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...
British soldiers carrying an inflatable decoy tank, post-WW2 (lemmy.world)
Stand off between American and Soviet tanks in Berlin, 1961. (lemmy.world)
Quick wikipedia summary: Soon after the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961, a stand-off occurred between US and Soviet tanks on either side of Checkpoint Charlie....
Secret service agents moments after the 1981 assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan. (lemmy.world)
Excerpt: On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest at the side entrance of the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue by John Hinckley Jr. Reagan was walking to his limousine after a speech to AFL-CIO leaders when Hinckley, 25, who was standing among a group of reporters, fired six shots, hitting Reagan...
Two Imperial German sound locators for detecting airplanes, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world)
Early color photo of a nomad in Uzbekistan, taken between 1905-1915 (lemmy.world)
Early color photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii and two Cossacks posing for a picture, 1916 (lemmy.world)
American soldier inspecting a Nazi decoy tank, WW2, France, 1944 (lemmy.world)
You've heard of cars made to fly - prepare for an airplane made to drive! Light aircraft converted into a car, 1948 (lemmy.world)
