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British DUKW amphibious vehicles ferry supplies across the Rhine - Germany, March 1945 #worldwar2 #ww2 #germany #rhine #dukw #1940s #history #britisharmy

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Soldiers from the Afrika Corps take a minute to get their bearings - Libya 1941 #ww2 #worldwar2 #westerndesert #libya #desert #afrikacorps #1940s #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A US, Douglas built B-17F-50-DL Flying Fortress of the 410th Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, over the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft factory - Marienburg, East Prussia, 9th Oct 1943. CREDIT: ron_eisele #worldwar2 #prussia #ww2 #usaaf #usairforce #flyingfortress

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Canadian soldiers of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Division) hitch a lift on a Sherman tank from B Squadron, Fort Garry Horse Regiment - Groningen, Netherlands, 13th April 1945 #worldwar2 #ww2 #groningen #netherlands #history #canadian #1940s #sherman #tank

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

An array of US vehicles knocked out by Japanese resistance on the black sands of Iwo Jima, March 1945. CREDIT : US National Archives #worldwar2 #pacific #ww2 #japan #iwojima #usmarines #marines #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A British Churchill II tank on a training exercise - south coast, England, date unknown #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #churchill #tank #southcoast #england #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A German tank crew take in their surroundings - Eastern Front 1942 #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #easternfront #tank #panzer #sovietunion #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Auxiliary Territorial Service women, dressed in warm winter coats, work a searchlight during an air raid near London on 19th Jan 1943 #searchlight #england #london #airraid #ats #ww2 #worldwar2 #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Allied troops advance on Bapaume, France,1917 with tanks,field guns&mortars. Some of the soldiers rest beside the road near a rough wooden cross topped with an Australian or New Zealand service hat #ww1 #worldwar1 #ww1history #history #1900s #bapaume #france #allies #tank

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A cafe for the use of German soldiers - Paris, France, date unknown #worldwar2 #ww2 #1940s #paris #france #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Soldiers from the US 7th Army pour through a breach in the Siegfried Line on their way to Karlsruhe, Germany - 27th March 1945 #siegfriedline #worldwar2 #ww2 #karlsruhe #germany #usarmy #history #1940s

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

German soldiers chat to a couple of French ladies outside the Moulin Rouge - Paris, France, date unknown. In reality, this was probably a staged photograph used as propaganda in German media #worldwar2 #ww2 #moulinrouge #paris #france #1940s #propaganda #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Canadian soldiers Guard German POWs on Juno Beach - Normandy, France, 6th June 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #normandy #dday #france #juno #canadian #1940s #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A British RAF Bristol Blenheim MkIV is checked over before another mission - Malta June 1941 #worldwar2 #royalairforce #ww2 #raf #malta #1940s #history #bristol #blenheim

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

German soldiers get a break somewhere on the Eastern Front - March 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #easternfront #sovietunion #ussr #history #1940s

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A US soldier examines a captured TKS tankette used by German forces-Normandy,France,1944.The TK(TK-3)was a Polish tankette developed in 1931,based on the British Carden Loyd tankette but with an improved hull,a more powerful engine, and armour up to 8mm thick (10mm on the TKS) #ww2 #france #usarmy

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A Japanese Mitsubishi factory used for building medium tanks found abandoned a few months after the end of WW2 - 1946 #ww2 #worldwar2 #mitsubishi #1940s #factory #tank #history #japan

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) plotters at work at Coastal Artillery Headquarters in Dover, England Dec 1942 #ww2 #worldwar2 #dover #england #ats #auxiliaryterritorialservice #history #1940s

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A British patrol of the 5th/7th Highlanders think they have spotted the enemy in the wooded countryside of the Bois de Bavent, Normandy, July/Aug 1944 #worldwar2 #ww2 #normandy #france #history #1940s #britisharmy

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

German troops swing in to action at a Soviet rail track - Smolensk 1941 #1940s #smolensk #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #sovietunion #easternfront

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Members of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) walk through the shell shattered area known as Chateau Wood - Chateau-Thierry. Aisne, France, June 1918 #ww1 #worldwar1 #chateauwood #aisne #France #aef #history #1900s

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A German Junkers JU 88 is refuelled ready for its next mission at an airstrip somewhere in France - date unknown #ww2 #worldwar2 #junkers #ju88 #france #refuel #aviation #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

British factory workers assemble Cruiser tanks on an assembly line at a factory in England, 1942 #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #history #england #factory #tank

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A US soldier in a jeep says ‘Hello’ to British soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Inf, 71st Inf Brigade, 53rd Welsh Div-Issum, Germany, March 1945.Credit: Christie (Sgt) Photographer. IWM (B 15237) #ww2 #worldwar2 #issum #germany #usarmy #britisharmy #1940s

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A German Me 410 found by US soldiers-Brunnthal,Munich-late April 1945.Note the impressive 50mm BK5 in the nose. Due to its vulnerability against Allied fighter planes, by 1945 only one squadron still operated this aircraft; based in Norway #ww2 #worldwar2 #brunnthal #munich #germany #history #me410

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Sherman tanks converge on Sannerville Chateaux - Normandy, France, July 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #sannerville #normandy #france #sherman #tank #1940s #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A British Morris light reconnaissance car and other vehicles pass through the town of Bretteville - France 30th June 1944. Credit : IWM #ww2 #worldwar2 #france #bretteville #morris #history #britisharmy #1940s

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Japanese troops occupy oil fields in Yenangyaung - Mandalay, Burma, May 1942 #mandalay #burma #worldwar2 #ww2 #oilfield #1940s #japanese

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A Kamikaze just misses a US aircraft carrier as a Grumman F6F Hellcat get ready to take off - Pacific Ocean, date unknown CREDIT : captainpriceunofficially #ww2 #worldwar2 #pacific #usnavy #usn #navy #aircraftcarrier #history #1940s

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

German infantry occupy a destroyed workshop in the factory district - Stalingrad 1942 #ww2 #worldwar2 #stalingrad #1940s #history #sovietunion

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

German WW1 submarine U-118 on the beach at Hastings, East Sussex after it washed ashore - England, Feb 1919. It broke away from its tow during a storm whilst on its way to France for repair or maintenance #ww1 #worldwar1 #england #eastsussex #hastings #submarine #uboat

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A GM Staghound T-17E1 armoured car of the Canadian 12th Manitoba Dragoons crossing a Bailey bridge, Elbeuf, France, 28 August 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #1940s #canadian #staghound #elbeuf #france #gm #generalmotors

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Two US soldiers take the opportunity to chat and relax - Bastogne, Dec 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #ardennes #belgium #bastogne #history #usarmy

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Soldiers of the REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) work to repair the track on a Sherman tank during heavy rain near Geilenkirchen, Germany 25th Nov 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #geilenkirchen #gemany #reme #1940s #history #tank #sherman #britisharmy

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

British soldiers of No 4 Commando embarking in LCAs for their assault on the Flushing area of the Scheldt Estuary - Antwerp, Belgium Nov 1944 #worldwar2 #ww2 #1940s #antwerp #belgium #scheldt #britisharmy #history #commando

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A German Tiger I tank (#312) from 3.Kompanie s.Pz. Abt. 505 supporting infantry - Belarus, winter 1943 #worldwar2 #ww2 #belarus #history #1940s #tiger #tank #tigertank

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A B-17 Flying Fortress is readied for another mission at the US Army Eighth Air Force base somewhere in England - date unknown #ww2 #worldwar2 #usairforce #usaaf #b17 #flyingfortress #england #1940s #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Churchill tanks of the British 34th Tank Brigade cross a temporary bridge in Roosendaal, Netherlands, 30 Oct 1944. CREDIT : Sergeant Wilkes No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit. Source: IWM #ww2 #worldwar2 #tank #britisharmy #holland #netherlands #roosendaal #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Spitfire Mk.IX’s of 40 Squadron South African Air Force (40 Sqn SAAF) on a makeshift airfield - Italy, 1944. CREDIT : Destroye83 #ww2 #worldwar2 #italy #1940s #spitfire #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

German soldiers set to work destroying bridges and rail networks to slow down the Allied advance - Remagen, Germany 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #remagen #germany #1940s #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

US military ambulances await casualties during the Battle of Okinawa - April / June 1945 #okinawa #japan #pacific #1940s #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #ambulance

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A British infantry sergeant during the advance into Germany near Geilenkirchen 5th Dec 1944 #wa2 #worldwar2 #1940s #geilenkirchen #germany #britisharmy #sergeant #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Russian soldiers prepare chlorine cylinders for use against German positions near Ilukste - Latvia 1916 #ww1 #worldwar1 #1900s #ilukste #latvia #history #trench

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

German soldiers use trees for cover as they watch for the enemy - Remagen, Germany, March 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #remagen #germany #1940s #history

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

British Churchill bridge layers of 34th Tank Brigade await orders at the start of Operation 'Veritable - Germany, 8th Feb 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #1940s #britisharmy #germany #churchill #tank

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Artillery and equipment being loaded into LCT’s (Landing Craft Tank) for the Normandy landings - England, June 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #normandy #england #dday #1940s #history #overlord

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A British Army Stuart VI (M5A1) of the 15th Scottish Division - Germany 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #history #germany #stuart #tank #britisharmy

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WatW @theworldatwar.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

On 11th May 1945, while supporting the landing at Okinawa, USS Bunker Hill was struck by two Japanese kamikaze planes, resulting in 396 deaths and 264 wounded. The incident caused severe fires and explosions that nearly sank the carrier before it reached safety #ww2 #worldwar2 #usn #usnavy #pacific

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