WW2 color photos from LIFE magazine... (1 Viewer)

[binder001]

There is a fascinating bunch of images on the web from the archives of LIFE magazine. Some have been seen, but others are new. Quite a few are in original color. Some need color corrections, but the stuff is gold!

Here are some examples;

German POWs with GI guards in Normandy, 8-44;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tank+normandy+US+source:life&imgurl=fecad6e2891b05ba


A US ammo dump in Normandy with French workers;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tank+normandy+US+source:life&imgurl=3459c32d13b7318c

Gary B.

 

[binder001]

Here's a US Sherman crew taking a break after the capture of Avranches, France in 8/44;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tank+normandy+US+source:life&imgurl=1ed17122f8f9b434

GIs watch French townspeople in Avranches hang French and American flags after liberation;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tank+normandy+US+source:life&imgurl=fc8ef7de7b90b625

A 1st Armord Div. M4A1 in Tunisia, 1943;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tunisia,+tank+source:life&imgurl=69d63eeb94d4e7a0

A US T2 (M31) recovery vehicle in mud camouflage in Tunisia, 1943;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tunisia,+tank+source:life&imgurl=31a3506dfbf9f252

A wrecked PzKpfw III ausf N captured in Tunisia;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tunisia,+tank+source:life&imgurl=334d483008c6f776

There are more - happy surfing,

Gary B.

 

[PolarBear]

Gary

Thank you for these gems. At Syracuse University, I worked on the Margaret Bourke-White collection of WWII photos taken for Life and there certainly are lots of great images out there including pictures that never got published partly due to government censorship during the war. MBW photographed US Army nurses under fire in a combat zone and the government conveniently "lost" those photos since nurses were officially not "allowed" to be in that situation. Bourke-White was big time about that!

Randy

 

[noli-poli]

Here's a US Sherman crew taking a break after the capture of Avranches, France in 8/44;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tank+normandy+US+source:life&imgurl=1ed17122f8f9b434

GIs watch French townspeople in Avranches hang French and American flags after liberation;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tank+normandy+US+source:life&imgurl=fc8ef7de7b90b625

A 1st Armord Div. M4A1 in Tunisia, 1943;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tunisia,+tank+source:life&imgurl=69d63eeb94d4e7a0

A US T2 (M31) recovery vehicle in mud camouflage in Tunisia, 1943;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tunisia,+tank+source:life&imgurl=31a3506dfbf9f252

A wrecked PzKpfw III ausf N captured in Tunisia;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tunisia,+tank+source:life&imgurl=334d483008c6f776

There are more - happy surfing,

Gary B.

Byooootiful!

Thanks Gary

 

[redhugh]

Byooootiful!

Thanks Gary

the colour photo's are really striking when you are used to viewing everything in black and white...fanatastic pics

 

[Rob]

Fantastic shots Gary,really interesting ,thanks for posting them.

Rob

 

[binder001]

some new ones;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=gun,+german+source:life&imgurl=4db2b73f0c6617d7

In case you don't recognize - it's the mighty German Tiger I - probably destroyed by its crew to prevent capture. That's one BUSTED tank! Tunisia, 1943.

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=gun,+german+source:life&imgurl=a4375f423bf69ce4

A US 105mm gun crew emplaced near El Guettar, Tunisia in 1943

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=gun,+german+source:life&imgurl=ee4bc4e03860c5e7

German Panzer IV, ausf G types being by American soldiers in Tunisia, 1943.

Gary

 

[Rob]

Its so good to see such pictures in colour,it really breathes life into them.Thanks again for posting Gary.

Rob

 

[theBaron]

Wow, thanks for bringing these to the forum, Gary! They're excellent looks into the everyday of the war, and they are great references, too. Notice the factory numbers cast into the side of the Sherman's turret and hull, for example? I never saw that before. Great shots of the shoddy wool the Germans had to use by 1943-44 in their uniforms, too, inferior quality to the wool-rayon material of pre-war and early years.

Thanks again for posting, prost!
Brad

 

[binder001]

A few more,

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=american+soldier+source:life&imgurl=39f42687dc8041af

Here's a German Marder III H wrecked in Italy, 5-44. On a tank modeler board it was mentioned that the intricate camo pattern was from the German 71st Infantrie Division. Note the variety of uniform details on the GIs

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=american+soldier+source:life&imgurl=666d8c1470010c9f

A US medical unit advances towards Rome, Italy, 5-44.

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=american+soldier+source:life&imgurl=50222429b1682868

Some kind of camp, maybe a headquarters? There are two M8 armored cars in the photo, plus jeeps, tents, command cars, etc.

Gary

 

[Dickbuttons]

Thanks for posting the photos.

Dick

 

[desk11desk12]

Here's a US Sherman crew taking a break after the capture of Avranches, France in 8/44;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tank+normandy+US+source:life&imgurl=1ed17122f8f9b434

GIs watch French townspeople in Avranches hang French and American flags after liberation;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tank+normandy+US+source:life&imgurl=fc8ef7de7b90b625

A 1st Armord Div. M4A1 in Tunisia, 1943;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tunisia,+tank+source:life&imgurl=69d63eeb94d4e7a0

A US T2 (M31) recovery vehicle in mud camouflage in Tunisia, 1943;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tunisia,+tank+source:life&imgurl=31a3506dfbf9f252

A wrecked PzKpfw III ausf N captured in Tunisia;

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=tunisia,+tank+source:life&imgurl=334d483008c6f776

There are more - happy surfing,

Gary B.

Great photos, you're right, I haven't any of these before. This is my favorite picture you posted. Keep em coming.

Thanks,

Carlos