⚜️History In Art & Photos 🖼

2023-04-19 14:53:43 French soldiers with German prisoners of war, WWI, April 1918 (colourised) Open / Comment

2023-04-18 20:24:52 An American soldier shows a bin full of gold wedding rings taken from prisoners at Buchenwald concentration camp. The camp was liberated by the Americans in April 1945. Over 56,000 people perished at this camp. Open / Comment

2023-04-18 16:40:29 The battlefield of Dybbøl the day after the battle, April 1864. This was the key battle of the Second Schleswig War, fought between Denmark and Prussia. The battle was fought on the morning of 18 April 1864, following a siege that began on 2 April. Denmark suffered a severe defeat. Open / Comment

2023-04-18 03:39:07 A man under arrest in France, 1847. Open / Comment

2023-04-17 19:44:44 A party at an ante-bellum mansion for cadets from a local army flying school, Mississippi, 1943. Open / Comment

2023-04-17 16:06:20 Surrendered German soldiers and civilians receiving aid in the open square by the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, April 1945. Open / Comment

2023-04-17 04:06:08 Serbian artillery, WWI Open / Comment

2023-04-17 00:52:21 Crowds gather to welcome the Danish King Christian X to Northern Slesvig, 1920. Open / Comment

2023-04-16 21:32:13 April 1746: Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeat the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart at the Battle of Culloden. It was the last pitched battle fought on British soil. The battle lasted only an hour, with the Jacobites suffering a bloody defeat; between 1,500 and 2,000 Jacobites were killed or wounded, while about 300 government soldiers were killed or wounded. This defeat effectively ended the Jacobite uprising. Open / Comment

2023-04-16 03:38:25 Edward Llewellen with a record size black sea bass which he caught in California in 1903 weighing 425 lbs. Open / Comment