22 Humorously Baffling Pictures From WWII

palehorse95 Published 09/18/2015

Pictures of craziness from both sides of the line. Some defy explanation.

1.
Army Pfc. Raymond Gasiorowski takes Leipzig, his company’s pet puppy, for a walk in Leipzig, Germany. April 19, 1945.
2.
The German Eselschreck; a donkey equipped with an anti-tank cannon.
3.
Flowers and Bacon?
4.
Good a place as any.
5.
Hey, guys watch this
6.
No words..I have no words
7.
Leave no mule behind
8.
Gonna have a tough time explaining this to the wife back home
9.
Zombie polar bear attacked a U-boat?
10.
Those silly germans and their innocent racial humor?
11.
Two Calgary Highlanders stand by the banks of the Bow River, Calgary, before departing for the war. They are humorously depicting Canada’s equipment shortages at the beginning of the war… too many volunteers, not enough uniforms!
12.
Those British and their bravado
13.
Rockin the machine gun
14.
It can't hurt.
15.
Help, I dropped the chocolate out of my ration pack
16.
Blow us to hell, but don't let our hair get wet.
17.
Priorities
18.
Opening day at Six Flags over Berlin?
19.
Col. Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, hand-to-hand combat expert, 1943. Known for ordering trainee Marines to attempt to kill him with bayonets, and disarming them all.
20.
Test of a new weapon that continues to run through a town, mauling the enemy after it has been fired?
21.
Artillery Sergeant barking out new targets
22.
Royal Engineers being trained to probe for land mines in the dark. Italy. 1944

1.
Army Pfc. Raymond Gasiorowski takes Leipzig, his company’s pet puppy, for a walk in Leipzig, Germany. April 19, 1945.
2.
The German Eselschreck; a donkey equipped with an anti-tank cannon.
3.
Flowers and Bacon?
4.
Good a place as any.
5.
Hey, guys watch this
6.
No words..I have no words
7.
Leave no mule behind
8.
Gonna have a tough time explaining this to the wife back home
9.
Zombie polar bear attacked a U-boat?
10.
Those silly germans and their innocent racial humor?
11.
Two Calgary Highlanders stand by the banks of the Bow River, Calgary, before departing for the war. They are humorously depicting Canada’s equipment shortages at the beginning of the war… too many volunteers, not enough uniforms!
12.
Those British and their bravado
13.
Rockin the machine gun
14.
It can't hurt.
15.
Help, I dropped the chocolate out of my ration pack
16.
Blow us to hell, but don't let our hair get wet.
17.
Priorities
18.
Opening day at Six Flags over Berlin?
19.
Col. Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, hand-to-hand combat expert, 1943. Known for ordering trainee Marines to attempt to kill him with bayonets, and disarming them all.
20.
Test of a new weapon that continues to run through a town, mauling the enemy after it has been fired?
21.
Artillery Sergeant barking out new targets
22.
Royal Engineers being trained to probe for land mines in the dark. Italy. 1944