World War II Pictures That Didn’t Make It Into Schools

Published on 06/28/2018
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Inflatable Tanks

As the war raged on, both Allies and Axis scrambled to keep their edge. This led to quite a few bizarre innovations, such as this American unit of inflatable tanks, trucks blasting the sounds of tanks through giant speakers, even fake uniforms. This subterfuge proved worthwhile, since it tricked the Germans into thinking the Allies were attacking from an entirely different position, leaving them open to an Allied offensive.

Inflatable Tanks

Inflatable Tanks

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Left Behind

In addition to robbing millions of Jews and other minorities of their lives, Nazis also plundered their personal possessions, such as thousands of wedding rings taken from Jewish corpses.

Left Behind

Left Behind

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