Russian Ostelegionen troops, led by Pvt. Dmitri Biakin, surrender to Allied forces on the Western Front (France?). Prior to deserting, they killed their German NCO.

Russian Ostelegionen troops, led by Pvt. Dmitri Biakin, surrender to Allied forces on the Western Front (France?). Prior to deserting, they killed their German NCO.

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 9 hours ago

The body of Croatian soldier Mario Svjetličić lies beside a shattered portrait of Josip Broz Tito after he was killed by a mortar shell in the village of Prekopakra, Croatia, 24 October 1991. Photographer, Božidar Vukićević. [1600 × 900]

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 14 hours ago

Cossacks of the Soviet 72nd Cavalry Division. Crimea, 1942.

In the center of the 2nd photo is Major General V.I. Kniga, commander of the 72nd Cavalry Division.

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 14 hours ago

Free French officer Robert Galley of the 2nd Armored Division executes three German POWs with his Colt 45., photographed by Alexandre Krementchousky. Andelot-Blancheville, France, 12-09-1944.

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 16 hours ago

Yugoslav partisans photograph captured collaborators of the Axis occupiers (from left to right) including a Chetnik, an Ustaše, and a Slovene Home Guard, in Bosnia, 1942. [2007 × 1389]

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 1 day ago

American and British POWs are paraded through the streets of Paris by Nazi soldiers and are abused by the locals, January 1st, 1944.

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 1 day ago

Jewish police in a displaced persons camp located in Germany detain an alleged Jewish concentration camp guard, otherwise known as a "kapo" circa 1945. [960 × 640]

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 1 day ago

Photographer, Hugo Fisher-Ribarić captures the moment when over twenty captured German soldiers are executed by Yugoslav partisans on a hill near Rijeka, Croatia, April 20, 1945. [800 × 495]

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 3 days ago

Yugoslav partisans of the 12th Dalmatian Shock Brigade execute more than 20 German soldiers who surrendered on a hill near Rijeka in April of 1945.

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 4 days ago

Soviet soldiers from the 51st Guards Rifle Division in the liberated village of Karpovka. Dead German soldiers and machine gun belts lie on the ground. Photographer, Sanko Galina Zakharovna.

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 4 days ago
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The destruction of the Spanish mission of San Sabá in the province of Texas by a Comanche-led war party in March 16, 1758. The attack led to the deaths of two priests, and seven Spanish soldiers.

u/Aboveground_Plush — 3 days ago

German generals captured near Stalingrad by a Soviet patrol at the end of January 1943. From left to right: Otto Korfes, Gerhard Dissel, Max Pfeffer, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Johannes Crome. Photograph by Georgi Zelma. [2000 × 1521]

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 6 days ago

Infantry of the 2nd SS-Panzer corps from the 9th SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen and the sister division 10th SS-Panzer-Division Frundsberg in Russia in spring 1944.

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 6 days ago

German General Helmuth Von Pannwitz in traditional Cossack wear. Pannwitz was instrumental from 1942 onwards in establishing Cossack volunteer forces. Captured by the British who later turned him over to the Soviets, he was hung along with 5 other Cossack generals in 1947.

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 8 days ago

Photo from the Camp Weld Conference in 1864, a peace conference with Cheyenne leader Black Kettle (seated, third from left) and his associates. Edward Wynkoop and Cavalry Captain Silas Soule are kneeling in front. Both men expressed disgust at the Sand Creek Massacre of November, 1864. [2000 × 1333]

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 8 days ago

Some excerpts showcasing possible atrocities from the photo album of Finnish SS-Obersturmführer, Kaj Duncker. From the article "Finnish SS Volunteers and the Atrocities on the Eastern Front".

u/Accurate_Motor_89 — 9 days ago