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Experimental WW2 Japanese fighter plane, the Kyushu J7W Shinden (files.catbox.moe)

The Shinden was a plane first conceptualized by the Japanese military in 1943, and first flown on a test flight in 1945. Even before the test flight, the Japanese Navy had ordered production of the plane. However Japan’s surrender in 1945 stopped production, and in the end only two of the planes were produced. One was...

British civilians taking shelter in the London Underground, WW2, 1940 (media.kbin.social)

WW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942 (media.kbin.social)

Russian Cossack firing from behind a dead horse, WW1, 1915

Pro-segregation rally in Arkansas, USA, 1960s

"My turn next!" Testing bulletproof vests, 1923

American-made M3 tank used by the British in the Burma Campaign, WW2, 1945 (media.kbin.social)

French Soldiers in Tunnel, WW1 (1910s) (lemmy.world)

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One wounded American soldier helping another eat some Christmas turkey, WW2, 1944

Yankee Claus giving toys to British children from his tank, Perham Downs, England, WW2, 1942 (media.kbin.social)

US soldiers giving an honor guard to 'Santa' and his Jeep sleigh, 1941 (media.kbin.social)

Santa shows up for US soldiers in Vietnam, 1964. Merry Christmas! (media.kbin.social)

US soldiers sharing Christmas gifts from home, WW2, 1944. Merry Christmas, everyone! (media.kbin.social)

During the Berlin Airlift Children of West Berlin Wave to Supply Plane Delivering Aid, 1948 (lemmy.world)

MG 08s Cast Aside as Enemy WWI Soldiers Engage in the Christmas Truce of 1914 (lemmy.world)

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'Harlem Hellfighters' Military Band Returning to New York, WW1, 1919 (lemmy.world)

Prisoners in Tsarist Russia being deported to a prison island via steamship, 1903 (media.kbin.social)

Algerian cavalry escorting German prisoners, Belgium, WW1, 1914-1918 (media.kbin.social)

Czechoslovakian protesters kneel in front of riot police to show they're nonviolent, Velvet Revolution, 1989 (media.kbin.social)

Soldier reads a message from a dog after crossing a canal, WW1, 1914-1918

Camels at a watering station, Palestinian Campaign, WW1, 1916 (lemmy.world)

'Radio hat' for listening on the go, USA, 1949? (lemmy.world)

Color photo of a man and woman in Dagestan, 1904 (lemmy.world)

A divorced couple divides their Beanie Baby collection in court, 1999 (lemmy.world)

Full caption: Nov 5, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: Attorney Frank Totti looks over papers while his client Frances Mountain sorts out Beanie Babies with her ex-husband Harold Mountain in Judge Gerald Hardcastle’s Family Courtroom in Las Vegas November 5. The couple, who were divorced four months ago, were ordered to divide up...

The Texas Superconducting Super Collider under construction, 1990s. (lemmy.world)

Excerpt: The Texas Superconducting Super Collider would have dwarfed CERN’s LHC, according to reports. It was designed as an enormous underground ring complex situated close to Waxahachie and had it been allowed to go forward, would have been considered the most energetic particle accelerator in the world. The project’s...