DER TOTALE KRIEG FÜHRT ZUM TOTALEN SIEG!
thedevilsguard:

A MG-34 machine gun crew sited among a ruined Russian defensive position. A well sighted, well hidden and well-supplied MG-34 could hold up an entire attacking regiment. This machine gun is perfectly sighted, and could inflict heavy losses on an enemy advance. Inside Stalingrad the MG-34 would prove its worth time and time again.
thedevilsguard:

23 August advanced elements of the 6th Army reach the Volga just north of Stalingrad and managed to capture a 5 mile strip along the river. Here in this photograph troops move forward in to action against suspected enemy positions.
collective-history:

Elderly German man sitting among ruins, Berlin, 1945
thecolorofwar:

German soldier and cats
collective-history:

An American pilot holds a wounded Japanese boy during the WW2 Pacific battle on the island of Saipan as they await to fly to the nearest field hospital, 1944.
collective-history:

Russians on top of the Reichstag May 1945