Photos Colour and Colourised Photos of WW2 & earlier conflicts

[Conhoon]

German soldiers advancing towards enemy lines with a captured British Mark I tank, somewhere on the Western Front in c. 1917.

Credit: @julius.colorization

 

[Conhoon]

Snipers of the Bavarian 23. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment which at this time saw service in Siebenburgen, deep in the Carpathian borderlands. Photograph taken in 1917.

Credit: @colourbyrjm

 

[Conhoon]

A Polish soldier demonstrating how to operate the decoy dummy soldier used to divert enemy fire and at the same time gauge the strength of the enemy fire power. Photograph taken River Senio, Italy, 400 metres from the enemy line, on the 24 March 1945.

Credit: @jecinci

 

[BravoZulu]

Men of the London Rifle Brigade behind breastworks. Ploegsteert Wood, Armentieres. December 1914.

 

[Conhoon]

The Battle of the Somme; July – November 1916. Battle of the Ancre. Water refilling point. The Ancre River, showing the causeway of the Mill Road, across it. Hamel-St. Divion road, November 1916.

IWM – Q 4579

 

[Conhoon]

Men of the Royal Garrison Artillery, moving a 6 inch 26 cwt howitzer into position on the Balkan Front , May, 1917

Source - IWM
Colourised by : DBColour

 

[Conhoon]

New Zealand soldiers loading a 4.5-inch howitzer near Le Quesnoy, France. 29 October 1918.

 

[Chazman]

 

[Conhoon]

French soldiers at a water station. Crêtes des Eparges, France, February 1916

 

[Conhoon]

The Infantry of 51st Highland Division and Sherman M4 Composite (aka Mk. I Hybrid) tanks near Udenhout, Holland, 29 October 1944.

 

[Redav]

Oberleutnant (Ing) Erich Zürn, chief engineer on the U-48, on board a Citroën 7 CV convertible of the 7th U-boat Flotilla.

 

[BravoZulu]

Back in the port of Wilhelmshaven, the crew of U-37 comes on deck

 

[Conhoon]

Pilots of No.19 Squadron at RAF Fowlmere, September 1940.

Sgt. David Lloyd, F/Sgt 'Grumpy' Unwin, F/Sgt. Harry Steere, S/Ldr. Brian Lane, F/Lt. Walter Lawson, F/O Crastor squadron intelligence officer and a guest from 616 Squadron - F/Lt . John Dundas.
Fowlmere was a satellite for nearby RAF Duxford.
(Images - IWM)
Colourised by Doug

 

[Conhoon]

Wojtek (the bear) enlisted as private with Polish II Corps.
After the battle of Monte Cassino promoted to corporal for helping the 22nd Artillery Supply Company with heavy crates of ammunition normally carried by 4 men.

 

[Newtonk]

The book 'Soldier bear' covers this story really well, I read it as a child and loved it. Recommended

 

[Conhoon]

Czechoslovakian pilots of Nº310 Squadron RAF and one of their British flight commanders at Duxford, 7th September 1940.

Sadly only one survived the war. the other four collided with friendly aircraft in combat or flight.
l-r P/O Stanislav Zimprich (KIFA 11/6/42), P/O Vaclav Bergman (survived), P/O Emil Fetchner (KIFA 29/10/40), P/O Vilem Goth (KIFA 17/10/40) and F/O John Boulton (KIFA 9/10/40).
(Image - IWM CH1292)
Colourised by Doug

 

[blackbleopard20]

Captured Messerschmitt Me-262 during the World War ll

 

[Conhoon]

A British sniper of the 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment standing in a trench near Cambrin, France on the 6 February 1918.

 

[Conhoon]

Japanese heavy cruiser 'Takao'

 

[Chazman]

Eastern front, 1942.