A German soldier looks on at a rather disinterested looking polar bear at the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes, Paris’s famous zoo during its occupation. CREDIT : Andre Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / TopFoto #ww2#worldwar2#occupation#paris#france#zoo#polarbear#polarbears
On the night of 8/9 April 1941, Coventry endured another major air raid as 230 German aircraft bombarded the city, dropping 315 tons of high explosives along with 25,000 incendiaries. Over the course of this attack and a second raid two nights later, on 10/11 April, approximately 451 people were killed and more than 700 sustained serious injuries. #ww2#worldwar2#airraid#theblitz#coventry#england#uk#greatbritain#battleofbritain
Part of another British flotilla of submarines. On the far left is a T class, next to her is the S class ‘Subtle’ then a V class and finally another S class - Mediterranean Ocean, date unknown #submarine#royalnavy#navy#flotilla#wwii#ww2#ocean#Mediterranean