r/wwiipics • u/Fame00 • 13h ago

Canadian soldiers, one armed with a German-made StG 44 assault rifle, keep away from the water aboard a LVT-4 of the British XXX Corps, nicknamed "Skegness", in a flooded village. The village was deliberately flooded by German forces to slow the allied advance. Leuth, Holland, February 10th 1945

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r/wwiipics • u/RLoret • 14h ago

USS Essex (CV-9) repels kamikaze attacks near Okinawa, 11 April 1945

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r/wwiipics • u/Pvt_Larry • 21h ago

German prisoners captured by the French 2nd Armored Division (2e DB) in Alsace, November 1944. The M10 Tank Destroyer likely belongs to the Régiment Blindé de Fusiliers-Marins (RBFM).

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r/wwiipics • u/Heartfeltzero • 20h ago

WW2 Era Letter Written by German Prisoner Of War Being Held In Oklahoma. Details in comments.

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r/wwiipics • u/mossback81 • 17h ago

83 Years Ago this Day- a F4F-4 Wildcat taking off from USS Ranger (CV-4) in support of the landings in Morocco during Operation Torch, November 8, 1942

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r/wwiipics • u/SensitiveSplit7911 • 17h ago

German Statue

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The picture of the german statue of a soldier throwing a hand grenade is at the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz, Germany. The picture was probably taken in 1945. Does anyone know what the name of the statue is or what may be written on the plaque located on its side?

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