American pilot Gail Halvorsen throws candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift, 1949 (lemmy.world)
Confederate submarine discovered by the US government in 1878. (lemmy.world)
Known as the “Bayou St. John submarine”, this vessel was discovered when the Bayou St. John, in New Orleans was dredged by the US Government in 1878. For years, the vessel was thought to be the Confederate submarine Pioneer, but research in the 20th century showed it was of a different design. There is no surviving...
British milkman making the rounds during the Blitz, WW2, 1940 (media.kbin.social)
'Death In The Air', presented by Betty Archer (lemmy.world)
This is from a collection of 34 photographs that were in a book about World War 1, ‘Death in the Air: The War Dairy and Photographs of a Flying Corps Pilot’ published in 1933....
During the Berlin Airlift Children of West Berlin Wave to Supply Plane Delivering Aid, 1948 (lemmy.world)
'Radio hat' for listening on the go, USA, 1949? (lemmy.world)
Elephant conscripted by the Imperial German Army to move logs, WW1, 1915 (lemmy.world)
Russian soldiers wait in ambush in a field, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 (lemmy.world)
British horse being fitted with protective gear, including a gas mask, WW1, 1914-1918 (lemmy.world)
Verna Eriksson, smuggler for the Whites in the Finnish Civil War, poses with some contraband weaponry, 1918 (lemmy.world)
Japanese gathered around (and on) the massive Buddha statue at Kamakura, 1870s (lemmy.world)
Japanese farm worker with traditional rain coat, 1870s (lemmy.world)
German POWs being shown footage of Nazi concentration camps (lemmy.world)
Anti-communist fighter pursuing a suspected member of the 'Securitate' secret police, Bucharest, Romania, 1989 (lemmy.world)
Traditional 'Chinampa' lake gardens and canals, Mexico, 1912 (media.kbin.social)
German U-Boat washed ashore at Hastings, UK, WW1, 1919 (media.kbin.social)
One incredibly lucky British soldier showing a hole in his helmet, France, WW1, 1917 (media.kbin.social)
Peaceful protestors light candles in front of riot police during the Velvet Revolution, Czechoslovakia, 1989 (media.kbin.social)
MG 08s Cast Aside as Enemy WWI Soldiers Engage in the Christmas Truce of 1914 (lemmy.world)
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