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World War II History Interesting and amazing facts about all that was World War II from all perspectives. Articles, pictures, videos and information about the war. Non-political.

Crewmen on Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) move rockets to planes, while preparing for strikes on , on...
06/02/2026

Crewmen on Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) move rockets to planes, while preparing for strikes on , on October 12, 1944.

Framed by the silhouette of an alert soldier of the 77th Infantry Division as tons of water and coral are blown skyward ...
06/01/2026

Framed by the silhouette of an alert soldier of the 77th Infantry Division as tons of water and coral are blown skyward by the force of a charge set to deepen a channel through a reef offshore of Okinawa on April 24, 1945.

A German StuG III Ausf armoured crossing a stream in the Soviet Union in October, 1941.
05/31/2026

A German StuG III Ausf armoured crossing a stream in the Soviet Union in October, 1941.

British troops walking past a knocked out German Panther Ausf. A in Normandy, France, in June, 1944.
05/30/2026

British troops walking past a knocked out German Panther Ausf. A in Normandy, France, in June, 1944.

05/29/2026

Meet the Nebelwerfer, one of WWII’s most recognizable battlefield sounds.

Its rockets made an eerie scream in flight, earning Allied nicknames like “Moaning Minnie” and “Screaming Mimi.”

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Cleveland-class light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62) attempting to fight fires aboard USS Princeton (CVL-23) in the Phil...
05/29/2026

Cleveland-class light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62) attempting to fight fires aboard USS Princeton (CVL-23) in the Philippine Sea on October 24, 1944.

A Finnish woman in heavy fur coat watching the sky for Russian aircraft in Northern Finland in January, 1940.
05/28/2026

A Finnish woman in heavy fur coat watching the sky for Russian aircraft in Northern Finland in January, 1940.

German paratrooper observing the field from a treetop position, Cassino, Italy, in 1944.
05/27/2026

German paratrooper observing the field from a treetop position, Cassino, Italy, in 1944.

Casablanca-class es**rt carrier USS Ommaney Bay (CVE–79) burning in the Sulu Sea as seen from sister ship USS Steamer Ba...
05/26/2026

Casablanca-class es**rt carrier USS Ommaney Bay (CVE–79) burning in the Sulu Sea as seen from sister ship USS Steamer Bay (CVE-87) on January 4, 1945.

USS Ommaney Bay had been struck by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft and was later scuttled.

U.S. Army Cpt. J. McMahon and an unidentified American soldier of the Ninth U.S. Army carry a small German girl across t...
05/25/2026

U.S. Army Cpt. J. McMahon and an unidentified American soldier of the Ninth U.S. Army carry a small German girl across the destroyed bridge at Tangermünde over the River Elbe in May, 1945.

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