Belgian refugees leaving Brussels with a dog pulling a cart, WW1, 1914 (lemmy.world)
US Navy Blimp after being downed during a nuclear test, 1957 (lemmy.world)
Soldiers at Fort Lee put on an all-male production of Clare Booth's all-female play "The Women" (i.imgur.com)
From LIFE Magazine, December 21, 1942
"Quaker guns" at Manassas Junction March 1862. (lemmy.world)
A Quaker gun is a deception tactic that was commonly used in warfare during the 18th and 19th centuries. Although resembling an actual cannon, the Quaker gun was simply a wooden log, usually painted black, used to deceive an enemy. Misleading the enemy as to the strength of an emplacement was an effective delaying tactic. The...
Punt gun for mass-hunting waterfowl in a, uh, punt, Britain, 1900-1912 (lemmy.world)
Elephant conscripted by the Imperial German Army to move logs, WW1, 1915 (lemmy.world)
The first (coherent) underwater photo ever taken. 1899. (lemmy.world)
Source
Mockups created in 1944 by the US government about how Hitler may have looked in disguise. (lemmy.world)
Excerpt: Towards the end of World War II, U.S. intelligence officials were afraid that the German dictator would flee Germany by assuming a disguise. By 1944 the world identified the man largely by his trademark toothbrush mustache and oily side-slicked hair, so they ordered his portrait to be cloned....
Messenger dog with a spool for laying out telephone cable, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world)
Lounge of the R-100 airship, made for luxury passenger transport, 1929 (lemmy.world)
US Navy blimp protecting a convoy during WW2, 1943 (lemmy.world)
Docked US Navy Dirigible upended after a strong wind, 1926 (lemmy.world)
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.
Two planes hanging from a British Royal Navy Airship, 1926 (lemmy.world)
US anti-armor grenade packed inside a foam football, 1973 (lemmy.world)
“Since a regulation-size football weighs 14 ounces, it was considered feasible to make a shaped charge grenade within this weight limitation. In addition, most US troops are familiar with throwing footballs,” according to the Army’s test report for the weapon....
French tanker wearing a British 'splatter mask' to protect against shrapnel/'spalling' in the tank, WW1, 1918 (lemmy.world)
Listening device for detecting aircraft, USA, 1921 (lemmy.world)
Australian soldier in Cairo, holding a Koala as a mascot, WW1, 1915 (lemmy.world)
Two men posing with a 'Punt Gun', a kind of shotgun for hunting waterfowl in large quantities, 1923 (lemmy.world)
Demonstration of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1976 (lemmy.world)
RAF pilot getting a haircut, WW2, 1942 (lemmy.world)
The Ethiopian Kagnew Battalion, serving with UN forces in the Korean War, 1950-1953 (lemmy.world)
Antarctic explorer stands atop an iceberg, with active volcano Mt. Erebus in the distance, 1911 (lemmy.world)
Color photo of Russian monks planting potatoes, 1910 (lemmy.world)
Chris the Sled Dog listens to a gramophone, Antarctica, 1911 (lemmy.world)
