Nov
24
Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerika Bomber, Its Objective: Being Able to Strike Continental USA, 1942
The Me 264 was designed from the beginning as part of the “Amerika Bomber” proje…
Author: RHP
Nov
23
Testing a Bulletproof Vest: An Odd Photo from 1923
The gun players are WH Murphy and his assistant, of the Protective Garment Corpo…
Nov
23
A Russian Adjustable Mobile Shield Captured by the Germans, 1914
The immobility of the trench warfare characterizing the First World War led to a…
Nov
23
U-118: A World War One Submarine Washed Ashore on the Beach at Hastings, 1919
When the people of the town of Hastings awoke one morning to see one of the Kais…
Nov
22
American Tank Crew Listen to Bernard Herzog Who Was Just Liberated From the Camp of Santo Tomas, 1944
An American tank crew stands beside Bernard Herzog - an American citizen who liv…
Nov
22
Eyes of Hate: A Candid Photo of Goebbels After Finding Out his Photographer was Jewish, 1933
Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels was cheerful and without a care when he…
Nov
22
Young Winston Churchill in Rare Photographs, 1890s
When Winston Churchill entered the Royal Military College (Sandhurst) few could …
Nov
22
A U.S. Soldier Offers his Hand to a Woman Leaving a Cave Where She Had Hidden with Her child, 1944
The photograph is taken during a battle of Saipan that claimed the lives of 22,0…
Nov
22
Nazis Singing to Encourage a Boycott of Jewish Shops, 1933
Within days of taking power, the Nazis called for Germany to boycott all Jewish …
Nov
22
Nine Kings in One Photo, 1910: Four Years Later, They Were Enemies at War
In May 1910, European royalty gathered in London for the funeral of King Edward …
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 …
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…