A German Tiger I tank (#312) from 3.Kompanie s.Pz. Abt. 505 supporting infantry - Belarus, winter 1943 #worldwar2 #ww2 #belarus #history #1940s #tiger #tank #tigertank

A B-17 Flying Fortress is readied for another mission at the US Army Eighth Air Force base somewhere in England - date unknown #ww2 #worldwar2 #usairforce #usaaf #b17 #flyingfortress #england #1940s #history

Churchill tanks of the British 34th Tank Brigade cross a temporary bridge in Roosendaal, Netherlands, 30 Oct 1944. CREDIT : Sergeant Wilkes No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit. Source: IWM #ww2 #worldwar2 #tank #britisharmy #holland #netherlands #roosendaal #history

Spitfire Mk.IX’s of 40 Squadron South African Air Force (40 Sqn SAAF) on a makeshift airfield - Italy, 1944. CREDIT : Destroye83 #ww2 #worldwar2 #italy #1940s #spitfire #history

German soldiers set to work destroying bridges and rail networks to slow down the Allied advance - Remagen, Germany 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #remagen #germany #1940s #history

US military ambulances await casualties during the Battle of Okinawa - April / June 1945 #okinawa #japan #pacific #1940s #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #ambulance

A British infantry sergeant during the advance into Germany near Geilenkirchen 5th Dec 1944 #wa2 #worldwar2 #1940s #geilenkirchen #germany #britisharmy #sergeant #history

Russian soldiers prepare chlorine cylinders for use against German positions near Ilukste - Latvia 1916 #ww1 #worldwar1 #1900s #ilukste #latvia #history #trench

German soldiers use trees for cover as they watch for the enemy - Remagen, Germany, March 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #remagen #germany #1940s #history

US soldiers drive through Germany - April 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #germany #usarmy #lastdays #history

British Churchill bridge layers of 34th Tank Brigade await orders at the start of Operation 'Veritable - Germany, 8th Feb 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #1940s #britisharmy #germany #churchill #tank

Artillery and equipment being loaded into LCT’s (Landing Craft Tank) for the Normandy landings - England, June 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #normandy #england #dday #1940s #history #overlord

A British Army Stuart VI (M5A1) of the 15th Scottish Division - Germany 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #history #germany #stuart #tank #britisharmy

On 11th May 1945, while supporting the landing at Okinawa, USS Bunker Hill was struck by two Japanese kamikaze planes, resulting in 396 deaths and 264 wounded. The incident caused severe fires and explosions that nearly sank the carrier before it reached safety #ww2 #worldwar2 #usn #usnavy #pacific

German troops move trough the ruins of Stalingrad-Sept 1942 The aerial assault on Stalingrad on 23rd Aug was the single most intense air raid at that point on the Eastern Front. At least 90% of the city’s housing was obliterated as a result. #ww2 #worldwar2 #stalingrad #sovietunion #history #1940s

German paratroopers hitch a lift on a King Tiger - Ardennes, Belgium, Dec 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #ardennes #belgium #tiger #tank #paratroopers #history

A British tank crosses over a trench during the Battle of Cambrai - France, Nov 1917. This was the first large scale use of tanks in battle. #ww1 #worldwar1 #history #tank #cambrai #france #1900s #britisharmy

US B-17 Flying Fortress ‘Mary Ruth- Memories of Mobile’, part of the Eighth Air Force on its way to target German U-boat pens at Lorient, France, May 1943 #usaaf #b17 #flyingfortress #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #1940s #usairforce #lorient #france

Men from the 16th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers use a pontoon to move a Universal carrier from the 53rd Anti-Tank Regiment across a river near Tanfield in Yorkshire 10th June 1942. Credit : IWM H 20589 #ww2 #worldwar2 #britisharmy #yorkshire #tanfield #england #1940s #history

British troops spring in to action against German positions - North Africa 1943 #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #westerndesert #northafrica #history #desert #britisharmy

A US M36 Tank Destroyer in front of The Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) - Nuremberg Germany, April 1945 #bavaria #germany #nuremberg #church #tank #n36 #usarmy #ww2 #worldwar2 #history

A German Ju 87 G-2 - Pilsen air base in western Czechoslovakia, 6th May 1945. This version of the Stuka was equipped with a flame suppressor for night operations and was specially developed for anti-tank operations, having a pair of Flak 1837mm cannons under its wings. #ww2 #stuka #pilsen #aviation

Canadian soldiers ofThe Queens Own Cameron Highlanders supported by a Sherman tank advance south of Hatten - Germany, April 1945 #wa2 #worldwar2 #hatten #germany #canadian #history #1940s

Women munitions workers guide shells moving along an overhead gantry at a factory in Chilwell, near Nottingham - England, July 1917. Over 500,000 a day were used at the Third Battle of Ypres. #ww1 #worldwar1 #england #history

A British Churchill AVRE fitted with a small Box girder (SBG) bridge designed to span gaps up to 30 feet wide - France 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #avre #churchill #tank #1940s #history #france

German troops on the move - Eastern Front, July 1941 #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #easternfront #sovietunion #history

A German StuG III Ausf. F tries to cross an old railway bridge - Voronezh 1942 #ww2 #worldwar2 #voronezh #sovietunion #easternfront #history #stugiii #1940s

French Alpini riflemen stand next to a British Blackburn Skua carrier-based aircraft of 803 Naval Air Squadron at an airfield near Trondheim. Pilot Lieutenant G.R. Collingham on the wing - April 1940. Photo : Destroye83 #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #trondheim #norway #aviation #1940s #skua

Royal Navy aircraft scramble as a German convoy is spotted in the Mediterranean - 1943 #ww2 #worldwar2 #mediterranean #royalnavy #1940s #history #convoy

US soldiers keep watch for any signs of movement - Ardennes, Belgium, Dec 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #history #belgium #ardennes #Bastogne #usarmy