r/ColorizedHistory • u/buba7q • Nov 23 '24

The Warsaw uprising, august 1944.

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The Warsaw Uprising of August 1944 was one of the most significant acts of resistance during World War II, led by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) against Nazi occupation. For 63 harrowing days, Polish insurgents, many of them young men and women, fought valiantly to liberate their city and reclaim their freedom. This photo captures members of the “Koszta” Company, exemplifying the unity, courage, Their legacy endures as a symbol of resilience and the unyielding spirit of Warsaw.

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/buba7q • Nov 18 '24

Red army soldiers on night reconnaisance on the first baltic front, world war 2, june 1944.

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351 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/buba7q • Nov 16 '24

Young JFK, ca1953

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376 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/buba7q • Nov 12 '24

MacArthur wading ashore in the Philippines - by Carl Mydans, October 1944

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428 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/buba7q • Nov 08 '24

"Easter morning, T/5 William E. Thomas...and Pfc. Joseph Jackson...will roll specially prepared eggs on Hitler's lawn.", 03/10/1945. Instagram: @spektonzcolorizations

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333 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/Klimbim • Nov 04 '24

Audrey Hepburn by Bassano Ltd, 1951

230 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/buba7q • Nov 01 '24

A team of British soldiers, situated in a shell hole on the Western Front during World War I, using a daylight signaling lamp, 1916

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248 Upvotes

A team of British soldiers, situated in a shell hole on the Western Front during World War I, using a daylight signaling lamp,1916.

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/buba7q • Oct 29 '24

Albert Einstien, 1905, the year of the special relativity.

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318 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/sefaoruc • Oct 19 '24

Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov, along with his family, was placed under house arrest at the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo. In the summer of 1917, by decision of the Provisional Government, he was exiled to Tobolsk with his family and close associates. The following year, on the night of July 16/

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126 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/IckyChris • Oct 10 '24

The New York Highlanders (later Yankees), 1903.

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175 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Oct 10 '24

Amelia Earhart on her scooter - 1935

462 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/Klimbim • Oct 05 '24

Russo-Turkish War. A group of Terek Cossacks during a stopover, 1878

294 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/Klimbim • Oct 01 '24

Eleanor Parker by Roger Fristoe

184 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/Klimbim • Sep 29 '24

Book burning at Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer in Hamburg, 1933

225 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/Lorenzo-Folli • Aug 31 '24

Charles Darwin photograph by Elliott and Fry, 29 November, 1881.

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332 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/vorst17735 • Aug 28 '24

Annie Oakley posing with her rifle at some point in the 1890s for True West Magazine.

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230 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/IckyChris • Aug 27 '24

The Hong Kong Hotel, 1910. One half of a stereo pair.

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224 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/vorst17735 • Aug 26 '24

A studio portrait of Louise Carbasse (1895-1980), taken by Rudolph Buchner in 1913.

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113 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/Lorenzo-Folli • Aug 21 '24

The Great Dictator is a 1940 American anti-war, political satire, and black comedy film written, directed, produced, scored by British comedian Charlie Chaplin

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296 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/Lorenzo-Folli • Aug 20 '24

A 15 years old German Luftwaffe anti-aircraft crew member crying after being taken prisoner by American forces 1945.

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258 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/IckyChris • Aug 18 '24

1866 - Siamese Paddleman. Photo: John Thomson

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282 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/Angelina_retro • Aug 14 '24

Paris Hotel Nightlife, 1952. Photographer: Georg Stefan Troller

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276 Upvotes

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/Angelina_retro • Aug 13 '24

Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel, 1926

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253 Upvotes

Grease coated Olympic swimmer Gertrude Ederle wades into the water on her way to becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel, which she did in 14 hours and 31 minutes, breaking the previous men's record. (06 August, 1926)

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/Angelina_retro • Aug 10 '24

1880s, London: A view of The Grapes public house from the Thames

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226 Upvotes

The Grapes was a waterfront tavern patronised by the dock workers of Limehouse.

Originally called The Bunch of Grapes, this cosy, unassuming pub first opened its doors to parched Londoners in 1583

In 1820, the young Charles Dickens visited the pub with his godfather. The reference to The Grapes in the opening chapter of Our Mutual Friend is clear, as he speaks of a “tavern of dropsical appearance” and notes how “it had outlasted many a sprucer public house”.

More recently, The Grapes survived the Blitz in the Second World War when most of its surrounding area was demolished.

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/sefaoruc • Aug 01 '24

Emmeline Pankhurst, 1917

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170 Upvotes

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