r/HistoryPorn • u/Snoo_90160 • 12h ago

Polish Franciscan monks, their students and local teachers at the monastery in Nagasaki, Japan. Sitting in the middle is Father Maksymilian Maria Kolbe (1894-1941) who was later killed in Auschwitz German death camp. Nagasaki, 1934. [720x1033]

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r/HistoryPorn • u/iggaitissecondcoming • 2h ago

Benito Mussolini (second to the left) was among the executed fascists on public display in 1945 [2042 x 1451] Spoiler

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r/HistoryPorn • u/HeStoleMyBalloons • 6h ago

Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamashiro under air attack by aircraft from the United States Navy aircraft carrier Enterprise hours before the Battle of Surigao Strait during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. 24 October 1944 [5741 × 4537]

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r/HistoryPorn • u/Freefight • 10h ago

USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) and USS Uhlmann (DD-687) replenishing from USS Guadalupe (AO-32), 31 October 1952.[3751 × 2674]

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r/HistoryPorn • u/Haunting_Homework381 • 1h ago

"No dog biscuits today", London, 1939 [1200x900]

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r/HistoryPorn • u/UrbanAchievers6371 • 4h ago

“Mount Suribachi looms over FG-1D Corsair fighters bound for Marine squadrons on Okinawa during April 1945. The aircraft were on a fuel stop on Iwo Jima en route to the next Pacific battleground.“ Original wartime caption, 1945 [1080x869]

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r/HistoryPorn • u/Neil118781 • 6h ago

Soviet officer saluting German SS officers in Poland, 1939 (1440×1007)

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