25 Gut-Wrenching Pictures of World War II which prove that war is hell!
18 A U.S. soldier killed by a German mortar shell on a pontoon bridge over Rur River near Julich, Germany. The soldier was just 34 feet away from the east bank.
Image Source: Reddit 19 RAF Spitfire pilots pose next to the wreckage of a Junkers Ju-87 Stuka. It was shot down by them as it was attacking a channel convoy during the Battle of Britain in 1940.
Image Source: Imgur 20 Local inhabitants of Przemyśl, a small town in Poland were publicly hanged by the Germans for covertly helping the Jews in September 1943.
Image Source: Imgur 21 A German soldier returning home at the end of World War II discovers that his family has been killed as his house was destroyed in the Allied aerial strikes.
Image Source: Reddit 22 An American Bomber aircraft on a carpet bombing mission somewhere in Germany, 1944.
Image Source: Reddit 23 The Battle of Bulge, fought in the forested region of Ardennes was the last major offensive launched by the Germans. Here,the German Wehrmacht troops move past a burning American tank in December 1944.
Image Source: Reddit 24 Bomb disposal unit find a hidden German mine in France,1944. The squad proceeds to uncover the mine cautiously.
Image Source: Imgur 25 HMS Barham, a British battleship was hit by 3 torpedoes fired from the German Submarine, U-331 causing her to capsize. A huge magazine explosion sunk her off the Egyptian coast in November 1941. 841 of 1184 crew were killed.
Image Source: Giphy
20 Local inhabitants of Przemyśl, a small town in Poland were publicly hanged by the Germans for covertly helping the Jews in September 1943.Image Source: Imgur 21 A German soldier returning home at the end of World War II discovers that his family has been killed as his house was destroyed in the Allied aerial strikes.Image Source: Reddit 22 An American Bomber aircraft on a carpet bombing mission somewhere in Germany, 1944.Image Source: Reddit 23 The Battle of Bulge, fought in the forested region of Ardennes was the last major offensive launched by the Germans. Here,the German Wehrmacht troops move past a burning American tank in December 1944.Image Source: Reddit 24 Bomb disposal unit find a hidden German mine in France,1944. The squad proceeds to uncover the mine cautiously.Image Source: Imgur 25 HMS Barham, a British battleship was hit by 3 torpedoes fired from the German Submarine, U-331 causing her to capsize. A huge magazine explosion sunk her off the Egyptian coast in November 1941. 841 of 1184 crew were killed.Image Source: Giphy
22 An American Bomber aircraft on a carpet bombing mission somewhere in Germany, 1944.Image Source: Reddit 23 The Battle of Bulge, fought in the forested region of Ardennes was the last major offensive launched by the Germans. Here,the German Wehrmacht troops move past a burning American tank in December 1944.Image Source: Reddit 24 Bomb disposal unit find a hidden German mine in France,1944. The squad proceeds to uncover the mine cautiously.Image Source: Imgur 25 HMS Barham, a British battleship was hit by 3 torpedoes fired from the German Submarine, U-331 causing her to capsize. A huge magazine explosion sunk her off the Egyptian coast in November 1941. 841 of 1184 crew were killed.Image Source: Giphy
24 Bomb disposal unit find a hidden German mine in France,1944. The squad proceeds to uncover the mine cautiously.Image Source: Imgur 25 HMS Barham, a British battleship was hit by 3 torpedoes fired from the German Submarine, U-331 causing her to capsize. A huge magazine explosion sunk her off the Egyptian coast in November 1941. 841 of 1184 crew were killed.Image Source: Giphy
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