HISTORY IN IMAGES: Pictures Of War, History , WW2: >Second World War

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Warsaw Uprising 1944

Germans pull out Armia Krajowa man from man hole Warsaw Uprising 1944

Rare, Random Images From WW2: Part 1

Franco did not officially involve Spain on the Axis side, but Spanish volunteers did fight in the Wehrmacht. It was called the "Blue Division"(the 250th infantry division). Here a soldier is seen by the grave of a comrade

Rare, Random Images From WW2: Part 2

Germans firing 20 mm Flak 30 anti-aircraft gun in Italy 1943

Two German soldiers support wounded Canadian soldier after Dieppe raid. August 1942.Rare WW2 Images

Women During WW2

American Propaganda Posters During WW2

British Propaganda Posters During WW2

Striking Second World War Images IN COLOR

Were There Any Good Guys During World War Two?

Poland Under German Occupation And Warsaw Ghetto

PARIS Under German occupation During WW2: Color Pics By Andre Zucca

BRNO Death March: Germans Killed and Tortured In Czechoslovakia in 1945

Rape Of Germany After It Lost In 1945

Rare Waffen SS Pictures

SHOCKING: German Prisoners Tortured By American Soldiers And Authorities After The Country Lost The War In 1945

American Soldiers Hated And Brutalised Waffen SS Prisoners

Hitler's Vengeance Weapons: V1

Hitler's Vengeance Weapons: V2

German Soldiers. German Army. LARGER COLOR IMAGES

Chinese-Japanese War: 1931-45

American Soldiers In The Pacific: WW2

German Women Raped By Russian Soldiers In 1945

WAFFEN-SS: Nazi Germany's Elite Fighting Machine (LARGE PICTURES)

Hitler's Last Refuge: Fuhrerbunker (LARGE IMAGES)

Defeat Of France, Belgium and Holland. May 1940

British Retreat From Dunkirk (May-June 1940) (LARGE IMAGES)

DIEPPE RAID: AUGUST 19, 1942

German Invasion Of Poland, 1939: In Images

Fall of France, May 1940. Rare photos

Raw images from the Russian front

Russian children during WW2

Germany invades Poland. September 1939

Russian front as seen by German soldiers

Some rivetting pictures from WW2

After Poland and before Barbarossa: A short history in pictures

Dramatic pictures: D-Day

When Berlin fell in 1945: In pictures

Berlin in 1945: A First hand account

Posters from Nazi Germany

German soldiers in occupied Russia (Soviet Union)

Battle for Stalingrad: Some RARE pictures

When Nazi Germany lost the last chance to win WW2: Battle for Kursk

Second World War: Dramatic paintings

The Psychology (mind) of Hitler

Treaty of Versailles: The seed of WW2

Points To Ponder

WHY WAS THE FIGHTING ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT SO FIERCE DURING WW2?

It is difficult to distinguish between the quality of both the German and Russian soldiers. Both were motivated by their love for their motherland. But there were others factors that drove the two sides to such desperate fighting.

One, both sides knew that this was a no-holds bar war. Not fighting was thus not an option.

Second, both Hitler and Stalin had squads that killed any deserter. Turning away from fighting was just not possible.

Thus was seen some of the most bitter, brutal and desperate fighting on the WW2 eastern (Russian) Front.

Quotes....

"Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
--Hermann Goering