Color World War II Photos That Make It All So Real

Published on 10/03/2018
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D-Day Landing

Seeing this picture in color is enough to taste the nerves in this water-to-land assault vessel. A massive strength of 156,000 Allied soldiers breached the beaches of Normandy on June 6th, 1944 and successfully overran the Nazis. They didn’t do so without mass casualties, though.

D Day Landing

D-Day Landing

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Calling For Reinforcements

An American soldier in camouflage gear uses his walkie-talkie to radio request reinforcements. This color World War II picture looks nothing like what we imagine when we think of a war fought in the 1940’s.

Calling For Reinforcements

Calling For Reinforcements

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