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Anticorp, in Testing a prototype football helmet, 1912

RIP that dude’s neck.

Grayox, in Testing a prototype football helmet, 1912
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CTE go brrrr

SuckMyWang, in Testing a prototype football helmet, 1912

Testing neck braces too

angrymouse, in Two ship-mascot cats being held while their ships are repaired, WW1, 1918

I can see cats being very useful there to control possible pests.

aeronmelon,

Until it keeps bringing dead rats to the bridge.

Bipta,

Better than live ones in the kitchen.

PugJesus,
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"Fresh meat!"

perviouslyiner, in Anti-Air Searchlights at the Rock of Gibraltar, WW2, 1942

Fun fact: there was a hidden cave for people to be sealed into in the event of an invasion, to radio back reports from a viewpoint over the harbour.

Tar_alcaran,

How do you report on stuff while sealed in? I mean, I get a cable and antenna, but how do you actually learn things?

Chariotwheel,

They had an observation post through which they could look at the movements of vessels in the bay. Naturally, it wouldn't be the most detailed information, but something like "a whole fleet of big German warships have entered" would be extremely valuable to know. The British navy could strike somewhere else, knowing that these ships were far away, or they could see if they can ambush them or prepare defenses in the mediterranean.

espentan,

Here’s a rather informative video about the cave and its purpose.

Tar_alcaran, in Filipino "Women Guerrilla" corps practicing marksmanship, WW2, 1941

What rifle is that, and why does it have what seems to be a grenade sight?

PugJesus,

No clue, I’m afraid

creditCrazy, in Two ship-mascot cats being held while their ships are repaired, WW1, 1918
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Cat holder now that’s a job in history id love to have

CarbonIceDragon,
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Until the cat gets scared by a loud noise and you still have to hold it while it desperately scrambles to get away

fsxylo, in Nazis wading through ice-cold water in Russia, WW2, 1942

Haha!

SatanicNotMessianic, in Egyptian hat seller, 1920s

In the world before just-in-time production and shipping, merchants used to keep large amounts of inventory on hand to meet customers’ expectations.

768, in German POWs being shown footage of Nazi concentration camps

Denazifizierung war zu der Zeit (nach dem Krieg oder in befreiten Gebieten) nicht mehr als Propaganda. Später haben sowohl BRD als auch DDR bereitwillig nationalsozialistische ‘Fachkräfte’ eingestellt oder beibehalten, Aufarbeitung sabotiert oder nicht verfolgt. Die ‘Wehrmacht’ hätte ja angeblich eine weiße Weste gehabt und in der ‘SS’ war angeblich niemand. Rechte Vereine wurden gegründet, die teilweise noch heute existieren oder erst vor Kurzem verboten wurden. Rechte Parteien sind mit Gründung in die Parlamente gezogen. Antisemitische Positionen blieben Grundkanon, rassistische, sexistische, klassistische Positionen weiteten sich noch aus und wurden in Gesetz, Kultur und Infrastruktur zementiert.

PugJesus, in Etruscan rhyton in the shape of a dog's head, terracotta, 475 BCE
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Oh, I didn't notice and it's a bit late to change it now, but for future reference, stuff like this should go to HistoryArtifacts instead

PugJesus, in Etruscan rhyton in the shape of a dog's head, terracotta, 475 BCE
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I love Etruscan stuff! And what a great doggo! I bet he was the bestest boi

Aabbcc, in German POWs being shown footage of Nazi concentration camps

Who is being shown the footage? German prisoners of war?

Germans held as prisoners. Not people being held by Germans. Got it

li10, in Turkish lemonade seller, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1913

Little Alex Horne pre Taskmaster.

Gork, in A man takes up residence in a hollow tree after losing his house during the Turkish War of Independence, 1923

O man of the tree, what is your wisdom?

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