Favourite WW2 photo reference website?

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This may be more appropriate to the 'Reference website' sub-category of 'Reference materials', but here goes. The Histomil.com website is packed with WW2 related photographs. In particular, I can immerse myself for hours in the 7,000 plus
photos in the 1933-1945 Bundesarchive section... Many of the photos look as if they've been collected from private family sources, but other sources- including official ones- are fully represented.
Most of the pics are in black and white (some superb images there), but there are colour and tinted shots as well. They cover all branches of the military, and all theatres of conflict; but mostly, they concentrate on Europe.
This is a genuine treasure trove, with plenty of panzer-related images on offer, but glimpses of the War from many different perspectives (visual and personal) are also there in abundance.
I'm up to bunch 730 (see below). You can navigate to and fro using the blue numerical sequence (top of page and bottom as well)... I started at '1', some weeks ago, and keep turning the pages. It's fairly addictive, especially if you're a fan of historic photography too. This site really brings the past to life, with fresh images that escape some of the WW2 cliches and stereotyping we're accustomed to. But not all..
Here's why I'm up to at present.
http://histomil.com/viewtopic.php?f=338 ... start=7290
If you've not already discovered Histomil (Though I'm sure many have..), then do give it a try.

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Here's just one example. It's a picture I've not seen anywhere else, and relates to an exhibition of captured German tanks and equipment (including a battered Tiger 1 in the foreground) in Jan. 1945 at Forli, Italy. A propaganda and morale building exercise no doubt, but a fascinating photo nonetheless..and there are 1000s more.

Enemy equipment exhibition- including Tigers, Jan. 1945

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Forgot to post the direct link:
http://histomil.com/viewtopic.php?f=338 ... start=7330

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..and here's an informative pic of a Sherman having bags of cement being packed, to bolster its defences against armour piercing rounds. This is a handy reference shot for those wishing to furnish, or burden, their beloved Sherman with lots of extras..

Sherman being made APC proof...