World War II

For serious and meaningful historical discussion of the Second World War. If you're a Nazi though, fuck off.

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Forced conversion of Serbs, 1941

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/Books_Of_Jeremiah

80 Years Ago Today Ernie Pyle was Killed on Ie Shima

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/FinalVestige617

Flying Tigers 14th AirForce ASS’N

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/allfire4207

I found this in an old relatives belongings but I can’t find a copy online.

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/Odd-Significance1884

Need help recognizing

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/AlexiaSmalls

Can someone the unit and rank of my great grandfather?

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/No_Double_Peanut

WW2 German plane mics!?

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/Different_Act910

What can I do with my grandfather’s Japanese WWII flag?…

Posted 16th Apr 2026u/rtwoleetwo

WW2 SS GENERALS

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/miniigna_

WWII veteran just received France’s Legion of Honor at 100 years old

Posted 14th Apr 2026u/RickMantei

You guys ever hear of Beeman's gum?

Posted 15th Apr 2026u/happydude7422

Posted 14th Apr 2026u/Beneficial-Kick-3892

WW2 Service medals including discharge papers (And a WW1 medal belonging to the same soldier)

Posted 14th Apr 2026u/Own_Laugh_8716

Postcard to Bormann’s Sister in Law?

Posted 14th Apr 2026u/dystopian1979

Anyone have any clearer photos of the Type 10 120mm's sight system?

Posted 13th Apr 2026u/Ace_Tiger_Panzer

Here are some medals recently inherited. This was not a family member of mine.

Posted 13th Apr 2026u/fakeaccount8978

Private Snafu in "Censored" (1944)

Posted 13th Apr 2026u/GeneralDavis87

Miguel Primo de Rivera Portrait with Inscription

Posted 13th Apr 2026u/Militaria_Infinite

Went to my local library’s book sale and found this book about Adolf Hitler that was written in 1944

Posted 11th Apr 2026u/cbbvideo

WWII BOOK COVER

Posted 11th Apr 2026u/HickNasty47

Walter Peyton Manning was born in Baltimore, Maryland on May 3, 1920 and grew up in Philadelphia, PA . Manning was a Tuskegee Airman and served in Italy in WW2. He flew 50 missions, and was awarded the Air Medal for heroism six times.

Posted 11th Apr 2026u/waffen123

"Docile, tractable, lighthearted, care free." How the 1937 US Army War College study described Black soldiers, and how it affected D-Day planning.

Posted 11th Apr 2026u/HighCrimesandHistory

A Nazi propaganda poster from occupied Serbia. National Museum Šabac. (Translation below)

Posted 10th Apr 2026u/Curious-Piglet3613

1943. From left to right: My paternal grandfather, My paternal grandmother "Nana", and my paternal great-grandfather (My nana's dad)

Posted 11th Apr 2026u/Prestigious-Corner37

Anyone does know anything about that rack at the rear of the shermans?

Posted 10th Apr 2026u/karim2k

"I don't want to burn." Margaret Freyer's eyewitness account as a civilian caught in the streets during the firebombing of Dresden, February 1945.

Posted 9th Apr 2026u/HighCrimesandHistory

Posted 8th Apr 2026u/HotPirate9246

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