⚜️History In Art & Photos 🖼

2023-05-11 03:57:22 A German child soldier around the end of WWII. As the situation became desperate towards the end of the war, the German government drew on the elderly and the Hitler Youth as last lines of defense. Open / Comment

2023-05-10 20:20:37 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk giving a speech in Bursa, Turkey, 1924 Open / Comment

2023-05-10 16:25:07 General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, considered one of the best-known Confederate commanders, after Robert E. Lee. He played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the Eastern Theater of the war until his death on 10 May 1863, and had a key part in winning many significant battles. Military historians regard him as one of the most gifted tactical commanders in American history. Open / Comment

2023-05-10 03:05:48 The streets of Asturias, Spain, c. 1870s-1880s Open / Comment

2023-05-09 18:37:38 Danish resistance members during the liberation of Denmark, May 1945 (colourized) Open / Comment

2023-05-09 16:06:21 English fighter pilot, Captain Albert Ball VC of the Royal Flying Corps holding an aircraft propellor and spinning cap. At the time of his death, in May 1917, aged just 20, he was the UK's leading flying ace, with 44 victories. Open / Comment

2023-05-09 05:31:21 Keith’s Theatre Philadelphia circa 1907. Open / Comment

2023-05-08 20:16:14 Japanese Shinto priests outside of a shrine, c. 1910 Open / Comment

2023-05-08 17:03:49 The Princess Irene Brigade in Alphen aan den Rijn during celebrations for the end of WWII, 8 May 1945. This unit was formed from Dutch soldiers who arrived in the United Kingdom in May 1940 following the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Elements of this force became the nucleus of what was originally called the "Dutch Legion." Open / Comment

2023-05-08 14:22:17 Open / Comment