Rare Photos From WWII!

Rare Photos From WWII!

Countless millions of soldiers and civilians lost their lives to the greatest and most horrible of human wars. It was one of the darkest chapters in our history, a time of great heroics, and great cruelty. These photos document some of the moments of this epic yet haunting time in our history.

German SS soldiers

A french citizen cries as German soldiers march in Paris durin the French Occupation

Bombing of Reims Cathedral

Buna Beach, New Guinea February 1943. The first picture of American Casualties to ever be shown in the newspaper back in the States.

Japanese Zero shot down

Pearl Harbor

Norma Jeane Mortenson aka Marilyn Monroe

Pilot sits on a Curtiss p-40

Pilot sits on a Curtiss p-40

RAF Pilot gets a haircut

Barmaley Fountain, battle of Stalingrad

Hitler during Wartime

Fascist headquarters in Italy

Himmler meets a soviet prisoner

The battle of Britain

Action

Shell shocked reindeer

Troop movements

Chinese soldier guarding P-40 Warhawk fighters of the AVG 'Flying Tigers', China, circa 1942

Naval Action

Cloud over Hiroshima...

German Soldiers salute a Swiss Guard.

Ike addressing the troops

WW2 in color

WW2 in color

Hitler and officers in Paris

WW2 In color

WW2 Bombs falling

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Bombing

WW2 in color

American Female plant worker

WW2 in color

Destruction

WW2 bombs over Japan

WW2 Bombing run

U.S. Aircraft carrier

U.S. Aircraft carrier

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