World War II Photos You Didn’t See In History Class

Published on May 2, 2018
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Inflatable Tanks

World War II was the drawing board for some outrageous war tactics – some worked, and some didn’t. This one did. The American Army created a phony unit that was tasked with creating inflatable tanks , fake uniforms with fake insignia, and even trucks with massive speakers that played the sound of tanks travelling in order to fool the Germans while an actual unit attacked from another place.

Inflatable Tanks

Inflatable Tanks

Left Behind

The lengths that the Nazis went to are sometimes incomprehensible. Aside from killing millions of Jews and others, they also stole their possessions. Thousands of wedding rings stolen from Jewish victims can be seen piled up here.

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Left Behind

Left Behind