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NOT POLITICAL - JUST HISTORY IN PICTURES. ©️Copyright -All media is property of its respective owners. No copyright infringement intended.
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A Royal Canadian Airforce Wellington Mark X HE239 of No.428 Squadron lands safely after being damaged by flak on a mission over Germany - Kent, England, April 1943 #ww2 #rcaf #royalcanadianairforce #wellington #westmalling #kent #england #flak

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British troops hand out chocolate to civilians on their way through a Dutch village - Netherlands, Sept 1944 #ww2 #history #dutch #netherlands #confectionary #chocolate #britisharmy #civilians

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Soviet JS-2 heavy tanks make their advance towards Berlin - Germany, March 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #js2 #tank #soviet #advance #germany #berlin

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US Lieutenant Rene Livchen examines a captured German Me262 jet aircraft - Leiphem, Gunzberg, Bavaria, Germany, April 1945. CREDIT : Jacob Harris #ww2 #history #me262 #jet #jetengine #leiphem #gunzburg #bavaria #germany

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British Sherman tanks of the 8th Armoured Division advance through the town of Amsterdamer Straße, Germany, 4th March 1945 #ww2 #AmsterdamerStraße #cologne #germany #sherman #tank #history

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German Naval personnel stroll through the street in St Anne, Alderney, Channel Islands after its occupation - July 1940 #ww2 #stanne #alderney #channelislands #navy #history

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US soldiers pull over in their jeep to ask for directions - Saarburg, Germany, April 1945 #ww2 #history #jeep #usarmy #saarburg #germany

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British soldiers keep a look out in a flooded area of forest - Operation Market Garden, Arnhem, Holland, Sept 1944 #arnhem #holland #ww2 #netherlands #history #marketgarden

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German soldiers buy from a stall on the streets of Paris - Aug 1940. In reality this is a German propaganda photograph taken by André Zucca for Signal Magazine using AGFA colour film supplied by the army #worldwar2 #ww2 #paris #france #1940s #agfa #history #propaganda

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German soldiers load grain and supplies on to rail cars to be sent to the front lines - Eastern Front, date unknown #easternfront #sovietunion #ww2 #history #railcar #train #grain #supplies

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US soldiers leave the town of Bastogne and make their way to their next objective - late January 1945. CREDIT : WW2 magazine #bastogne #belgium #ardennes #usarmy #ww2

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Soviet soldiers hitch a ride on T-34/85 tanks as they move through an Austrian village during the closing stages of the war - April 1945 #ww2 #history #t34 #tank #soviet #austria

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A British Daimler Mk. 1 Scout Car keeps watch in a street just after D-day - Sallenelles, Normandy, France, June 1944 CREDIT :captainpriceunoffically #ww2 #history #daimler #sallenelles #dday #france #normandy

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German soldiers take part in a training exercise. Although the exact date and location are unknown, it is thought that it could have been somewhere in Germany just before the outbreak of WWII #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #germany #training #exercise

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German soldiers surrender to US forces as they make their advance - Lemgo, Germany, April 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #westphalia #lemgo #germany #surrender #pow #usarmy

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US Marines lead an old Japanese civilian to safety - Okinawa, Japan, 1945 #ww2 #history #okinawa #usmc #japan #pacific #usmarines #marines #civilian

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A young female welder gets to work in Connecticut - 1943. CREDIT : Bernard Hoffman #Connecticut #usa #america #ww2 #history #welder

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A USAAF B24 Liberator takes a hit over Vienna, Austria - 16th June 1944 #ww2 #history #austria #vienna #b24 #liberator #aviation #aircraft #usaaf #usairforce

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Canadian soldiers explore a captured German bunker at Carpiquet Airfield - Carpiquet, France, July 1944 #france #carpiquet #caen #airfield #bunker #canadian #ww2

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An abandoned Soviet T-34 tank is examined by German soldiers - Lithuania, July 1941 #ww2 #history #soviet #t34 #tank #lithuania

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American P-38 Lightnings on patrol over the Aleutian Islands, Alaska - 1943 #alaska #aleutianislands #ww2 #history #pacific #p38 #p38lightening #aviation #usairforce #usaaf

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A Dutch civilian greets the driver of a British Bren carrier - Aalst, (Zaltbommel) Netherlands, Sept 1944. CREDIT : Netherlands National Archives #ww2 #history #netherlands #dutch #aalst #brencarrier #liberation #britisharmy

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US Private Albert Goheen sits in the driver’s seat of a German Type 82 Volkswagen Kubelwagon - Czechoslovakia, April 1945 #ww2 #history #vw #volkswagen #usarmy #kubelwagen #czechoslovakia

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M4 Sherman tanks support US soldiers from the 84th Infantry Division - Geilenkirchen, Germany, Nov 1944 #ww2 #history #tank #m4 #sherman #geilenkirchen #germany #infantry

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A German flak tower situated at the Berlin Zoo - April 1942 CREDIT: T.Sorba #ww2 #berlin #zoo #germany #berlinzoo

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Soviet soldiers hitch a ride on an IS-2 heavy tank on the recently liberated streets of Prague - May 1945 #ww2 #is2 #heavytank #tank #prague #liberation

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British Private Kay Elms of the ATS, (Auxiliary Territorial Service) the women's branch of the British Army at a camp in Belgium, 26th Jan 1944. CREDIT : IWM #ww2 #history #belgium #ats #britisharmy

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A Soviet BT-5 light tank under construction at the Irkutsk engineering plant - Irkutsk, Siberia, April 1942 #history #ww2 #bt5 #tank #irkutsk #siberia

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A Canadian Military Policeman searches a captured German soldier - France, date unknown. CREDIT : Canadian National Archives #france #canadian #pow #mp #ww2 #history #militarypolice

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A US Curtiss SB2C3 Helldiver aircraft makes an emergency landing on the deck of the USS Hancock - Philippines, Oct 1944. CREDIT : US Naval Aviation Museum #ww2 #usn #history #usnavy #curtiss #helldiver #philippines

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A US soldier checks the identity of a young German soldier captured shortly after D-day - France, June 1944 #history #ww2 #france #dday #pow #identity #captured #prisoner

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German Gebirgsjagers (mountain soldiers) inspect an abandoned Soviet T-34 tank - Ukraine, June 1941 #history #ww2 #t34 #tank #ukraine #gebirgsjager

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Soldiers from the US 101st Airborne Division take part in a training exercise - USA, date unknown. CREDIT : US Army Archives #usa #ww2 #history #paratrooper #101stairborne #airborne #bandofbrothers

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Canadian Army Medic Lance Corporal J W Curtis treats a wound on the leg of French boy Marcel Frémont aged 10. Next to him is his brother Daniel Frémont aged 4. Marcel appears to be wearing Curtis’ Glengarry cap-France, July 1944 #canadian #corporal #glengarry #medic #france #armymedic #ww2 #history

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A destroyed Soviet Kv-1 heavy tank left abandoned in the city of Rostov on Don - July 1942 #rostovondon #sovietunion #kv1 #tank #ww2 #worldwar2 #history

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A US soldier rescues an injured civilian and carries her to safety - Manila, Feb 1945. CREDIT : US Army Archives #ww2 #manila #worldwar2 #philippines #usmc #marnines #usmarines #usarmy

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A German Dornier Do 17 is prepared for another mission - date and location unknown. CREDIT : usafphantom2 / Sylvia70485099 #ww2 #history #aviation #dornier #dornierdo17 #do17 #aircraft

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US troops on board their landing craft going in to land at Oran, Algeria as Operation Torch gets underway - North Africa, Nov 1942. CREDIT : US Army Archives #ww2 #history #oran #algeria #northafrica #usarmy #torch

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Colonel Loren Hillsinger, a US pilot of the British RAF “Eagle” squadron with his Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft - Hendon Airfield, England, 1944. Hillsinger lost his leg in 1942 while giving air support during the Dieppe raid #ww2 #history #hurricane #hawker #raf #royalairforce #hendon #england

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Canadian gunners prepare captured German artillery - Dunkirk, France, September 1944 #ww2 #history #artillery #canadian

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US soldiers on board ship get ready for the D-Day landings - June 1944 CREDIT IWM #normandy #france #dday #ww2 #june1944 #usarmy #lifejackets

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A group of French children inspect a destroyed German Panzer V Panther tank - France, May 1945 CREDIT : IWM #ww2 #france #panzer #panther #tank #history

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An US M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer makes it way through the ruined streets of Lembach, Grand Est, France - Dec 1944 #ww2 #history #wolverine #m10 #alsace #france #lembach #usarmy

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German soldiers make time to get something to eat - date and location unknown. Whilst the exact date and location is unknown, it is thought that the picture was taken during the early stages of the war #ww2 #history #westernfront #rations #fieldkitchen

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US Marine and combat cameraman Norman Hatch gives a drink of water to a kitten who was hiding under a destroyed Japanese tank during the battle of Tarawa , Gilbert Islands - 23rd Nov 1943. CREDIT : USMC Archives #ww2 #history #usmc #usmarines #marines #kitten #pacific

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A US soldier sits atop an abandoned German Panther PzKpfw. V Ausf D tank - Austria, March 1945 #ww2 #tank #history #austria #panther #panzer #usarmy

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A US soldier offers to share some of his rations to two children - Italy, 1944 #ww2 #italy #rations #history #usarmy #gi

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Ground crew prepare a German Focke-Wulf Fw 189A Uhu twin-fuselage reconnaissance aircraft for its next mission - Finland 1943 #ww2 #history #finland #reconnaissance #fockewulf #recon

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Sherman tanks from the Canadian Governor General's Horse Guards Armoured Regiment advance through the city of Arnhem, Netherlands after its liberation on - April 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #sherman #tank #arnhem #netherlands

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A Japanese officer and his soldiers take the opportunity to rest during a break in hostilities - Beijing, China, 1937 #ww2 #history #beijing #china #worldwar2

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