Is that his arm on the floor? I don't think it is. To me, it looks it is a right hand and he has his.
The photo of the Heer soldier with his arm on the floor is definalty his arm! i have seen it in many books...dont ask for any ref because i cant remember....but i can confirm that is his arm.... Donnie
US Marines crouching behind hillside rock cover, blowing up cave connected to Japanese blockhouse in WWII action on Iwo Jima.
Soldiers of the U.S. 3rd Infantry and 1st Armored Divisions take german prisioners following fierce rearguard fighting in Cisterna, Italy, 1944. Tom.
British anti aircraft gun crew firing their weapon so the shells will air burst over German positions in support of Allied infantry attacks. France 1944. British machine gunner firing on German positions near Arnhem during the invasion of the Netherlands. Sept 44. American cargo plane C47 dropping supplies for Allies during Burma campaign.
First flag on the way up Mount Suribashi. First flag being taken down while second flag is raised. For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind - Hosea 8:7 Loading a 2 ton bomb ("How much?" said the RAF man )
Again Capa, and it doesn't look like staged... Yeah, this is real action, only 8 photographs weren't damaged in that series of pictures... the rest was accidentally destroyed by an excited photo-lab assistant, who exposed the film to too much heat...
If memory serves me right. They are two Shermans (Unit escapes me) advancing on Cologne Cathedral and get hit by a Panther. The second picture shows a 'tankie' rolling badly injured off the engine deck.
German infantry shelter behind a Sdkfz 251 (just out of view on the left) while under small arms fire. One infantryman is clearly wounded and lying in the road and being attend by a comrade. This is a screen shot from Deutshe Wochenschau 1942. I believe this footage was documenting the German approach to Rostov.
Just want to say what an excellent thread this is. Some really good photos being posted here. Nice one.
