The World at War

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NOT POLITICAL - JUST HISTORY IN PICTURES. ©️Copyright -All media is property of its respective owners. No copyright infringement intended.
French Resistance fighters sabotage the Marseille-Paris railway in Romanèche - 30th Aug, 1944. CREDIT : Roger Viollet/Getty Images #wwii #paris #romaneche #Marseille #railway #resistance #sabotage #frenchresistance #history
Allied soldiers make their way across the Remagen Bridge from the West Bank - March 1945 #ww2 #germany #rhine #remagen #remagenbridge #allied #bridge #military
US Marine dog handlers take a moment - Iwo Jima- Feb 1945 #iwojima #japan #pacific #dog #marines #usmarines #usmc #doghandler #wwii
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
A Russian officer poses by his lend lease Sherman tank as he enters Vienna - date unknown #vienna #sovietunion #lendlease #sherman #tank #ww2
A US Marine takes the opportunity to get a drink of water on the beach of Guadalcanal Island - Solomon Islands, Aug 1942 #ww2 #worldwar2 #usmarines #usmc #marines #guadalcanal #solomonislands #pacific #beach #water
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
German Panzer III’s enter a village on the Eastern Front during the early stages of Operation Barbarossa - July 1941 #panzer #tank #sovietunion #easternfront #barbarossa #village #ww2
US infantry move cautiously in the suburbs of Bizerta, the main port on the north coast of Tunisia - April / May 1943 #bizerta #tunisia #italy #usarmy #infantry #wwii