Images of the Second World War - Possibly NSFW

marcsignal

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marcsignal

Rathdown Park Terenure bomb damage January 1941


Rathdown Park Terenure bomb damage January 1941



An aerial photo of the bomb site area today.

The house with the damaged roof in the 2nd photo is marked with a red dot
The house with the destroyed garden wall in 1st photo is marked with a pink dot



Another aerial photo of the bomb site area today.

The house with the damaged roof is marked with a red dot
The garden from where the 2nd photo was taken is marked with a blue dot
The location of bullet shaped air raid shelter in the 2nd pic is marked with a yellow dot


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Morlar

Excellent, v interesting cheers.

marcsignal

North Strand Bombing 1


North Strand Bombing 2


North Strand Bombing 3


North Strand Bombing 4


North Strand Bombing 5


North Strand Bombing 6


North Strand Bombing 7


North Strand Bombing 8


North Strand Bombing 9


North Strand Bombing 10


North Strand Bombing 11


North Strand Bombing 12


North Strand Bombing 13


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Rovi

A lot of photos I've never seen before (& probably the most famous WWII photo of all):
http://picasaweb.google.com/7thfighter/IwoJima#

SEPT 23 1989

Bigdeadlydave

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Thats in the channel islands?

Morlar

Bigdeadlydave wrote: »

Thats in the channel islands?

It looks like perhaps luftwaffe in the channel islands alright.

Here are a few more

France christmas 1944

Morlar

France Liberation

Morlar

This one is described here;





More US ones here;

http://www.militaria-archive.com/usa-europe/index.html

SEPT 23 1989

Horten Ho 229

watched a program about this last night,had this gone into production a few years earlier the outcome of the war would have been very different

marcsignal

found some great pics of Paris during the German occupation on this guys flickr photostream.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hab3045/sets/72157605961660187/

enjoy

Morlar

These are from a collection of colourised pictures (Colourised by Claudia Duelli). She has given me permission to host them on my site - so here you go !

There are several third reich but a lot from earlier european monarchy & military history too.

The European Royalty / Pre WW2 military related include Aleksandr Kerensky, the Red Baron, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Prinz Oskar von Preussen, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Alexander II Nikolaevich of Russia, Archduke Maximilian of Austria, Archduke Otto von Habsburg, Barbu Stirbey, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, Giorgos II of Greece, Gustav VI of Sweden, Heinrich Von Preussen, Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, Nicholas Yussupov, Nicolae and Ileana, Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Principele Carol of Romania, Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria, Ernst August Hannover, Prinz Joachim von Preussen, Sashka Vorontsov, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

Here is the link to the gallery if anyone is interested :

http://www.militaria-archive.com/Postcards.html

Adolf Hitler - early

Morlar

Reinhard Heydrich



Heinrich Himmler

Morlar

Albert Speer



Wilhelm Ritter Von Leeb

Morlar

Prinz August Wulhelm von Preusse



Von Ribbentrop

Morlar

WWI

The Red Baron



Alexander Kerensky



Nicolas II in cossack uniform



There are lots more here - the colourising work is excellent in my view.

marcsignal

Excellent Pics Morlar

though there was one pic on that site ......


.....that was just crying out for a photoshopping


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Ardennes1944

it's a shame nothing has been posted here in a while

Morlar

Here is one, its NSFW, a Wehrmacht War Crime picture;

Morlar

Here is the original before the propagandists got their hands on it;

kowloon

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halt-hammerzeit.jpg

Morlar

Here is an early SS photo album,

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055914258

Gerdus

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Sudetan woman crying as forced to give Hitler salute, 1938.

I know that I might be two years too late, but I just wanted to point out that the description of the image might be false due to the unfortunate cropping of the image. The picture was taken in the German part of Czechoslovakia where the Anschluss was welcomed by the local population (as you can see on the original image):

So it might as well have been tears of joy...

marcsignal

great shot of a B26 Crew


A British paratroopers Grave at Arnhem, buried by the Germans.


Test Firing guns on an RAF deHavilland Mosquito


RAF deHavilland Mosquito low level fly past (looks like it could have been photoshopped, but a good pick nonetheless)


A rare pic of a Stuka with passenger pods. The overwing passenger pods tried on the Ju.87D-3 were the ultimate expression of the concept, making the pods almost an integral part of the aircraft. Each pod could carry two passengers. They were designed to be released whilst the aircraft was in a shallow dive, descending on a huge parachute.

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colorwarphotos

Hi guys.
My name is Ian and I am originally from Carlow.
I actually know many of the ww2 collectors here which is cool.
I wanted to invite you guys to see some of my photos. I am putting all my original color photos from ww2 in the different sections of the site to organise things.
Its kinda cool because i have been talking about this idea with other collectors at the north star military fairs for years and now I have actually started.

So please let me know what you guys think.
Best wishes.
Ian

www.colorwarphotos.com

marcsignal

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Nice 1 Ian, fair play to you, that looks great

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colorwarphotos

Thanks Marc.
I am really happy now to start showing some of my collection.
It was just a real pity having all these great original ww2 color photos hidden away in boxes.
Better to let the world enjoy them and also for me to learn a lot more about them !

Best wishes.
Ian

BlackEdelweiss

Hi Ian,
I am a fairly small scale collector and I would love to get a few photos to add to my collection. Can you direct me to a good place for a beginner to start buying photos without getting ripped off with fakes. It is only German photos I am interested in if that makes any difference.
Cheers.

Morlar

Ebay is full of fakes but if you know what to be wary of then you can pick up quite cheap pictures on there.

There are advantages and disadvantages to using it though. Some photo collectors I know refuse to go near it others use it quite often.

Buying at a fair is more expensive but you get to physically inspect them and also haggle, trade etc. Online you are going by the sellers description and photos that are sometimes deliberately badly taken.

Source wise - if you are based in Ireland then the militaria fairs at Teachers club and North star. Online then I'd recommend ebay (again stressing that there are a LOT Of fakes on there). Recently someone was selling photos from the 'War and Peace 2010' show dressed up to look vintage and artificially aged. So you need to be careful - also of original pictures reprinted and aged. I'd recommend only purchase cheap ones to start off with until you are comfortable at being able to spot real from fake. Don't buy anything marked as 'Russian Archives', or with CCCP stamps on the backs. I'd be wary of sellers in east europe or russia - this sounds bad but it's good advice re ebay and ww2 photo sales in my experience

Here is a good reference site put together by a well known ww2 photo collector called Robert Noss :

http://www.kriegsberichter.de/Data/fake01e.htm

The boards.ie militaria forum has info on fairs :

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1003

Also worth checking out would be the WAF site
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/index.php
which has a photo section and also a photo for sale section. There are millions of other dealer sites too :

http://www.janssen-militaria.com/
http://www.historical-media.com

You will still find interesting items cropping up at fairs locally in Germany which will be cheaper than internet or dealers (as Ian can testify to) but if your based for the most part in Ireland the above should be enough info to get started building up a unique and interesting collection.