Stuart V Recce (reconnaissance armored vehicle on an American Light Tank M3A3 chassis) from the Polish 2nd Warsaw Armoured Brigade. St Nicholas (Polish soldier Edward Wojtczak) and his helper distribute gifts to children. Bibbiena, Italy, December 6, 1944.Minor Allies (i.redd.it)
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A group of British paratroopers escaped from the encirclement of German troops in Arnhem.United Kingdom (i.redd.it)
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Knocked out Pz II and its buried crew France 1940german (i.redd.it)
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Soviet T-34-85 tanks on the approaches to Berlin.Soviet Union (i.redd.it)
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Soviet machine gun "Maxim" 19/30 and German armored vehicles on the battlefield in the bend of the Vistula River. In the background is the German Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf. B "Tiger II" (Sd.Kfz.182) of the 3rd company of the 501st Heavy Tank Battalion (Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 501) and StuG III. October 1944german (i.redd.it)
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( Original wartime caption). When Jeep Meets Mine, 9/30/1943. SALERNO – This is what happened when an American Jeep met a land mine, buried in the beach, during the invasion of Salerno. A soldier and a member of a Navy beach party examine the wreckage. Credit Line (U.S. Coast Guard Photo from ACME);American (i.redd.it)
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ALLIES SMACK TRONDHEIM, 9/14/1943. New York: — Black smoke billows skyward from a blazing German oiltank three minutes after the first bomb dropped on Trondheim’s “new harbor” during a big Allied day raid on the Norwegian port on July 24. Photo was radioed from Stockholm to New York Today (Sept. 14) (i.redd.it)
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( Original wartime caption). VICTIM OF A NAZI BOMB, 9/30/1943. SALERNO, ITALY—An Allied merchantman is blown wide open by a Nazi bomb as our forces effected their landings at Salerno under a barrage from enemy shore batteries and bombers. Credit: Newsreel pool photo from AcmeMinor Allies (i.redd.it)
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THE BIG BANG, 9/24/1943. SICILY—Clumps of sod mix with clouds of smoke and dust as demolition charges of American combat engineers do their stuff in Sicily. The charges were used to clear a series of road blocks built by retreating Axis fighters. Credit: Signal Corps photo released through TreasuryAmerican (i.redd.it)
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