When we think about World War II, our interpretation of history is invariably altered by the fact that almost all the images we have from that time are black and white. Without the vibrancy of color, history feels that much further away from the world as we know it. But there was color photography from this time period, and while it wasn't as widespread, or as easy to use, as black-and-white, there's still an incredible color record of the war.
The website Shorpy has assembled a collection of large-format Kodachrome...
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