Rare historical photos and stories behind them (37 pictures)
by memolition ·
Photos which captured interesting scenes from the history of world.

An aerial view of the WWI Loos-Hulluch trench system in France. British trenches are situated on the left of the photo, and German trenches on the right. In the middle of the two is no man’s land. July 22, 1917

Adolf Hitler and members of his General Staff review plans for ‘Operation Bodenplatte,’ an airstrike in support of the Ardennes offensive.

An English brewery donates a sizable amount of fresh beer for the troops fighting in Normandy and a unique delivery method is created, strapping kegs to the underwings of Spitfires being shipped to forward airfields. Flying at 12 000 feet chills the brew to perfection. June 13, 1944.

Leonard Siffleet, a captured Australian commando who fought in WWII, moments prior to being beheaded by a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1943.

A fifteen year old German soldier, Hans-Georg Henke, captured by the US 9th Army in Germany. April 3, 1945.

The morning after a long night awaiting a Viet Cong ambush that never came. 40 miles East of Saigon, Vietnam, 1965.

President Kennedy meets with the leaders of the March On Washington. Including Martin Luther King, Jr. August 28, 1963.
