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Rare Historical World War II Photos
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Fat Man Atomic Bomb being transported.
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The first atomic bomb test, on July 16th 1945 in New Mexico.
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The Enola Gay B-29 Bomber dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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A replica of “Fat Man,” atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
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American combat engineers having dinner on top of ammunition crates in 1941
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B-17 Flying Fortress gunners in the nose turret.
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Adolf Hitler inspecting and critiquing his massive 800mm railway gun.
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Soviet soldiers outside of Berlin in 1945 on a break from duty.
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A mass daytime bombing occured in London, England during September of 1940.
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German troops marching through Warsaw and Poland on September 1, 1939.
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U.S. Ships in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after the Japanese attacked the harbor.
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Anti-aircrafter fire lights up over Algiers. Nov. 24, 1942.
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British woman reporting for duty in a Balloon storage facility.
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Joseph Goebbels wedding where Hitler was the best man.
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Crew members of a Tiger 1 show the 88mm ammunition round used in the tank.
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Operation Torch, British-American invasion of Vichy-held.
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Soviet soldiers advancing against Germany during Battle of Stalingrad.
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German prisoners captured in Anzio, Italy.
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B-17G damaged during a bombing mission over Cologne, Germany in 1944.
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French refugees living in a quarry.
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August 26, 1944. A day after the liberation of Paris, France.
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German prisoners captured by U.S. 9th Army on March 26, 1945.
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From Left, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin.
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Hitler and Nazi party officials in 1939, the year of blitzkrieg into Poland.
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April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s funeral procession.
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May 8, 1945 The war in Europe was officially over.
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September 2, 1945 Japan surrenders on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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New York City, NY June 17, 1945, 86th Infantry Division returns.
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Hiroshima, Japan post war destruction in March 1946.
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US Battleship, The Arizona during the Pearl Harbor attack.
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1945 Nuremberg Trials in Germany. Where NAZI officials were put on the stand for war crimes
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Remote-controlled demolition carrier.
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The Tiger II, one of the heaviest tanks in WW2.
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B-17 Flying Fortress dropping a payload.
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Berlin Cathedral in 1930s.
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Adolf Hitler speaking in Lustgarten, Berlin. 1938 prior to the start of the war
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Hitler’s 50th Birthday Parade, celebrated as a national holiday throughout Nazi Germany.
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A crowded and happy ship returning to New York after V-Day in 1945.
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Original carriage at the conentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Airgunner stands by his B24 bomber.
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American GI’s pushing a Jeep through the snow during Battle of the Bulge.
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The flak hit on a B-17 bomber in 1944.
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P-47 Thunderbolt being loaded with .5 machine gun belts.
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Giant Nazi Plane that was the largest land-based transport.
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French mothers shielding their kids from gunfire in 1944.
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London Hospital Bomb Destruction
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Beauty contest where the woman did not want to be judged on their facial appearance.
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Serviceman gets a goodbye kiss prior to shipping off.
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Wounded American solider.
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Soldiers inspecting armor damage.
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One of many dangers of landing on an carrier back during the war.
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A Japanese KawanishiH8K Seaplane being inspected after a major air battle.
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April 1945, A Prisoner taken, the photo was taken by tank commander George C Gross.
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American Soldiers huddled in snow-filled trenches during the Battle of the Bulge.
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Paratroopers landing on the dropzone.
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Carnage on a beach of a war plane brought down.
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Cadets being instructed by Lt. McCune during US Army Air Corps 99th Pursuit Squadron training.
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Crowds that gathered to salure Hitler at a cornerstone ceremony at a VW factory in 1938
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An emotional photo of a child being rescued out of a war zone.
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A baseball game during the war at Sportsman’s Park St Louis.
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A female welder was not uncommon during WW2.
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A massive gun being maneuvered during the Battle of Saipan.
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American troops located in the Philippines pose while waiting to hear the news from what happened in Japan.
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The USS Philippine Sea in the North Pacific with snow on its’ deck
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Production of the Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6s at Erla Leipzig in the year 1943.
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Emotional last moments prior to leaving for war.
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An open bay photograph of a Avro Lancaster prior to a night raid in Stettin, Germany 1944.
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A Messerschmitt Me 323 was a military transport aircraft that delivered different large assets.
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A P-51B Mustang with ammunition being loaded.
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100,000+ Allied Soldiers Were Killed Over European
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Only one of four men who served on U-Boats survived
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William Hitler, Adolf’s nephew served in the American Military.
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Adolf Hitler and Henry Ford both had this photograph framed on their desks.
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German female students lineup for inspection by female gym teacher.
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The U-1206 sank due to a malfunctioning toilet.
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Hiro Ononda was the last Japanese soldier to surrender, it was not until 1979 that the Japanese government forcefully told Ononda to surrender.
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The German Ringtrichterrichtungshoerer was an acoustic locator for anti-aircraft devices.
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