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World War II was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, involving the vast majority of the world’s countries—including all the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

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Pearl Harbour Gallery Updated

Posted on November 21, 2020 by LieutenantClone

I just finished a complete overhaul of the Pearl Harbor Raid gallery. 56 of the 59 photos have been updated with larger, high resolution photographs, and some of the me are absolutely stunning, so why not check it out?

War In Photos Gets A Facelift

Posted on November 18, 2020 by LieutenantClone

Welcome to the newly redesigned warinphotos.com! The new design sports a fully responsive mobile-friendly layout, improved gallery pages which should be more pleasant to navigate, and improved photo pages which allow a larger and more prominent view of the photo.

In addition to the redesign, I have begun updating the galleries with higher quality, higher resolution copies of the existing photos, in many cases increasing the resolution by 3-4 times! The Tanks and D-Day galleries have already been totally overhauled, so check those out, and the rest of the galleries will be updated in the coming weeks.

If you have any feedback on the new design, it is always welcome via our contact page.

New Domain Name

Posted on November 2, 2013 by LieutenantClone

I registered a new domain name for this website today:
warphotos.basnetworks.net is now known as warinphotos.com!

I was meaning to register a proper domain name for a long time, but couldn't decide on one. Last week warinphotos.com popped in my head, sounded perfect, and wasn't already taken, so here we go! More updates incoming soon.

Website Update

Posted on January 1, 2011 by LieutenantClone

Today I rolled out a new update to the website. Most noticeably the layout and theme of the site has been tweaked and optimized, and hopefully looks a lot nicer. I removed support for "tags", because they were cluttery and not very useful, and added a search box to the search results page.

The rest of the updates are changes to the back-end systems which will allow me to upload photos faster, and with more control.

Sorry for the lack of updates lately, hopefully more photos will be coming soon!

Smoke fills the sky

Smoke fills the sky

View of "Battleship Row" during or immediately after the Japanese raid. USS West Virginia (BB-48) is at the right sunk alongside USS Tennessee (BB-43), with oil fires shrouding them both. The capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37) is at the left, alongside USS Maryland (BB-46). Crewmen on the latter's stern are using firehoses to try to push burning oil away from their ship.

Advancing Down a Road

Advancing Down a Road

Infantrymen of "D" Company, Royal Regiment of Canada, supported by a Sherman tank of the Fort Garry Horse, advance from Hatten to Dingstede, Germany, April 24th 1945.

The Seep Jeep

The Seep Jeep

Personnel of the 17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars transferring from a "Seep" (waterized jeep) vehicle to the Chevrolet C15A truck which serves as the unit’s bus, Weener, Germany, February 13th 1946.

(Left To Right): Trooper Lawrence Grindle, Lance-Corporal Ken Runions, Corporal Thomas Both, Troopers Jack Sheriff and Cliff Dennings.

Attempting to rescue survivors

Attempting to rescue survivors

Rescue teams at work on the capsized hull of the 29,000 ton battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37), seeking crew members trapped inside. The ship capsized after being blasted by Japanese warplanes, December 7th 1941. Holes were burned through the hull to permit the rescue of some of the men trapped below.

The starboard bilge keel is visible at the top of the upturned hull.

Officers' Motor Boats from Oklahoma and USS Argonne (AG-31) are in the foreground.

USS Maryland (BB-46) is in the background.

Where Are We Going?

Where Are We Going?

Personnel of the Governor General’s Foot Guards with a Sherman tank, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, November 6th 1944.

(Left-To-Right): Guardsmen Bob Warren, Paddy Fletcher, B.M. McWhirter and W.W. King. Sergeant H.E. Dorman is on top of the tank.