Photos Colour and Colourised Photos of WW2 & earlier conflicts

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French pigeon soldier, Meuse, 1915.

 

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Final of the 48th Divisional Cup. 1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment versus 1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment played at Trissino, northern Italy. April 1918.

 

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39th Garhwal riflemen, Garhwal Brigade, 7th (Meerut) Division (Estaire La Bassée Road, France). August 1915.

 

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U.S. Com. A, Ninth MG Bn., 6th Inf. Brig., 3rd Inf. Div., AEF. Three soldiers man a Hotchkiss Mle1914 MG set up in a destroyed railroad shop in Chateau Thierry, France, 07.07.18.

 

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German crew of a captured British Mark IV ‘male’ tank named ‘Heinz’ pose for the camera, May 1918.

 

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French soldiers & Red Cross "Mercy" dogs before departing for the Front - by the west gate of the Tuileries Gardens (Place de la Concorde) - Paris, France. 1915.

 

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Colorized photo of Hawker Hurricanes of the 303 Polish Squadron, 1940.

 

[Kadir93]

Bulgarian soldiers saluting German soldiers while marching through Serbia, November 1915.

 

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Polish Austro-Hungarian soldiers with captured Russian equipment role-playing a fight, ca. 1916.

 

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Troops of the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (29th Divison) marching to the trenches, June 1916.

Original photo source: © IWM Q 717
Colourised by Doug

 

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Portuguese soldiers WW1

 

[Conhoon]

Polish commandos from the 1st Independent Commando Company during exercises in Scotland in 1943.

 

[BravoZulu]

Flying Officer Philip Ingleby 137140, the navigator of an Avro Lancaster B Mark III of No. 619 Squadron RAF based at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, seated at his table in the aircraft. February 1944. (KIA 7 August 1944)

 

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Dutch resistance fighters photographed celebrating the liberation of the city of Breda, the Netherlands, by the Polish 1st Armored Division on the 29th of October 1944.

Credit: Colourised PIECE of JAKE

 

[Kadir93]

Portuguese soldier in the trench during WW1, 1917.

 

[robson68]

Polish commandos from the 1st Independent Commando Company during exercises in Scotland in 1943.

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At that time they were a part of No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando as No. 6 (Polish) Troop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._10_(Inter-Allied)_Commando6

 

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1943. Avenger tail gunner Kenneth Bratton pulled from his plane after having his knee blown out over Raboul. He went on to live to the year 1982.

 

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Stuka pilot 1942

 

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B-17E outfitted for the RAF... note the radar aerials under each wing, belonged to No.59 Sqn RAF Coastal Command. The Squadron was one of the few RAF squadrons to operate the Fortress in 1942 and 1943 for maritime patrolling missions. The aircraft was equipped with ASV radar, with visible antennas on the fuselage sides and spine as well as beneath the wings.

 

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Crew of the Tuskegee Airmen load up a fuel drop tank on their Mustang.