Flames of War: Paratroopers at Arnhem
A Very Cool Facebook Page
I found this amazing Facebook Page that colourises Old Photographs and picked a few good ones that I found interesting
The Facebook Page can be found here Colour by RJM
Luftwaffe Ground Troops in Italy with Captured German Weapons wearing Italian Camo
USMC Assaulting Iwo Jima
The German Officer at the Table is Hans von Luck in 1940, the Two RAF Members were shot down several days earlier. This is the picture that made me look through the page
This seems like a pretty standard plane until you realise it's from 1917. The Swastika pre-Nazi was actually a pretty widespread symbol as we can see with the next picture.
This is the Badge of the US 45th Infantry Division. It was changed for obvious reasons. It was originally chosen as it was a Native American Symbol
Looks like a standard execution but this is either Unteroffizier Manfred Pernass, Oberfähnrich Günther Billing, and Gefreiter Wilhelm Schmidt a German Brandenburger who was captured in US Uniform
Horse Power was the main mode of Transportation for most of the German Army for most of the war.
Relaxed British Infantry driving past a wrecked Nebelwefer
A Member of the Hitler Youth
This one is very cool. The woman is the only female Combat Photographer in Europe,Lee Miller, the man in the picture frame is Adolf Hitler and the apartment that they are in taking a bath with their muddy boots on the floor is Adolf Hitler's personal apartment in Munich. The picture is very powerful because Lee Miller had just returned from Dachau and the mud she is washing off is the mud from Dachau. Almost all the famous Dachau pictures were taken by Lee Miller on April 30th when she visited the Camp, the day Adolf Hitler Committed suicide.
Thanks for sharing, lots of interesting historical tipbits in your photo captions. I am very struck with the photo of the “Relaxed British Infantry driving past a wrecked Nebelwefer”. It is a wonderful picture but the way it is coloured makes it look like a painting (or at least to my eyes it does).
@elessar2590 a really good find, these make you realise it was a real thing with real people. You can feeel really distant from the reality of the war when its all hollywood movies, black and white photos and miniature gaming pieces.