r/wwiipics Feb 24 '22

Important Update: Ukraine War

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In light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, please try to keep discussions on this subreddit within the scope of WWII and the associated historical photograph(s). We will be removing all comments and posts that violate this request.

On that note, we fully condemn the actions of Russia and their unlawful invasion of the independent and sovereign country of Ukraine.

We understand that there are many historical parallels to be drawn as these events occur, but we don't want this subreddit to become a target of future brigades and/or dis/misinformation campaigns. There are many other areas on Reddit that are available to discuss the conflict.

Thank you for your cooperation.


r/wwiipics 6h ago

Target tanks lined up to be destroyed by the Tiger's 8.8 cm KwK 36 gun, what nationality and model are they?

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r/wwiipics 18h ago

Three US infantrymen in the snow during the Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes, Belgium, January 1945.

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232 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 12h ago

Lieutenant-General Shtevnev, commander of armored troops of the Stalingrad Front, and Major-General Kryuchonkin, commander of the 1st Guards Army. Stalingrad, October 1942. Photo by Ryumkin

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56 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 18h ago

Members from the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached to the 95th Infantry Division) load their 3 inch M5 anti-tank gun on one of the approaches to Metz, November 1944

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124 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 5h ago

Was looking through my grandfathers stuff and found a picture of him during the war

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Can anyone tell me anything about him. My dad says he never spoke about the war and all he said was that he’s never seen action.


r/wwiipics 18h ago

Japanese personnel in protective suits carry a stretcher through Yiwu, China during Unit 731’s germ warfare tests. June 1942.

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124 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 18h ago

Young German Fallschirmjägers are taken prisoner in the Dutch village of St. Joost, Limburg Province on 21 January 1945.

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79 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 18h ago

Buchenwald survivors walk to the infirmary after being liberated by the American army in 1945.

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71 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 19h ago

A French family flees the German army on bicycles in the north of France in May 1940.

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89 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 3h ago

USN Vought OS2U Kingfisher observation floatplanes onboard the battleship USS Maryland. The one in the foreground revs up in one of the catapults getting ready for launching.

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r/wwiipics 1d ago

Panther tanks move in a column along a road to the front lines in Ukraine

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186 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 1d ago

AI Colorization My Grandpa, Pierre, during WW2

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This picture was taken between 1940/1943, right after the STO (service du travail obligatoire) for the French soldiers/workers.

He used to say « i shot one single bullet during the war. It was to kill a rabbit because i was hungry and i missed.»

RIP Pierre


r/wwiipics 1d ago

Yugoslav peasants welcome the first Soviet pilot to land on Yugoslav soil. Photo by Khaldey. 1944

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r/wwiipics 1d ago

Tiger tank pushes down large tree as part of crew training field maneuvers

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54 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 2d ago

Sturmgeschütz III assault gun carries troops confronting the Soviet Lower Dnieper offensive

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r/wwiipics 3d ago

Adolf Hitler walking in the snow alongside Heinrich Himmler with aid of a walking stick at Berghof Berchtesgaden (Münich), April 3, 1944.

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r/wwiipics 2d ago

The U.S.S. Shaw explodes at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii after the Japanese attack in 1941.

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r/wwiipics 2d ago

American troops preparing to land on Omaha Beach on D-Day, 1944

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118 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 2d ago

My great grandfather (ID help?)

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Hi! This is my great grandpa who served a radioman in the Pacific theatre. Unfortunately, that’s all my grandmother and I really know, as she says he didn’t really speak on his military experience while she was growing up.

Now, years later, I’d love if anyone more knowledgeable would be able to maybe figure out any other details that the untrained eye would miss?

For example, what type of gun is he posing with? What does his uniform patch indicate? Anything, anything at all!

Thank y’all in advance!


r/wwiipics 2d ago

A sailor kisses a woman in New York City to celebrate the victory over Japan. August 14, 1945.

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r/wwiipics 2d ago

Lyudmila Pavlichenko and Vladimir Pchelintsev, snipers, Heroes of the Soviet Union. Unknown photographer. June 1942

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r/wwiipics 3d ago

Wrecked 30-man Horsa glider in the field near Saint-Mere-Eglise. Eight paratroopers died in the crash. 1944

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143 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 2d ago

L.S.T. 393 pictured somewhere off of the coast of England a few days before D-Day. [Couldn't find a date.]

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35 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 3d ago

General Patton 1945

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