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Rare Historical World War II Photos
Welcome to a collection of the most interesting World War II photos. From black and white photos to full-color images of the war that lasted 1939 to 1945. Although those are the official dates there were many conflicts that lead up to 1939 that provoked the global war. The war involved more than 100 million people from 30 countries. Here is a picture gallery that takes you through one of the largest wars this planet has ever seen.
Fat Man Atomic Bomb being transported.
The first atomic bomb test, on July 16th 1945 in New Mexico.
The Enola Gay B-29 Bomber dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
A replica of “Fat Man,” atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
American combat engineers having dinner on top of ammunition crates in 1941
B-17 Flying Fortress gunners in the nose turret.
Adolf Hitler inspecting and critiquing his massive 800mm railway gun.
Soviet soldiers outside of Berlin in 1945 on a break from duty.
A mass daytime bombing occured in London, England during September of 1940.
German troops marching through Warsaw and Poland on September 1, 1939.
U.S. Ships in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after the Japanese attacked the harbor.
Anti-aircrafter fire lights up over Algiers. Nov. 24, 1942.
British woman reporting for duty in a Balloon storage facility.
Joseph Goebbels wedding where Hitler was the best man.
Crew members of a Tiger 1 show the 88mm ammunition round used in the tank.
Operation Torch, British-American invasion of Vichy-held.
Soviet soldiers advancing against Germany during Battle of Stalingrad.
German prisoners captured in Anzio, Italy.
B-17G damaged during a bombing mission over Cologne, Germany in 1944.
French refugees living in a quarry.
August 26, 1944. A day after the liberation of Paris, France.
German prisoners captured by U.S. 9th Army on March 26, 1945.
From Left, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin.
Hitler and Nazi party officials in 1939, the year of blitzkrieg into Poland.
April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s funeral procession.
May 8, 1945 The war in Europe was officially over.
September 2, 1945 Japan surrenders on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
New York City, NY June 17, 1945, 86th Infantry Division returns.
Hiroshima, Japan post war destruction in March 1946.
US Battleship, The Arizona during the Pearl Harbor attack.
1945 Nuremberg Trials in Germany. Where NAZI officials were put on the stand for war crimes
Remote-controlled demolition carrier.
The Tiger II, one of the heaviest tanks in WW2.
B-17 Flying Fortress dropping a payload.
Berlin Cathedral in 1930s.
Adolf Hitler speaking in Lustgarten, Berlin. 1938 prior to the start of the war
Hitler’s 50th Birthday Parade, celebrated as a national holiday throughout Nazi Germany.
A crowded and happy ship returning to New York after V-Day in 1945.
Original carriage at the conentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Airgunner stands by his B24 bomber.
American GI’s pushing a Jeep through the snow during Battle of the Bulge.
The flak hit on a B-17 bomber in 1944.
P-47 Thunderbolt being loaded with .5 machine gun belts.
Giant Nazi Plane that was the largest land-based transport.
French mothers shielding their kids from gunfire in 1944.
London Hospital Bomb Destruction
Beauty contest where the woman did not want to be judged on their facial appearance.
Serviceman gets a goodbye kiss prior to shipping off.
Wounded American solider.
Soldiers inspecting armor damage.
One of many dangers of landing on an carrier back during the war.
A Japanese KawanishiH8K Seaplane being inspected after a major air battle.
April 1945, A Prisoner taken, the photo was taken by tank commander George C Gross.
American Soldiers huddled in snow-filled trenches during the Battle of the Bulge.
Paratroopers landing on the dropzone.
Carnage on a beach of a war plane brought down.
Cadets being instructed by Lt. McCune during US Army Air Corps 99th Pursuit Squadron training.
Crowds that gathered to salure Hitler at a cornerstone ceremony at a VW factory in 1938
An emotional photo of a child being rescued out of a war zone.
A baseball game during the war at Sportsman’s Park St Louis.
A female welder was not uncommon during WW2.
A massive gun being maneuvered during the Battle of Saipan.
American troops located in the Philippines pose while waiting to hear the news from what happened in Japan.
The USS Philippine Sea in the North Pacific with snow on its’ deck
Production of the Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6s at Erla Leipzig in the year 1943.
Emotional last moments prior to leaving for war.
An open bay photograph of a Avro Lancaster prior to a night raid in Stettin, Germany 1944.
A Messerschmitt Me 323 was a military transport aircraft that delivered different large assets.
A P-51B Mustang with ammunition being loaded.
100,000+ Allied Soldiers Were Killed Over European
Only one of four men who served on U-Boats survived
William Hitler, Adolf’s nephew served in the American Military.
Adolf Hitler and Henry Ford both had this photograph framed on their desks.
German female students lineup for inspection by female gym teacher.
The U-1206 sank due to a malfunctioning toilet.
Hiro Ononda was the last Japanese soldier to surrender, it was not until 1979 that the Japanese government forcefully told Ononda to surrender.
The German Ringtrichterrichtungshoerer was an acoustic locator for anti-aircraft devices.
