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Amazing facts & photos regarding all that was World War II. I do not own these photos. Created by @kipreiserer - advertising: [email protected] #History #WWII

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USS Attu, a Casablanca-class escort carrier with a replenishment group, the morning after enduring Typhoon Connie in the Philippine Sea on June 5, 1945. #History #WWII
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RT @WW2Facts: British Medics treat wounded soldiers in the Klever Reichswald forest during Operation Veritable in February, 1945. #History….
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Maintenance personnel of the U.S. 9th Air Force prepare to use an external heater to warm a Lockheed P-38 Lightning’s frozen engine so it can be started while an armorer works on the guns in the nose while atop a makeshift stand, 1944. #History #WWII
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Allied troops of the POW Camp in Ōmori, Japan, celebrate upon liberation on August 29, 1945. #History #WWII
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Aerial view of a Japanese ship from a low-flying B-25 bomber of 90th Squadron of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group during Battle of Bismarck Sea, in early March, 1943. #History #WWII
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A DUKW amphibious truck with a load of blood and medical personnel, southern French coast on August 26, 1944. #History #WWII
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British Medics treat wounded soldiers in the Klever Reichswald forest during Operation Veritable in February, 1945. #History #WWII
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Staff Sergeant Maynard H. Smith of the 306th Bomb Group saluting the colors after being awarded the Medal of Honor at RAF Thurleigh, England, on July 15, 1943. #History #WWII
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Gunnery practice with 40-mm Bofors MK 12 anti-aircraft guns aboard Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) in the Pacific Ocean in February, 1945. #History #WWII
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Katyusha rocket launchers firing near Stalingrad, Russia, on October 6, 1942. #History #WWII
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American soldiers (left to right) Pvt. Robert L. Grassman, Pvt. Thomas Mandabach & Cpl. Virgil D. Teslow clean captured German MG 42 general-purpose machine guns in San Vittore del Lazio following the Allied success at the Battle of San Pietro Infine on January 12, 1944.
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Sailors aboard HMS Rodney receiving a 16-inch shell from an ammunition ship, 1940. #History #WWII
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An aerial view of German prisoners of war, numbering more than 10,000 confined in a stockade that was formerly a German concentration camp for Frenchmen, near Nonant-le-Pin, France, on August 22, 1944. #History #WWII
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Aircraft carriers HMS Indomitable (92) and HMS Eagle (1918) sailing behind HMS Victorious (R38) in August, 1942. #History #WWII
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Gurkhas of the 4th Indian Division keep watch on enemy positions in Alpi di Catenaia from high ground on Monte Castiglione on July 29, 1944. #History #WWII
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Filipino guerrilla fighters with M1 Carbines during the Battle of Leyte in November, 1944. #History #WWII
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Portrait of a German soldier in Stalingrad, Russia, in November, 1942. #History #WWII
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A factory in Germany producing Messerschmitt Bf 10 Bf 109 fighter aircraft in 1943. #History #WWII
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A captured Japanese MXY7 Ohka Model 11 rocket-powered, human-guided kamikaze attack aircraft at Yontan Airfield on Okinawa, in April, 1945. #History #WWII
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Lance Corporal Lodge of 278th Field Company, British Royal Engineers holding a captured German 3 HL shaped charge, near Caen, France, on June 26, 1944. #History #WWII
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