1. Canadian soldiers wore traditional sporrans to make fun of the fact that the country did not have traditional military uniforms at the time.
2. Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle used to order his troops to surround him with bayonets before single-handedly disarming each of them-supposedly quite calmly-without any of his own weapons. This photo of one such demonstration was taken in 1943.
3. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the American government issued Mickey Mouse gas masks in case of a chemical attack. The idea was to make them seem less scary, but they clearly had the opposite effect.
4. These men may seem strong, but the only reason they were able to lift this tank was because it was an inflated balloon. The Allies employed its "Ghost Army" of inflatable decoys after D-Day in Northern France and Germany to create the illusion that they had more power than they did.
5. The Germans had their own version of decoy tanks, known as the Panzerattrape, though they weren't nearly as convincing.
6. This strange vehicle, called the Hafner Rotabuggy, was a hybrid of a Jeep and a rotor kite. Introduced in 1943, it was intended to be used off-road after safely being dropped from aircraft eight feet above ground.
7. Dogs (usually Alsatians) with explosives strapped to their bodies were used by Russians against the Germans to charge toward enemy tanks. They were essentially suicide missions; since the dogs were shot at or often scared of the tanks, they were (thankfully) ineffective.
8. Besides all the other problems that Nazis had to face during Operation Wunderland II-which aimed to cut off Soviet naval convoys and supply routes in the Arctic Kara Sea-they had to fight off polar bears.
9. It was actually common for Nazi soldiers to pose in photos with fake polar bears… even though the real ones sometimes tried to kill them! This was the mascot for the soda Fanta, a drink which still exists today.
10. "Mad Jack" was the nickname earned by Lieutenant Colonel John Churchill after he held 42 German soldiers hostage while wielding a sword in occupied Norway during a 1941 raid. He's pictured below (right, with sword) in Inveraray, Scotland during a training routine.
11. Most likely, these young women were part of the Faith and Beauty Society (a wing of Hitler Youth) for German ladies between the ages of 17 and 21.
12. These Italian soldiers were trained to identify mines under the cover of darkness.
13. These Royal Navy soldiers were given ultraviolet treatment to make up for the lack of vitamin D while stationed on naval crafts.
14. These British soldiers were terribly burned on D-Day but tried to enjoy a smoke nonetheless.
15. This milkman was determined to remain chipper and do his duty even after the German "Blitz" of 1940 left London in ruins.
16. Pilots needed to have their hair cut between missions to avoid it getting in their eyes. This Supermarine Spitfire pilot enjoyed his on the tarmac in Fairlop, Essex in 1942.
17. Nazis loved German shepherds, and even liked to treat them like human soldiers.
18. A naval officer in Corpus Christi, Texas donned this suit to protect him from chemical weapons and gas.
19. These high-altitude oxygen masks, clothes, and goggles were used while attacking Germans from high in the sky.
20. A Chinese soldier in Burma in 1940 made a special monkey friend!
21. A German Soldier Lighting His Cigarette with a Flamethrower.
22. Two anti-tank Infantrymen of the 101st Infantry Regiment, dash past a blazing German gasoline trailer in square of Kronach, Germany." T4c. W. J. Rothenberger, April 14, 1945.
23. A horse stands shaken amidst a destroyed Stalingrad. 1942.
24. During the World War II, American women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers.
25. Victory in Europe.
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Rare and Unseen Photos of World War II
1. Canadian soldiers wore traditional sporrans to make fun of the fact that the country did not have traditional military uniforms at the time.
2. Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle used to order his troops to surround him with bayonets before single-handedly disarming each of them-supposedly quite calmly-without any of his own weapons. This photo of one such demonstration was taken in 1943.
3. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the American government issued Mickey Mouse gas masks in case of a chemical attack. The idea was to make them seem less scary, but they clearly had the opposite effect.
4. These men may seem strong, but the only reason they were able to lift this tank was because it was an inflated balloon. The Allies employed its "Ghost Army" of inflatable decoys after D-Day in Northern France and Germany to create the illusion that they had more power than they did.
5. The Germans had their own version of decoy tanks, known as the Panzerattrape, though they weren't nearly as convincing.
6. This strange vehicle, called the Hafner Rotabuggy, was a hybrid of a Jeep and a rotor kite. Introduced in 1943, it was intended to be used off-road after safely being dropped from aircraft eight feet above ground.
7. Dogs (usually Alsatians) with explosives strapped to their bodies were used by Russians against the Germans to charge toward enemy tanks. They were essentially suicide missions; since the dogs were shot at or often scared of the tanks, they were (thankfully) ineffective.
8. Besides all the other problems that Nazis had to face during Operation Wunderland II-which aimed to cut off Soviet naval convoys and supply routes in the Arctic Kara Sea-they had to fight off polar bears.
9. It was actually common for Nazi soldiers to pose in photos with fake polar bears… even though the real ones sometimes tried to kill them! This was the mascot for the soda Fanta, a drink which still exists today.
10. "Mad Jack" was the nickname earned by Lieutenant Colonel John Churchill after he held 42 German soldiers hostage while wielding a sword in occupied Norway during a 1941 raid. He's pictured below (right, with sword) in Inveraray, Scotland during a training routine.
11. Most likely, these young women were part of the Faith and Beauty Society (a wing of Hitler Youth) for German ladies between the ages of 17 and 21.
12. These Italian soldiers were trained to identify mines under the cover of darkness.
13. These Royal Navy soldiers were given ultraviolet treatment to make up for the lack of vitamin D while stationed on naval crafts.
14. These British soldiers were terribly burned on D-Day but tried to enjoy a smoke nonetheless.
15. This milkman was determined to remain chipper and do his duty even after the German "Blitz" of 1940 left London in ruins.
16. Pilots needed to have their hair cut between missions to avoid it getting in their eyes. This Supermarine Spitfire pilot enjoyed his on the tarmac in Fairlop, Essex in 1942.
17. Nazis loved German shepherds, and even liked to treat them like human soldiers.
18. A naval officer in Corpus Christi, Texas donned this suit to protect him from chemical weapons and gas.
19. These high-altitude oxygen masks, clothes, and goggles were used while attacking Germans from high in the sky.
20. A Chinese soldier in Burma in 1940 made a special monkey friend!
21. A German Soldier Lighting His Cigarette with a Flamethrower.
22. Two anti-tank Infantrymen of the 101st Infantry Regiment, dash past a blazing German gasoline trailer in square of Kronach, Germany." T4c. W. J. Rothenberger, April 14, 1945.
23. A horse stands shaken amidst a destroyed Stalingrad. 1942.
24. During the World War II, American women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers.
25. Victory in Europe.
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