27 Amazing Photos of World War Two in Color

Expe­ri­ence his­to­ry like nev­er before with our stun­ning col­or pho­tos from World War Two col­lec­tion. From the front lines to every­day life, these pho­tos vivid­ly illus­trate one of the most trans­for­ma­tive peri­ods in mod­ern his­to­ry. So get ready to be trans­port­ed back in time and see the war in a new light.

Maori sol­diers per­form the Haka dur­ing King George II’s vis­it. Hel­wan, Egypt, 1941. Col­or by James D. Vorster

US Army sol­dier, Pfc. David Keny­on Web­ster, pos­es with the local pop­u­la­tion of Eind­hoven, the Nether­lands, 1944. Col­or by @colourisedpieceofjake on IG

A Sovi­et POW pho­tographed wear­ing an SN-42 Steel breast­plate body armor with three bul­let impacts in 1944. Col­or by Julius Col­oriza­tion. ⁠

Prime Min­is­ter Win­ston Churchill and Pres­i­dent Franklin D. Roo­sevelt short­ly after the Casablan­ca Con­fer­ence. Mar­rakesh, Moroc­co, 1943. Col­or by jecin­ci.

A New Zealand sol­dier smok­ing a pipe in the Egypt­ian desert, 1942. Col­or by rwhite­col­or.

A New Zealand sol­dier smok­ing a pipe in the Egypt­ian desert, 1942. Col­or by rwhite­col­or.

Para­troop­ers train­ing at RAF Ring­way in Cheshire, Eng­land, 1942. Col­or by Piece of Jake.

Win­ston Churchill pos­es with a Tom­my gun, 1940.

A US Marine with a bul­let hole in his hel­met pos­ing for a pho­to. Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Pacif­ic the­ater, 1943. Col­or by Piece of Jake

Eighth Route Army sol­dier eat­ing. Shaanxi province, Chi­na, 1944. Pho­to by Julius Col­oriza­tion.

Lewis Nixon of the 101st Air­borne Divi­sion reach­ing for some wine after a heavy night of drink­ing, 1945. Col­or by Mads Mad­sen

Colonel Hubert Zemke pho­tographed in the cock­pit of his P‑47 Thun­der­bolt. RAF Manston in Kent, UK, 1944. Col­or by Renee Colours

US 17th Air­borne Para­troop­ers with Mohawks being briefed before they jump across the Rhine. Col­or by Piece of Jake.

Pri­vate L. C. Byrd man­ning a 50. cal of an M4 Sher­man. Nan­cy, France, 1944. Col­or by Julius Col­oriza­tion.⁠

Ital­ian par­ti­san, Ste­fano Can­dela in Pied­mont, Italy, 1944. Col­or by Julius Col­oriza­tion.

A US sol­dier takes a rest dur­ing the Bat­tle of Buna-Gona. Papua New Guinea, 1943

US Army sol­diers train­ing with the Thomp­son sub­ma­chine gun, Daniel Field, Geor­gia, 1943. Col­or by Joshua Bar­rett

Dutch resis­tance fight­ers cel­e­brat­ing the lib­er­a­tion of Bre­da by the Pol­ish 1st Armored Divi­sion in 1944.

Ser­vice­men and civil­ians cel­e­brat­ing V‑E Day in New York City, Unit­ed States, 1945. Col­or by HPR col­or.

Cor­po­ral Charles “Chuck” Lind­berg dur­ing the bat­tle for Iwo Jima, 1945. Col­or by Com­bat Art.

The US 1st Infantry Divi­son set sail from Wey­mouth, Eng­land, head­ing to Oma­ha Beach in Nor­mandy, June, 1944. Col­or by Jecin­ci.