Be Prepared

A WWII WPA poster for the Pennsylvania State Council of Defense encouraging civilians to be properly prepared for air raids. c. 1941.

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Easter Eggs for Hitler

Two American Soldiers proudly show off their personalized "Easter eggs" (155mm artillery shells) before firing them. Hand colored ...

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Got a Light?

These German soldiers were without a lighter.  So they used a flamethrower to light their cigarettes.

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Taking Cover

Two GIs take cover on the bridge at Worms Nibelungen, Germany on March 28, 1945, as snipers on the other bank of the Rhine take aim. In the...

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Lady POWs

German female prisoners of war outside their tented accommodation in a camp for SS, Luftwaffe and civilian women prisoners at Vilvoorde on t...

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The Firing Squad

German commando Gunther Billing in US Army fatigues as US Army MPs tie his hands behind him before facing the firing squad. Billing was one ...

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Rare Images of the Battle of the Bulge

From December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945, American, British, Canadian, Belgian, and French forces fought to stop the final major German of...

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RIP Ernie Pyle

Taken at Ie Shima near the end of World War II.  Ernie Pyle was a journalist from Indiana.   His reporting of the campaigns in North Africa,...

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Japanese Internment, 1943

In 1943, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), America's most well-known photographer, documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California a...

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Gas Masks

A collection of photos of civilian gas masks during World War II.

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Ghosts of War

This has to be one of the most fascinating projects I've ever seen.  Dutch historian  Jo Teeuwisse  creates each image by first trac...

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