/r/WorldWar2
A place for historically-accurate content relating to the Second World War.
A place for historically-accurate content relating to the second world war.
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- /r/GermanWW2photos
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/r/WorldWar2
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A Douglas A-24B-5-DT Banshee (the USAAF version of the SBD Dauntless) of the 531st Fighter Squadron taxis on Makin. December 13, 1943.
13:35 UTC
The Cyprus Regiment - World War II - 1940
10:08 UTC
The Wehrmacht's last stand or The End by Ian Kershaw?
I am really interested in the topic of why Germany decided to fight till the end and I have come across these 2 books. I have not read anything by Robert Citino, though I have heard great words about his work. Has anyone read both and want to give his opinion on the topic?
EDIT: It may sound funny but Ian Kershaw's book is also 20€ cheaper in my country. If it's just a matter of taste then perhaps the extra 20€ is not worth it.
08:23 UTC
I'm so grateful for all the veterans I had the opportunity to meet
As we approach the 80th year of the end of the war, I'm really glad I got to spend time with some of the veterans of this war. My grandfather was a CBI Radio operator, my other a Navy tugboat crewman. I got to spend time in the veterans home in my county with veterans from all the different armed forces bickering with each other as we laughed and spoke with each other. I met the pilot of the Enola gay, Paul tibbets, and Richard Winters at Reading regional airports annual WW2 weekend. I met Holocaust veterans through my 5th grade teacher that drilled into us the impact of the genocide in Germany. Thank you to all of you for your service. Your stories will live on through us forever. The fight you fought will not be lost on me, nor the meaning of why you fought.
03:39 UTC
Japanese Internment Camps
I'm looking for book suggestions on the history of Japanese Internment camps in the United States during the war if anyone knows any good ones. I see George Takei has a graphic novel about his experiences growing up in an internment camp that I'll probably check out, but any others that are worth the read I'm all ears!
01:21 UTC
Rank?
17:35 UTC
Original color photo of Hawk 75's at Little Norway, a Norwegian Air Force training camp in southern Ontario, Canada, in 1942
13:48 UTC
Che uniforme è? che simboli sono? Dettaglio soldato italiano seconda guerra mondiale
23:56 UTC
Colorized photo of the citizens of Namur, Belgium, greeting American troops as the city is liberated in September 1944.
13:30 UTC
Can anyone identify this emblem?
My buddy found this helmet from his great grandmother, and is wondering where it came from
22:28 UTC
Germans soldiers taken prisoner by the Japanese-American GI's of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Bruyeres, France, October 23, 1944
12:24 UTC
Weekly ask anything about World War 2 post. Feel free to ask anything about the war or topics related to it.
We see a lot of great questions on this sub but don't always catch them all. This is your chance to ask anything. Want to know more about E-Boats, or the differences in M4 Sherman variants, or perhaps you've never known what the D in D-Day stood for. Or maybe you just want to know how we got into World War 2 history in the first place. It doesn't matter, this is the place to ask all the questions you've wanted.
01:00 UTC
Redditors i need your opinion. Would the atomic bomb have been invented if WWII hadn't happened?
18:44 UTC
French war correspondent Jean Marin looks at the corpse of a Belgian child murdered by Waffen-SS troops led by war criminal Joachim Peiper during a retreat near Stavelot, Belgium. December 1944.
17:50 UTC
What was the purpose of the German operation spring awakening?
Several versions are written in several places. The occupation of Transdanubia(dunántúl) maybe The recapture of Budapest maybe recapture of the lowlands(alföld) We know what happened in reality. But what was the whole and entire purpose of Operation Spring Awakening?
15:16 UTC
Two French women, with heads shaven and swastika drawn on their foreheads, are paraded down a Parisian street following liberation of the city by Allied forces. 27 August 1944.
01:34 UTC
Hermann Goering in captivity and his infamous press conference to the Americans. This is stock footage. May 1945
00:07 UTC
STG44/MP44
Do you know why the Germans carried one holster for the stg44/mp44 and one for the kar98? And do you have more pics with this combination or order to wear it like this? Thank you for your answers.
14:07 UTC
USS South Dakota (BB-57) and two destroyers alongside the repair ship USS Prometheus (AR-3) for repairs. November 1942.
13:29 UTC
Order of Battle, 19 November, 1942. 4th Panzer Army under Hoth. From: David M. Glanz, COMPANION TO ENDGAME AT STALINGRAD. p. 27. [Note high presence of Rumanian units and small number of "panzers"]
10:00 UTC
Four impact marks from Allied guns on the front of this Jagdpanther. This vehicle knocked out US tanks while on the road that is visible on the right, forcing the crew to abandoned it.
20:59 UTC
Looking for a museum to donate this to
16:45 UTC
There was a persistent German belief that the Red Army was on the verge of collapse. That false assumption shaped disastrous military strategy. Text From: David M. Glanz with Jonathan M. House, TO THE GATES OF STALINGRAD: SOVIET-GERMAN COMBAT OPERATIONS, APRIL-AUGUST, 1942.
10:56 UTC
Any good books on the Aleutian Islands campaign that anyone can recommend?
I’ve read a bit in the Epic of Flight series and Race of Aces but wanted the full picture on the only campaign fought on US soil. Appreciate it in advance.
09:54 UTC