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Images of the Second World War - Possibly NSFW

Riamfada · 2008-04-08 01:05:38

I think a thread dedicated to images of the War is in order. No chat, just photos? And of course good taste ! (no camp victims/extreme violence ect?). Let me get the ball rolling.

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#152 18-12-2009 3:31am

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#153 27-01-2010 4:38pm

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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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#154 27-01-2010 6:12pm

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Excellent, v interesting cheers.

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#155 27-01-2010 7:14pm

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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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#156 09-02-2010 8:45pm

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

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#157 15-02-2010 10:01pm

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#158 16-02-2010 12:42am

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SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Thats in the channel islands?

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#159 16-02-2010 1:19am

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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

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#160 16-02-2010 1:20am

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France Liberation

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#161 16-02-2010 1:21am

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This one is described here;

More US ones here;

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

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#162 23-02-2010 12:01pm

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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

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#163 28-02-2010 9:13pm

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

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

enjoy

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#164 16-03-2010 2:59am

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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

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#165 16-03-2010 3:00am

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Reinhard Heydrich

Heinrich Himmler

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#166 16-03-2010 3:01am

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Albert Speer

Wilhelm Ritter Von Leeb

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#167 16-03-2010 3:02am

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Prinz August Wulhelm von Preusse

Von Ribbentrop

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#168 16-03-2010 3:05am

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WWI

The Red Baron

Alexander Kerensky

Nicolas II in cossack uniform

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

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#169 16-03-2010 7:08am

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Excellent Pics Morlar

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

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

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#170 16-05-2010 11:42am

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

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#171 16-05-2010 10:06pm

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

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#172 16-05-2010 10:07pm

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

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#173 17-05-2010 7:51pm

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#174 17-05-2010 11:12pm

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Here is an early SS photo album,

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

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#175 30-05-2010 3:22am

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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...

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#176 18-08-2010 2:57pm

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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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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

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#178 21-10-2010 3:28pm

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

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#179 21-10-2010 3:31pm

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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

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#180 26-10-2010 9:36pm

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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.

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#181 28-10-2010 12:59am

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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.

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#182 29-10-2010 1:34am

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Cheers for that,
I bought a few from ebay the other day to see how I got on, 9 photos for €20. I know they could be fakes but it wont break the bank if they are, as you say it is a good way to get to know what is what. I will have a look through the links tomorrow.

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#183 01-11-2010 10:54pm

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Entrance

Unfinished

Transport Shaft

Transport Shaft

Quote

Operating Theatre

Operating Theatre

Operating Theatre

Magazines

Communications Centre

Mine Warning Sign

Entrance/Exit

Stopped Clock

Stairwell

1st of 25KM of Tunnel System

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#184 03-11-2010 2:23am

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Cool photos of Jersey.

There is another site here about collecting photos & albums that might be useful :

http://www.herveus.com

Collecting -
Themes-Albums

This one gives a good baseline guide to album and single picture prices for rarer pictures ;

http://www.historical-media.com

There is also a photo forum here but it seems to be down at the moment :
http://www.colorwarphotos.com/

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#185 04-11-2010 10:39pm

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Anybody want to take a Stab at what Magazines they are ? Im guessing Bren? Look familiar.

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#186 08-11-2010 4:54pm

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Steyr wrote: »

Anybody want to take a Stab at what Magazines they are ? Im guessing Bren? Look familiar.

I was wondering that too, but are they curved enough for bren mags ?

bren mags

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7788/dscn5756pd5.jpg

could they be fg 42 mags ?

http://www.paladinarmory.com/Photos%20for%20PA%20website/FG42.jpg

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Hi guys.
I just wanted to let you know I have restored my site after the disastrous server crash 1 week ago.

I know there are still buckets of errors on the site. But I will be repairing these this week.

Enjoy the site and best wishes.
Ian

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#188 17-11-2010 5:19pm

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Here are a few I posted in the militaria forum :

Here are a few photographs from a set I picked up recently.

It's a collection of original unpublished photographs showing SS Polizei in Norway. Featured are a Winter sports event at Skeikampen (possibly April 14 to April 20 1942).

Other locations include Hemsedal, Ullensvang & Vikersund.

Featured are police General August Meyzsner who at that time was BdO (Befehlshaber der Ordnungspolizei) in Norway, members of the SS (Schutzstaffel) and SD (Sicherheitsdienst) in Norway & the notorious Reichskomissar Josef Terboven & SS-Gruf. Wilhelm Rediess. Also included in this set are Schutzpolizei.

Skeikampen Norway SS Polizei sporting event

SS Polizei building Skeikampen Norway 1942

Police general August Meyzsner who at that time was BdO (Befehlshaber der Ordnungspolizei) in Norway & unknown SD (Sicherheitsdienst) Hauptsturmfuhrer.

Josef Terboven (centre) Reichskommissar Norway attending SS Polizei winter sport event at Skeikampen, Norway. 3rd from right Police general August Meyzsner, 2nd from right SS-Gruf. Wilhelm Rediess, HSSPF Nord (wearing the Kreuz von Danzig I. Klasse and Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP)

Josef Terboven Reichskommissar Norway attending SS Polizei winter sport event at Skeikampen, Norway

SS Polizei Winter sports event at Skeikampen, Norway (possibly April 14 to April 20 1942)

The rest of the pictures are here if anyone wants to check them out.

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these are really brilliant.
can you add them in my new ww2 photo forum also ?
I would love to have them there for discussion.
I have a lot of my best photo collector friends that can help you.
Thanks.
Ian

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#190 19-11-2010 5:16pm

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My mother (80) brought these to my attention today, going through some old family pics. They are post war pics of her brother, (my uncle) Joe (died 1985), an aeronautical engineer, working on Aircraft at a company called Skyways in Surrey, England. July 1948.

Lancaster sky trainer

Looks like a Wellington bomber ?

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#191 19-11-2010 7:38pm

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marc if i was a little terrrorist i would just copy and paste these amazing photos onto my war photo forum but instead i am going to politely ask you to add them.
I know there are many military photo collectors that would love to see your stuff !

Thanks and best wishes.
Ian

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#192 19-11-2010 8:06pm

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sure Ian, will do, glad you like em. I have a few others, like this example below.

My aunt Doreen (died 2006) in the WAFS 1944. My uncle met her serving in the RAF. Her fiance, a Canadian, was killed in an air raid over Germany in November 1944, after which she met my uncle Joe. He settled in Surrey when they got married after the war.

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#193 20-11-2010 9:55pm

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marcsignal wrote: »

Looks like a Wellington bomber ?

I think that both photographs are of Lancasters. The 2nd one has bomb bay converted to a passanger cabin and hence the windows. I don't think I have seen such a picture before, but, hands up, post-war ex-RAF isn't really my thing.
Wellington was much smaller and covered with fabric.

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#194 20-11-2010 10:22pm

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Underbelly on the second looks too low and too curved for a lanc imho.

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#195 21-11-2010 4:14am

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not sure myself, the only thing i noticed was that thing sticking up from the fuselage in the hangar window, you'll see the part i'm talking about here on the top of the pic

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49085000/jpg/_49085969_wellington_bomber_624x490_2.jpg

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#196 13-12-2010 10:24pm

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Just wanted to say thanks for all the photos guys!
never been able to find this many till i was wondering around boards one day!
Thankin' you!
-Vinny xXx

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tricky D wrote: »

Underbelly on the second looks too low and too curved for a lanc imho.

Well, close enough: Avro York, delivered from Lancaster

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#198 14-12-2010 11:16am

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Apparently a rare image, this is how the German's recovered seaplanes in coastal areas. They could also be catapulted from these ships. Photo taken near Bergen, Norway.

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#199 14-12-2010 11:30am

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Some more from Norway. These are sketches done by German soldiers billeted in a school in Norway. (They were removed from the walls and are in a private collection now as the school was refurbished).

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FiSe wrote: »

Well, close enough: Avro York, delivered from Lancaster

think you may have nailed it there FiSe

those round windows, and the flaps look bloody close to the pic i posted

Those pics from Norway are great Diflyn !! excellent find

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#201 15-12-2010 3:42pm

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Dyflin wrote: »

Apparently a rare image, this is how the German's recovered seaplanes in coastal areas. They could also be catapulted from these ships. Photo taken near Bergen, Norway.

Excellent pictures. I think 'maritime aviation' is one part of ww2 not very well known. Many people do not know that late war u-boats had (what were effectively) one man helicopters :

Or about the Jap sub that was also an aircraft carrier :

On a related note a fellow collector recently lent me a ww2 german photo album to photograph which includes pictures taken from the window of a seaplane coming in to land. Then pictures of it half submerged after it crashed on landing. I will post them on this thread when I get them online.

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