
At a ceremony in Dearborn, Michigan, Henry Ford is presented with the Grand Cros…
Nov
18
Abandoned Boy Holding a Stuffed Animal Amid Ruins Following German Aerial Bombing of London, 1945
The boy did in fact survive the war and became a truck driver. In the photo he's…
Nov
18
Spectators Climbing over Furniture to Watch the Signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919
On 28 June 1919, the peace treaty that ended World War I was signed by Germany a…
Nov
18
B-25 Mitchell Skip-Bombs a Japanese Kaibokan Escort Ship, 1945
B-25 Mitchell, nicknamed Ruthless Ruth, pulls up after making a skip-bombing run…