Czechoslovakians celebrating the fall of the Soviet-backed regime after the Velvet Revolution, December 31, 1989
British tanks overcoming trenches in the Battle of Cambrai, WW1, 1917
CSS Virginia (otherwise known as the Merrimack, Merrimac, or "Rebel Monster") (lemmy.world)
CSS Virginia was the first, but not last, steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. It was constructed from the original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack. CSS Virginia famously took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads, opposing the...
Senator Church Holds CIA 'Heart Attack Gun' During Committee on Misconduct By Surveillance Agencies, 1975 (lemmy.world)
The Church Committee sought to investigate abuses and reign in the CIA, FBI, and NSA. This committee would reveal controversial programs including MKULTRA and COINTELPRO....
US soldiers compare "Bazooka" sizes during the Korean War (lemmy.world)
The soldier on the left of the photo is holding an M20 series “Super Bazooka” which fires a 3.5 inch HEAT round, the M28 series , with a setback armed, base detonating fuse....
Russian Cossack firing from behind a dead horse, WW1, 1915
Camels at a watering station, Palestinian Campaign, WW1, 1916 (lemmy.world)
Stand off between American and Soviet tanks in Berlin, 1961. (lemmy.world)
Quick wikipedia summary: Soon after the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961, a stand-off occurred between US and Soviet tanks on either side of Checkpoint Charlie....
Hungarian revolutionary holds a captured AK rifle in 1956. (lemmy.world)
The 1956 Hungarian revolution was the first major armed conflict that featured the AK rifle, and the first conflict in which it was used by both sides. The photo above shows an anti-Soviet Hungarian revolutionary named József Tibor Fejes with a captured AK....
British soldiers carrying an inflatable decoy tank, WW2, 1939 (lemmy.world)
I’ve known about these for a long time now, but seeing one actually carried is real Looney Toons shit, I love it.
Treffaswagen prototype tank, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world)
Straight out of “Abe’s Exodus”. Time to crush some Sligs?
Allied troops wading out to evacuation ships at Dunkirk, WW2, 1940 (lemmy.world)
Sergeant Stubby, US Army, most decorated dog of WW1, promoted through valor in combat, picture taken 1920 (lemmy.world)
He spent his later years as a university mascot, and died peacefully in his sleep in 1926
British warden Mary Couchman shielding children during a Nazi bombing raid, 1940 (lemmy.world)
Papua New Guinean stretcher-bearers carry wounded Allied soldier through wetlands, WW2, 1942? (lemmy.world)
Egyptian hat seller, 1920s (lemmy.world)
A man takes up residence in a hollow tree after losing his house during the Turkish War of Independence, 1923 (lemmy.world)
84 year-old floodgate supervisor, Russian Empire, 1909 AD (lemmy.world)
Three female Soviet Partisans, WW2, 1941-1945 (lemmy.world)
Combat boots from South Vietnamese troops discarding their uniforms after North Vietnam's victory, 1975 (lemmy.world)
Richard Bradley, American hero, 1984 (lemmy.world)
187th U.S. Airborne Regimental Combat Team conducts a practice jump in South Korea. 1951. (lemmy.world)
Be the Flower in the Gun: The Story Behind the Historic Photograph "Flower Power" in 1967 (lemm.ee)
Flower Power is a historic photograph taken by American photographer Bernie Boston for the now-defunct Washington Star newspaper. It was nominated for the 1967 Pulitzer Prize. Taken on October 21, 1967, during the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam’s March on the Pentagon, the iconic photo shows a...
U.S. soldier holding an M1C Garand sniper rifle. Korea. 1950. (lemmy.world)
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Rudy Boesch, U.S. Navy SEAL in Vietnam. Holding a T223 rifle and wearing a bandolier of 40mm grenades. (lemmy.world)
Rudy Boesch was a UDT Frogman who became one of the first SEALs. He become a minor celebrity later in life by appearing on two seasons of the TV show Survivor....
