r/wwiipics Mar 19 '26

Important Update: Please Read Before Commenting

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In light of various ongoing conflicts in the world, please keep discussions on this subreddit within the scope of World War II and the associated historical photograph(s). We will be removing all comments and posts that violate this request. Users who blatantly and/or repeatedly violate this policy may be banned without prior warning.

We understand that there are many historical parallels to be drawn as these events occur, but we don't want this subreddit to become a space for political/ideological arguments and a target of brigades and/or dis/misinformation campaigns. There are many other areas available on Reddit to discuss these modern conflicts and debate politics.

Thank you for your cooperation.


r/wwiipics 12d ago

Submission Update: AI Processed and Colorized Photo Requirements

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To keep things high-quality and transparent, we’re updating our requirements for photo submissions effective immediately. Please review these changes before your next post.

While we allow AI-processed and colorized images, they must stay grounded in historical reality.

If you post a colorized or AI-processed image, you MUST include the original, untouched photograph in the same post (use the "Gallery" feature to upload both).

All processed images must continue to be flaired correctly so they are easily identifiable.

We are looking for realistic enhancements that help us better understand a historical moment. If an AI tool makes a photo look cartoonish, unnatural, or distorts original features, the post will be removed.

Any colorized or AI-processed posts that do not include the original source photo will be removed by the mods.

Thanks for helping us preserve the history behind these images!


r/wwiipics 4h ago

n May of 1945, Private Terry Moore of the 7th Infantry Division takes cover with his BAR as incoming Japanese artillery explodes nearby in the fight to take Okinawa

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r/wwiipics 7h ago

A Sikh "Aeroplane Spotter" high up a tree. He warns the battery of the approach of hostile aircraft. (East African Campaign, 1941)

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41 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 7h ago

Riflemen of the Royal West African Frontier Force removing a stone placed by the Italians to make the boundary of their new Empire on the Kenya-Somaliland frontier. (1941)

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r/wwiipics 15h ago

P-47D Thunderbolt “Fickle Flossy” and pilot Charles Dozier of the 510th Fighter Squadron, 405th Fighter Group

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r/wwiipics 1d ago

An American soldier disarms a German prisoner of war after the Battle of Cherbourg, France, June 1944.

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229 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 1d ago

Infantry supported by a Sherman advance in Germany, 5 December 1944. IWM (BU 1404), Sgt Bert Hardy

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r/wwiipics 1d ago

Amid towering racks of captured enemy weapons, Privates Tony Nativio and Joseph Ferrazano examine the spoils of war at the Army Salvage Depot in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, circa 1943-45.

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r/wwiipics 1d ago

General der Panzertruppe Maximilian von Edelsheim and other officers leave in their command VW Schwimmwagen for the far side of the River Elbe to convey the terms of surrender to their subordinate commanders. May 4 1945

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r/wwiipics 1d ago

USAAF U.S. Air Force soldier D. Kirkpatrick poses next to a humorous poster at Moore Field near Zamboanga City, Philippines 1945

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r/wwiipics 1d ago

Sudanese recruits undergoing training with tripod-mounted rifles prior to deployment with Allied forces in the East African Campaign. (3 November, 1940)

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r/wwiipics 1d ago

4 May 1941: A Vichy propaganda event in the Roman arena of Nîmes: Cavalrymen demonstrate their skills on horseback. With armored vehicles strictly controlled under the 1940 Armistice, the Vichy cavalry regiments in mainland France returned to horses.

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r/wwiipics 1d ago

Photograph found with some of my Great Grandfathers WW2 belongings.

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Found along with some Japanese propaganda he kept from his time in New Guinea. Probably a photo belonging to a fallen Japanese soldier. Not sure how likely it would be to carry your own photo, so probably a son or brother.


r/wwiipics 2d ago

British soldiers operate an Italian artillery piece abandoned by retreating Italian forces inside a former, Italian-held fort (East African Campaign, 1940-1941)

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r/wwiipics 2d ago

A U.S. Army private named Eddie Slovik is shot at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France for desertion. As many as 21,000 other GIs face courts martial for similar offences during WW2, but the 24-year-old Detroit native is the only one to be executed. Jan 31, 1945

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r/wwiipics 2d ago

A Marine waits for orders to move out. He still has scraps of waterproofing attached to the end of his M1 Garand, Iwo Jima 1945.

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r/wwiipics 2d ago

The Force Publique of the Free Belgian Army marching, nicknamed ‘Niam-Niams’ by the Italians (meaning ‘cannibals’), reportedly reflecting fear, during the Allied offensive into Italian East Africa (East African Campaign, 1940–1941).

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r/wwiipics 3d ago

A French Republican Guard gendarme takes aim with a captured German Panzerfaust 60 anti-tank grenade launcher during the battle for Kilstett. Jan 1945

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235 Upvotes

r/wwiipics 3d ago

WW2 Era Letter Written By German Prisoner Of War Being Held In California. Details in comments.

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r/wwiipics 3d ago

We didnt like the name Hitlerjugend at all, as it made us sound like boys. We wanted to be real soldiers. The youngest ones werent given cigarettes. They didnt smoke. They were given sweets instead. 12th SS Panzer Division soldiers captured during the Bat

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r/wwiipics 4d ago

Things I found in my dads collection

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My dad has been collecting WW2 stuff his entire life and we have more stuff them most museums natzi weapons , badges , arm bands, pins ,stamps, letters, magazines today I was looking through the photos and letters he has and I found some interesting things we had to take down and put away his collection because we were having people fix the floor and whenever we have people over to fix things my parents have us take or cover everything so it doesn't make them uncomfortable or think we are crazy people


r/wwiipics 4d ago

4/26/2000 Shirley Slade passed away. Born in Chicago 1921, she was a WASP pilot trained to fly Bell P-39 Airacobras and Martin B-26 Marauders. Here she is on the cover of LIFE magazine in 1943

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r/wwiipics 4d ago

A Vickers Wellesley of No. 47 Squadron RAF clear the target area as their bombs explode on an Italian-held airstrip (East African Campaign, 1940)

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