“Night Glasses” Train Soldiers To Fight in the Dark, 1940
This post was originally published on this siteFor practice in fighting in the dark, cadets in a British officers’ training unit wear special “night glasses” […]
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Weightless Cats: The U.S. Air Force Once Tested Cats in Zero Gravity in 1947
This post was originally published on this siteAfter WWII, the Navy and Air Force began to compete for primacy in the U.S. space program by […]
Humorous Musique du General Oku Postcards From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), a French postcard company produced a set of several postcards mocking General Oku […]
The Alexandrov Ensemble – “Soldier’s Dance” (1965)
This post was originally published on this site“Soldier’s Dance” performed by the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army in Moscow, 1965. The […]
Norway After Liberation: Historical Photos of German Prisoners of War in Norway, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteThe German occupation of Norway began on 9 April 1940 after German forces invaded the neutral Scandinavian country […]
A Candid Photograph of Two Young Soldiers Taken in Austria, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1945, these two soldiers had hiked up into the Austrian Alps and a friend took their picture […]
In the 1940s and 1950s, CIA Used Skyhook to Rescue Soldiers When It Was Not Safe to Fully Land an Aircraft
This post was originally published on this siteAdrift, but help is on the way! Down comes a special rescue kit which contains the most important […]
Captured German Kar98k Rifles at Stavanger, Norway, After the Surrender of Germany in 1945
This post was originally published on this siteStoreroom at Solar aerodrome, Stavanger, holding some of the estimated 30,000 rifles taken from German forces in Norway […]
Early Cluster Bomb: The Molotov Bread Basket
This post was originally published on this siteThe RRAB-3, nicknamed the Molotov bread basket (after Vyacheslav M. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister) was a Soviet-made […]
Shoot Around the Corner: The Krummlauf, a Gun With Bent-Barrel
This post was originally published on this siteThe Krummlauf (English: “curved barrel”) is a bent barrel attachment for the Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle developed by […]
Vintage Photos of British Army and Royal Navy Celebrating Christmas in World War II
This post was originally published on this siteChristmas is one of the few times during the whole year people briefly pause their busy life to […]
Beautiful Portraits of Vietnamese Girls From the Youth of the Republic, 1961
This post was originally published on this siteThe Youth of the Republic (Thanh Nữ Cộng Hòa) is a paramilitary organization of the Can Lao Party […]
Douglas A-1 Skyraider Once Carried a Toilet as an Aerial Bomb During the Vietnam War
This post was originally published on this siteOctober 1965, CDR Clarence W. Stoddard, Jr., Executive Officer of VA-25 “Fist of the Fleet”, flying an A-1H […]
Rare Vintage Color Photos of North Vietnam in 1967
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1967, American photojournalist Lee Lockwood made a trip to North Vietnam and spent a month traveling around […]
“The Day When Daddy Came Home” – 15 October, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteGunner Hector Murdoch arrives home (at his new prefabricated house in Tulse Hill, London) on his birthday, greeted […]
36 Amazing LIFE Magazine Covers of the Vietnam War During the 1960s and Early 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteOne of the most important stories that LIFE Magazine would ever cover was the Vietnam War. From sending […]
Vintage Photographs of American Soldiers Posing With Human Skulls in Colon Cemetery in Havana From the Early 1900s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Colon Cemetery was founded in 1876 in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana, Cuba to replace the Espada […]
Here’s the Only Known Photo of the Antonov A-40, a Crazy Soviet Flying Tank in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteWhat if a tank could fly onto a battlefield with a crew inside? This was a question that […]
Rare Photographs of Marilyn Monroe Wooing Soldiers in the Aftermath of the Korean War
This post was originally published on this siteRarely seen photos of Marilyn Monroe wooing the American troops during the Korean War, with the blonde bombshell […]
37 Amazing Snapshots Capture Everyday Life of American Soldiers During Vietnam War
This post was originally published on this siteMore than 2.5 million American men served in Vietnam during the war. Some of these men were career […]
25 Amazing Photos Capture Life of the Prison Camp at Hald in Jutland in 1917
This post was originally published on this siteJutland, known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula, is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the […]
The Art of Self-Expression on a Steel Pot: 30 Vintage Photos Showing Graffiti on Soldiers’ Helmets During the Vietnam War
This post was originally published on this siteA lot of the soldiers wrote graffiti on their helmets with inscriptions of their attitudes about where they […]
The Story Behind the Iconic Photo of a Soldier Wearing a Hand Lettered “War is Hell” Slogan on His Helmet in Vietnam War
This post was originally published on this siteGerman photographer Horst Fass began his career at the age of 21. He was a photojournalist during the […]
Rare Footage of Marilyn Monroe Singing to the Troops in Korea, 1954
This post was originally published on this siteIt was in February 1954, during her honeymoon to Joe DiMaggio that Marilyn Monroe decided to drop in […]
A Soldier’s Face After Four Years of War, 1941-1945
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1941, Evgeny Stepanovich Kobytev was a young man ready to start his creative life as an artist […]