WWII Photo of the Day

Hufflepuff · #1 (**permalink**) May 14th, 2008, 01:20 PM

Hey all,

I have seen the many threads people have put up about "Quotes of the Day" etc. and I thought this would be an interesting add-on to those types of threads. Anyone can post here, just don't overkill

If you do post a photo, please give any desired information about it, such as where it was taken, the date if possible, the subjects in the photo, etc. Thanks!

To start things off...

A Bren gunner at Douet, France, June 1944. Member of the Durham Light Infantry. A classic but posed study (this used to be my avatar lol).

kingthreehead · #2 (**permalink**) May 14th, 2008, 10:13 PM

I like this Idea

Object:Avro Lancaster
Date Taken:Unknown
Short Bio: RAF Heavy Bomber
It possessed a maximum speed of 280 mph and a range of 2,700 miles. A full load consisted of about 14,000 lbs. Protection consisted of ten .303 cal. machine guns.

skunk works · #3 (**permalink**) May 14th, 2008, 10:41 PM

USS ARD-26 (floating dry dock), with USS Barton aboard.

Hufflepuff · #4 (**permalink**) May 15th, 2008, 01:12 PM

Just an update to the thread rules:

One person may post only one photo per day.
Photo duplicates posted are not allowed, unless stated (PM me for permission)
I myself will try and post one photo a day.

Alroight...

Taken at KErch on the Crimean peninsula in 1941: dead Ukranian conscripts and Russian soldiers are mourned by families. Titled 'Grief.'

Hufflepuff · #5 (**permalink**) May 16th, 2008, 01:01 PM

Hello all!

Today's photo is:

British Anti-tank gun, Unit Unknown, possibly the Green Howards (if anyone has any unit info please post!). Near Villers-Bocage, Mid June 1944.

(PS: One of my favorite war photographs of all time!)

and to better explain the rules I meant one person can post one photo, but anyone can poast here. In other words, you can post a photo here if you so desire, but only once per day. (talk about a toung twister lol)

Hufflepuff · #6 (**permalink**) May 17th, 2008, 06:41 PM

Shortly before the D-Day invasion of 1944, Ike talks with members of the 502nd PIR/101st Abn. Division in England.

tikilal · #7 (**permalink**) May 17th, 2008, 09:48 PM

Huff do you have these photos or are they just images you have collected?

Hufflepuff · #8 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2008, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tikilal

Huff do you have these photos or are they just images you have collected?

I don't own that many WWII photos myself, I just look stuff up in books and on the internet and if I see something in a book that I like then I try and look it up.

Next: Early model mustangs, possibly of a polish wing, over england, date unknown.

Skipper · #9 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2008, 02:02 PM

Nice idea , I like the one of Crimea.

Hufflepuff · #10 (**permalink**) May 21st, 2008, 01:18 AM

Today's photo is...

Downtown Minsk, Belarussia, shortly after the end of WWII.

Hufflepuff · #11 (**permalink**) May 21st, 2008, 12:26 PM

NExt one...

Iwo Jima, possibly D-Plus one, a marine examines dead comrades as a Japanese shell explodes in the background.

Hufflepuff · #12 (**permalink**) May 22nd, 2008, 01:02 PM

Date: September 2, 1939
A polish girl, 10, finds her sister dead from a German air attack on Warsaw.

macrusk · #13 (**permalink**) May 24th, 2008, 03:27 AM

This one always causes an emotional reaction for me. Unfortunately, at the moment I do not recall the source except that it was online.

The aftermath at Dieppe - a scene of great pathos....

skunk works · #14 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2008, 10:45 AM

HMS Illustrious after a Regia Aeronaitica success

Love the Mustang "C's", not many (as many) pictures of them !

scarface · #15 (**permalink**) May 28th, 2008, 02:39 PM

Boy, Skonk....

I stared at that photo for I don't know HOW long, and I STILL can't make heads nor tails of it!

.... What am I lookin' at???

-whatever

-Lou

Mussolini · #16 (**permalink**) May 28th, 2008, 03:18 PM

I'm with Lou on this one...what are we looking at? Looks just like mangled metal to me, with some odd shaped smoke?

mikebatzel · #17 (**permalink**) May 28th, 2008, 03:33 PM

Looks too me like a picture of a repair party taken from the deck above. Posibly taken after damge taken off Sicily by air attack?

Mussolini · #18 (**permalink**) May 28th, 2008, 04:09 PM

I didnt notice the people before (weird shaped smoke).

White Flight · #19 (**permalink**) May 28th, 2008, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mussolini

I didnt notice the people before (weird shaped smoke).

Slow shutter speed with movement. Yeah, I'm still looking for a pony (Mustang). Perhaps the wrong file was pulled. Interesting image though.

skunk works · #20 (**permalink**) May 29th, 2008, 12:27 AM

Taken from the flight deck, looking down into where the elevator used to be. The repair party have mostly white hats. The picture is old (see the creases), but taken as soon as it was cool enough to get down there to see what was left.
another....Last known picture of Roma, before as well

Hufflepuff · #21 (**permalink**) May 29th, 2008, 09:23 PM

Location: Lingevres, France
Date: June(?) 1944
Subject: A knocked out Sherman of the 47th Dragoon Guards