The British Army in Italy 1943. A British officer examines a knocked-out German PzKpfw IV, 18-19 September 1943.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 11 days ago
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Bonanno, an Italian prisoner with quite a history: "Bonanno was born and lived in the States at 16 Catherine Street, New York, deported in 1933 to Italy because his father was not a citizen and the family was on relief. He was in the Italian Army for 5 years, having fought in Spain, Albania, Africa
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 10 days ago
Riding in a jeep and a Sherman tank, New Zealand troops attempt to traverse the ruins of Cassino, destroyed by Allied shelling and air raids. The monastery is visible in the distance.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 10 days ago
American soldiers examine Block 13, Hochwald West Fortress on the Maginot Line in 1944.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 15 days ago
A Russian refugee who saved an American soldier from a burning tank is given an American uniform to fight alongside the 3rd Tank Battalion of the 10th Armored Division. 21 March, 1945.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 15 days ago
A Soviet infantry shells the far bank of the Western Dvina during the liberation of Vitebsk. Vitebsk-Orsha Operation. 1944
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 15 days ago
American soldier during the Battle of the Bulge, near Bastogne. Belgium. 23-26 December 1944. Robert Capa
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 15 days ago
German and Italian personnel survey this Hurricane brougt down by flak in the North African desert.The pilot was captured by the Italians. 1941
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 16 days ago
[4017 x 3263] USS Enterprise (CV-6), Nov 10, 1942
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 15 days ago
File No. 45667 June 6, 1944 Today is the day---Keyed for the task of breeching the walls of Nazi held Europe, U. S. Army troops transfer from an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) to a U. S. Navy LCI (L) (Landing Craft Infantry (Large) for the long awaited voyage to enemy shores.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 16 days ago
An Italian M13/40 covered by rocks, possibly using them as additional armor. Egyptian desert, 1942.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 17 days ago
An American B-29 bomber that made an emergency water landing near Iwo Jima. The aircraft had sustained damage during a raid on Tokyo and was carrying a wounded crew member. A soldier armed with an M1 carbine stands guard on the shore until recovery equipment arrives.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 23 days ago
Fascist Italian Alpine troops, captured by Brazilian troops. October, 1944
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 24 days ago
A camouflaged member of the Bedfordshire Home Guard undertakes training with the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle during a military exercise on 24th March 1941 near Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 25 days ago
Italian and German flags flying on buildings in Venice, Italy. September 16, 1941.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 26 days ago
[4934 x 6090] USS Lexington (CV-16) flight deck crewmen spot a pair of Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless scout bombers at the aft end of the flight deck in preparation for takeoff. An F6F-3 Hellcat fighter is parked farther forward, during the Gilberts operation, November 1943.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 29 days ago
US mortar crew tows a heavy cart along a muddy roadway. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151384." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-19-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-19-43-Italy!
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 29 days ago
M4 Sherman tanks of the British 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) enter the German town of Brünen. March 1945
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 1 month ago
U.S. Army Ranger manning a water cooled .50 cal. anti-aircraft machine gun, Sicily, 1943. Phil Stern Archives
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 1 month ago
A German collection point for captured Soviet equipment and weapons. On the left are Soviet 45mm anti-tank guns, followed by a large number of Maxim heavy machine guns and DP-27 light machine guns; on the right are 50mm company mortars (RM-38 model 1938). Summer 1941.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 1 month ago