Wars are always started by the adults, but not only adults take part. War does not spare anyone, so armed kids aren't a rare occurrence. Sometimes they
In more ways than one, World War II was the war of the children. They started out cheering, and wound up dying. Children suffered on the home front along with adults during bombings and ground attacks, but they also did some attacking and defending of their own at the front lines.
We may read volumes upon volumes of history books and make our teachers proud. But there’s nothing more all-telling than real pictures that document wonders of the past. With Joseph Niepce’s camera obscura used in 1827, humans realized that capturing fleeting moments and preserving them was possible. And they never looked back.
Wars are always started by the adults, but not only adults take part. War does not spare anyone, so armed kids aren't a rare occurrence. Sometimes they
Colourised photo - A British soldier with a young German prisoner sitting on the bonnet of an ambulance jeep, near Lorenzo in the Lazio region of central Italy. 21 January 1944. During operations to cross the Garigliano river in Italy (Photo source - © IWM NA 11239) No. 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit Sergeant C. Bowman (Colourised by Richard Molloy from the UK) www.tig.uk.net
Soldiers separated from their loved ones during World War II gazed at photographs of their sweethearts, and wrote love letters in the hopes that one day, they would be reunited and start a family. One soldier, Gilbert Bradley, wrote his letters, too, but he could never keep a photo of…
President Abraham Lincoln had recently signed the act of Congress creating the Medal of Honor. Secretary of War William Stanton personally awarded the first medals. On September 16, 1863, it was re…
Brain-washed and fighting a lost war. The sad fate of Hitler Youth in 1945. Sent by Arthur Axmann in late April 1945 to stop the massive Red army, they were easy cannon fodder.
President Abraham Lincoln had recently signed the act of Congress creating the Medal of Honor. Secretary of War William Stanton personally awarded the first medals. On September 16, 1863, it was re…
The fortified building was named after Sergeant Yakov Pavlov, who had command of the platoon that defended the building from German attack and control of
A new exhibit celebrates the powerful work of John Florea, one of America's greatest--and most oft-forgotten--war photographers.
Child soldiers of World War II.
Brutal Nazi Torture of Black German Boy Gert Schramm in Nazi Germany - Buchenwald - World War 2
NA 11239. A British soldier with a young German prisoner sitting on the bonnet of a jeep 21 January 1944.
