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Noteworthy historical pictures of WWII, Iconic combat photos and stories behind them

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Lee Miller in the bathroom of Adolf Hitler

By Andrew Piper
October 5, 2020
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Somehow this photo of former-model Lee Miller in Hitler’s bathroom is one of the best-known WW2 photography. Its story is noteworthy, though….

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Adolf Hitler trains body language - unique historical photos

By Anna Ramirez
October 3, 2020
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The infamous Adolf Hitler was an inspiring speaker and turned out to train his body language for this. Gestures accompany a good…

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Hiroshima aftermath pictures right after the bombing

By Carol Pearson
October 2, 2020
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These pictures are the only aftermath documentary taken on the day of the Hiroshima bombing. Japanese photojournalist Yoshito Matsushige was lucky twice…

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The Reindeer operation: a story behind WW2 photo, 1941

By Carol Pearson
October 1, 2020
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The name of this photo is Reindeer, called after the German operation during the WW2. This offensive aimed to capture Petsamo (an…

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Eyes of hate: story behind iconic photo by  Alfred Eisenstaedt

By Carol Pearson
October 1, 2020
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‘Eyes of hate’ is one of the iconic photos of the outstanding Germany-born photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. Oldpics published his 64 of his…

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Outstanding WW2 pictures (Part3: Emmanuil Evzerikhin)

By Andrew Piper
September 30, 2020
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Oldpics continues to publish the most amazing WW2 pictures made by the Soviet photographers. It’s the third volume of this series.  Here…

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Nazi Rally in Madison Square Garden in pictures, 1939

By Carol Pearson
September 28, 2020
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Could you ever believe that American Nazi followers organized a huge rally event in New York, in Madison Square Garden, just several…

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Outstanding Soviet WWII pictures (Part 2: Dmitri Baltermants) 

By Andrew Piper
September 25, 2020
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Oldpics continues its series of the noteworthy WWII pictures by the soviet photographers. Outstanding Soviet WW2 pictures (Part I: Max Alpert) Outstanding…

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50 amazing and bizarre photos 

By Carol Pearson
September 25, 2020
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Old bizarre photos publication is always a special thing for an Oldpics editor. It’s not that easy to select and categorize properly…

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Outstanding Soviet WW2 pictures (Part I: Max Alpert)

By Andrew Piper
September 24, 2020
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You could find a lot of excellent historical WW2 pictures on the pages of Oldpics. We’ve covered WW2 Pacific Battles, iconic photos…

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