Spitfire chases a Heinkel He-111
Spitfire chases a Heinkel He-111 Submitted December 20, 2016 at 02:53AM by Nemephis via reddit
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A Russian Scout – 1944
Sergeant M. Katasonov scout 372nd Infantry Division, wielding a PPSh-41 sub-machine gun – one of the approximately 1.5 million produced by the Soviet Union during WWII. The PPSh-41 is a classic example of a design adapted for mass production (other…
Jagdpanzer 38 "Hetzer" in Hungarian Service
Sd.Kfz 138/2 – “Hetzer” The Jagdpanzer 38 (Sd.Kfz. 138/2), later known as Hetzer (“pursuer/hunter”), was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War based on a modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t) chassis. The project was inspired by the Romanian…
King Tiger from Schwere Panzer Abteilung 507 that defended the woods around Padeborn 1945
During World War II, Paderborn was bombed by Allied aircraft in 1944 and 1945, resulting in 85% destruction, including many of the historic buildings. It was seized by the US 3rd Armored Division after a pitched battle 31 March –…
Tiger burnt out on the roadside in Normandy
Saying Goodbye
An American soldier says goodbye to his wife and child before shipping out to serve in WWII. Pennsylvania Station. New York City, 1943
German soldier armed with a Luger P08 (Crimea, Russia – 1942)
German soldier cleaning his Karabiner 98k with 4x Zeiss ZF42 telescopic sight
A Douglas A-20 making a bomb run on D-Day, 6 June 1944
Assigned to the Ninth Air Force the 416th Bombardment Group, they were equipped with Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft, seen here wearing the invasion stripes – alternating black and white bands on the wings and fuselage – an attempt to increase…
Color picture of Free French colonial troops supported by American tanks during the fighting of the Italian campaigns, May 1944. They passed in front of abandoned Italian M42 Semovente 75/18 850(i) from German Panzerjäger-Abteilung 171/71.Infanterie-Division “Kleeblatt” (Cloverleaf).
Color picture of Free French colonial troops supported by American tanks during the fighting of the Italian campaigns, May 1944. They passed in front of abandoned Italian M42 Semovente 75/18 850(i) from German Panzerjäger-Abteilung 171 “Kleeblatt” (Cloverleaf). Submitted December…