Most iconic war photos

This will symbolize the War with Iran: Jebus213

The Bismark

It doesn't seem much. But, the Zulu Wars have always been a favorite of mine for reading.

Isandlwana:

USS Enterprise.

USS Enterprise.

US Army soldier in Afghanistan (The one with the pink underwear)

Marine smoking a cigar during (what I believe is) the Iraq War

US Special Forces on horseback in Afghanistan (Because who needs helicopters amirite?)

US Special Forces with Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan

US Marine in Iraq taking a smoke (He was dubbed Marlboro Man)

Most of the most iconic pictures have already been taken and I didn't want to post some old iconic photos so I found some more recent ones that are a part of our generation.

When I first read about the Yamato and saw photos, I thought at first it was an Allied battleship. It looked so sleek and different from previous Japanese battleships like the Nagatos, Fusos, and Ise-class battleships.

jun_aka_pekto

Yea, it was an amazing piece of engineering. I might get flamed for this, but I think it really was too bad it had to go down the way it did; destryoed by US fighters which only suffered around 12 losses. Just goes to show that the battleship was long past its prime. Ironic, really, seeing as the Japanese were the first to embrace the carrier as a decisive weapon.

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When I first read about the Yamato and saw photos, I thought at first it was an Allied battleship. It looked so sleek and different from previous Japanese battleships like the Nagatos, Fusos, and Ise-class battleships.

Tokugawa77

Yea, it was an amazing piece of engineering. I might get flamed for this, but I think it really was too bad it had to go down the way it did; destryoed by US fighters which only suffered around 12 losses. Just goes to show that the battleship was long past its prime. Ironic, really, seeing as the Japanese were the first to embrace the carrier as a decisive weapon.

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When I first read about the Yamato and saw photos, I thought at first it was an Allied battleship. It looked so sleek and different from previous Japanese battleships like the Nagatos, Fusos, and Ise-class battleships.

Tokugawa77

Yea, it was an amazing piece of engineering. I might get flamed for this, but I think it really was too bad it had to go down the way it did; destryoed by US fighters which only suffered around 12 losses. Just goes to show that the battleship was long past its prime. Ironic, really, seeing as the Japanese were the first to embrace the carrier as a decisive weapon.

Well, that's the way things went. The Yamato was at a big disadvantage without air cover. One thing to note is she went down with most of her crew. I'm inclined to think they chose to go down with the ship since she was on a suicide mission. I know I wouldn't be able to do it if I was there. If the ship started to sink, I'm out of there.

I endorse this thread, although the images spark a little pain for some reason.

One in my lifetime that got my attention was the Khmer Rouge:

Of course. who can forget this?

Falklands:

This Rough Rider photo

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Iwo Jima

sSubZerOo

Funny you specifically chose that picture, its actually a fraud that it was something acted out instead of a photographer taking the picture at the right moment.. Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers

This reply actually shows how little you know about what went on up there. The first flag was a battalion flag that was small and was wanted back by the Colonel who commanded the battalion. He sent the guys memorialized by Joe Rosenthal up with a bigger flag to raise so the ships off shore could see the flag and to have the battalion flag back with the battalion. There is a video of the first flag being taken down as the second flag is being raised. This was all due to the fact that then Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal wanted the flag that was raised on Suribachi and the Colonel of the battalion wasn't about to give it up. There was no fraud on any part of Rosenthal in the taking of the picture. He just happened to be in the right place at the right time to capture the second flag being raised.

The reason that it was thought of as a fraud, Joe was asked if he had anyone pose for the picture. He thought they meant this picture, which is the second picture he took that day, in which they did pose for with the flag.

[QUOTE="Jebus213"]This will symbolize the War with Iran: 67gt500

There's nothing trustworthy about ANY politician, regardless of their political persuasion.

Currently one of my favorites; depicting the supplies of one of the Free Syrian Rebels. Thejuxtaposition of food with an RPG is as fascinating as it is sombering.