History and World War II Colourised Photographs

Опубликовано: 15 Февраль 2023
на канале: HISTORY BOX

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An Indian rifleman with a Lee-Enfield SMLE Mk III rifle at a firing position, Egypt, 16 May 1940.

German motorized column moving on a dirt road. In the frame German trucks Krupp L2H143 (in the modification of light artillery tractors Kfz.70) and motorcycle BMW R12, 1941.

Finnish Corporal Gummerus armed with a Suomi submachine gun, Svir River area, Karelia, March 8, 1943.

A soldier from the 101st Airborne Assault Division, U.S. Army, near the commune of Ravenoville, Normandy, June 6, 1944.

A British LCA (landing craft, assault) type amphibious assault boat delivers troops to a landing ship in preparation for the Normandy landing. South coast of England, 1944.

A U.S. 1st Army soldier stands amidst the rubble inside the Battle of Nations monument in Leipzig. Germany, April 1945.

1st Lt. Roy "Buck" Rogers of the 102nd Infantry Division discovered a German soldier who had buried himself in a trench trying to avoid capture, near Linnich, North Rhine-Westphalia, February 1945.

Japanese Koryu (D type) ultra-small submarines in a partially submerged dry dock at the Kure Naval Base. Photo taken after Japan's surrender, 1945.

Sd.Kfz.251 semi-tracked armored personnel carrier shot down during the famous attempt to break through the SS Division "Nordland" on Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, 1945.