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balderdash9, in Barricade during the Battle of Cable Street (a clash between British police enabling a fascist march and anti-fascist activists), 1936

Miss the days when everyone wore a suit/dress. Now it’s just pajamas and yoga pants.

kubok, in Two aircrew of the American 8th Bomber Command wearing high-altitude gear, WW2, 1942

Getting some definite Daft Punk vibes here.

massive_bereavement, in Ignatius Sancho
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If I had a time machine I'll just go to the past and tell them: "I come from the future to tell you that we have built a web that allow us to immediately share our thoughts across the globe interconnecting humanity, and We all think you suck" then jump onto my machine and disappear into another time to spread the message.

Except for Ignatius, he's cool.

Klystron, in American pilot Gail Halvorsen throws candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift, 1949

I met him at a conference in 2019. He told his story and was just really awe inspiring against the backdrop of what was going on in Germany at the time. Quite the guy, glad to have served in his Air Force!

basketugly, in Testing a prototype football helmet, 1912

Nice bs pop shove.

Scubus, in Testing a prototype football helmet, 1912

Ah, so this is when the cybermen were created.

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

Haha!

Alto, in US airmen being escorted by allied Chinese villagers after ditching their plane in a raid on Japan, WW2, 1942
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Doolittle raid?

PugJesus,
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Yep!

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.

LoafyLemon, in Anti-communist fighter pursuing a suspected member of the 'Securitate' secret police, Bucharest, Romania, 1989

Commies already downvoting. Typical.

PugJesus,
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Tankies try not to support a brutal and massively corrupt dictator who managed to turn the proletariat against him challenge (NEVER BEEN DONE)

Twinkletoes, in Roman Dodecahedrons: A Mystifying Archaeological Find

Ancient Roman fidget spinner

adj16, in Praying Mantis, a WW2 prototype machinegun carrier with an articulated, elevating chassis.

Is that an articulated chassis in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

earmuff, in WW1 French Rifleman Behind Mobile Armored Shield

Fun fact: those things can only move backwards.

Death_Equity, in Armored rail train car from the US Civil War.

This is what you want.

The Hairy Mary is the armored train engine you have at home.

ZombiFrancis, in Bust of Stalin defaced during the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia - placard reading "Nothing lasts forever", 1989

Well he’d been dead for 36 years at that point so the placard was pretty apt.

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