The World Wars and some other stuff

rskelly: World War II Uniforms. Love these oversized...

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:01:58 -0400

World War II Uniforms. Love these oversized coats!

Japanese private of infantry, Manchuria 1938

Japanese Major Maukden, 1938

Japanese Lieutenant of Tank Troops, China 1938

Illustrations by Malcolm McGregor from “The Poster Book of WWII”

fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast: They just end up looking at me...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:02:16 -0400

fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast:

They just end up looking at me funny from across the room. It’s hugely important, guys! Someone’s got to study it! Stop looking at me like I’m either a Nazi or obsessed with death!

rskelly: Australian Commando, 8th Australian Infantry...

Mon, 13 May 2013 06:01:22 -0400

rskelly:

Australian Commando, 8th Australian Infantry Battalion, Solomon Islands WWII 1944

American Staff Sergeant, Solomon Islands WWII. One piece herringbone twill overall 1943

American Merrill’s Marauders, Northern Burma March 1944

Illustrations by Malcolm McGregor from “The Poster Book of WWII”

simbartez: A bit of Werner spam before I go to sleep. I brought...

Mon, 13 May 2013 01:50:31 -0400

simbartez:

A bit of Werner spam before I go to sleep. I brought a book on him a week ago. It should get here this week :)

itsjohnsen: Children pretend to be nurses in the ruins of a...

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:07:57 -0400

itsjohnsen:

Children pretend to be nurses in the ruins of a bombed London, WWII.
BBC

demons: The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima as seen from the...

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:29:25 -0400

demons:

The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima as seen from the Japanese naval arsenal in Kure, 06 August 1945/Masami Oka

rskelly: I just bought the most amazing WWII military uniforms...

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:55:43 -0400

rskelly:

I just bought the most amazing WWII military uniforms book! It has great detail, defiantly going to use it for inspiration with my next collection!

Belgian Uniforms, circa 1940

the-seed-of-europe: J.C. Leyendecker, Saturday Evening Post...

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:30:13 -0400

the-seed-of-europe:

J.C. Leyendecker, Saturday Evening Post cover, August 17th, 1918.

fyeaheasterneurope: The Holodomor (1932-1933) Beginning in...

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:20:50 -0400

fyeaheasterneurope:

The Holodomor (1932-1933)

Beginning in 1932, the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine experienced a man-made famine known today as the Holodomor, or killing hunger. Although there were widespread food shortages in the USSR at the time due to natural drought conditions, the famine was largely limited to Ukraine. This wasn’t because the drought was any worse in Ukraine, but because the system of collectivization engineered a situation that caused death on a wide scale.

Whether this was an intentional effort on the part of Moscow to subjugate Ukraine or the result of catastrophically bad planning is a subject of debate among historians. The Soviet Union officially denied the existence of the famine until it collapsed. The modern state of Ukraine officially considers the Holodomor to be an act of genocide. Estimates vary widely, but certainly several million Ukrainians starved to death in 1932 and 1933.

Photo

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:18:35 -0400

yohjihatesfashion: boy-winter91: Real-life Grave of the...

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:04:13 -0400

yohjihatesfashion:

boy-winter91:

Real-life Grave of the Fireflies: (Photo) Stoic Japanese orphan, standing at attention having brought his dead younger brother to a cremation pyre, Nagasaki, by Joe O’Donnell 1945

This photograph was taken by an American photojournalist, Joe O’Donnell, in Nagasaki in 1945.

He recently spoke to a Japanese interviewer about this picture:

“I saw a boy about ten years old walking by. He was carrying a baby on his back. In those days in Japan, we often saw children playing with their little brothers or sisters on their backs, but this boy was clearly different. I could see that he had come to this place for a serious reason. He was wearing no shoes. His face was hard. The little head was tipped back as if the baby were fast asleep.

“The boy stood there for five or ten minutes. The men in white masks walked over to him and quietly began to take off the rope that was holding the baby. That is when I saw that the baby was already dead. The men held the body by the hands and feet and placed it on the fire.

“The boy stood there straight without moving, watching the flames. He was biting his lower lip so hard that it shone with blood. The flame burned low like the sun going down. The boy turned around and walked silently away.

wow…

demons: A TBM Avenger on a photo mission over Iwo Jima, 1945

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:53:35 -0400

demons:

A TBM Avenger on a photo mission over Iwo Jima, 1945

Very young German soldier running with his arms raised in...

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:40:17 -0400

Very young German soldier running with his arms raised in surrender after giving up during the Allied drive towards Berlin. Lemgo, Germany, 1945.

disordernow: Soviet soldiers taking a rest alongside the bank...

Thu, 09 May 2013 06:01:15 -0400

disordernow:

Soviet soldiers taking a rest alongside the bank of the Spree River in Berlin, May 1945.

ppsh-41: Various regiments of the Red Army marching through Red...

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:05:20 -0400

ppsh-41:

Various regiments of the Red Army marching through Red Square on Victory Day in Moscow, 1945.

Children play on the bomb sites and wrecked tanks in Berlin, in...

Thu, 09 May 2013 01:24:06 -0400

Children play on the bomb sites and wrecked tanks in Berlin, in the aftermath of the fighting in the city, 1945.

"If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness."

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:57:43 -0400

““If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness.””

- A phrase that was carved on the walls of a concentration camp cell during WWII by a Jewish prisoner (via 1914-1945)

lebosie: It was 68 years ago today !

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:54:02 -0400

lebosie:

It was 68 years ago today !

thewickedkongofthewest: fun pranks: when no one’s looking shoot archduke ferdinand and start a...

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:03:23 -0400

thewickedkongofthewest:

fun pranks: when no one’s looking shoot archduke ferdinand and start a world war

tkohl: German soldiers and a Sd.Kfz. 250/1 of the 57th Infantry...

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:47:46 -0400

tkohl:

German soldiers and a Sd.Kfz. 250/1 of the 57th Infantry Division on Sverdlov Street in Odessa.