All historically relevant pictures and photographs should be posted in this thread.
Subjects such as war, famous people of the past, important events, old sciences and tech, and everything in between are welcome.
If it's neat and historical, we want it here!
I'm posting out of several folders contain images of various subjects, I'll post a few from each and post more specifically should it be requested.
Background info on the photos can be found in the file-names. Enjoy.
>>571638
I'll do some of my Vietnam War folder now.
>>571656
Here's one we've all seen, still a good one.
>>571658
No background on this picture unfortunately.
>>571665
Any Fallout fans here? This thing here served as the inspiration for the infamous Fat Man.
Pretty crazy that this one's real.
>>571674
Last one of Nam for now, moving on to WW1 next.
>>571682
Is there anybody out there?
WW1 dump commence.
>>571691
Kinda lonely in here.
>>571696
>>571699
>>571706
Alright, 10 posts and still no activity. I'll return in a little while and keep posting if I see that there's some traffic here.
>>571712
Fuck it, one more.
>>571717
Came back to bump.
Eh, I guess I'll post a few.
First is Edo, Japan (today Tokyo), circa 1865.
American M113 APC crew members in Vietnam, 1971.
"Reds" executed by "Whites" in the Finnish Civil War, 1918.
>>571891
Nice, thank you for supporting the thread.
>>571856
Here's WW2 for now.
>>571893
>that look
Crew of a French Char B1 heavy tank, circa 1940.
>>571894
>>571898
Be back in a little while, appreciate the bumps friend.
B-25 Mitchell bombers on the deck of USS Hornet, on their way to bomb Japan in the Doolittle raid, 1942.
Heroes of the Crimean War, circa 1856.
>>571904
Back, reminder that info is in the file-names.
>>571926
>>571929
These men had no idea what was in store for them, tragic.
>>571930
ru roh raggy
>>571930
Color enhanced photo from the Battle of Stalingrad.
>>571933
Indeed, thanks for the bump.
>>571940
>>571658
The photographer who took this picture seriously regretted taking this picture and its usage in the American media after the war.
The VC officer being executed had only just executed a SVA Officer that was personally serving under General Loan, along with his his entire family for failing to show him how to drive a tank. He was caught in a mass grave of 34 and expressed pride in his part in the killings before his execution. The picture went on to galvanize the anti-war effort in America and ruined General Loan's life after fleeing to the United States.
>>571960
Souce?
Also something similar is true about pic related. In Europe this is THE anti-vietnam picture but it actually shows the results of South-Vietnamese friendly fire and the girl is surrounded by journalists who instead of helping her took photos. There versions with different cropping where you can see them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_Thi_Kim_Phuc
Ethiopian soldiers with a recoilless rifle in Korea.
SS men "trimming" the beard of a Jewish man in Warsaw, 1939.
>>571977
Correct me if I'm wrong but all I'm seeing is George Lucas, Marty Scorsese and the Dalai Lama
Philippine man "evacuates" the shoes of a dead Japanese soldier in Manila, 1945.
>>571999
It is Kurosawa.
Which is interesting since some pseudo experts claim Lucas stole from Kurosawa.
>>571987
>https://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/gallery_lg.php?s=3&gallery=eddie_adams
>http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988783,00.html
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Ng%E1%BB%8Dc_Loan
>Lém was captured near a mass grave with 34 civilian bodies. Lém admitted that he was proud to carry out his unit leader's order to kill these people.[6] Having personally witnessed the murder of one of his officers along with that man's wife and three small children in cold blood,[7] when Lém was captured and brought to him, General Loan summarily executed him using his sidearm, a .38 Special Smith & Wesson Model 38 "Airweight" revolver,[8] in front of AP photographer Eddie Adams and NBC News television cameraman Vo Suu. The photograph and footage were broadcast worldwide, galvanizing the anti-war movement.
>>572000
That would mean he is emptying the shoe. You can only evacuate places/container.
>>571990
This is cool, sorry I've been popping in and out of this thread and haven't posted.
>>571957
Frozen Soviets in east Karelia.
>>571960
I'd heard this, apparently he opened a restaurant or something in the US after the war and the photographer would often go and visit. After people found out who he really was the started giving him all hell. On his last visit, the cameraman reported going into the restroom and found "we know who you are fucker" scribbled on the stall door.
German general Anton Dostler moments before his execution, 1945.
>>572003
thanks
>>572008
That's funny you should post that because I actually have the end result right here.
>>572007
>>572005
Whoops, sorry. English is not my first language.
Anyway, here's some Maori soldiers performing a haka in North Africa, 1941.
>>572012
Should I continue with WW2?
Australian SASR soldiers in Vietnam.
>>572025
I agree, not a well known occurrence at all.
Luftwaffe pilot pops the canopy of his FW-190A fighter and prepares to bail, photo taken by the gun cam of an American fighter.
>>572028
I'll dump a few miscellaneous ones, starting with a great shot of Mrs. Kennedy's ass. Gat dang
Moroccan Colonial Sipahis in Belgium 1914. The multiethnic nature of the two world wars on the European Front is always interesting.
>>572016
This one is particularly nice. Whether it was posed or not, the varied expressions, stages of shouting and the different places each soldier seems to be looking gives it an air of spontaneity and life.
>>572033
Not something you'd want to see on your way to diffuse a car bomb.
Spanish volunteer soldiers of the German 250. Infantry division, aka the Blue Division ("División Azul").
>>572037
It's not the Maori Haka incorporates many facial contortions into the routine, thus as you see, they're making faces.
>>572038
>>572046
This could be the source of some anti-Dutch /int/ meme.
Standing over their dead enemies, officers of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army pose with their colonial soldiers during the Aceh War.
>>572057
Badass, saved.
>>572053
>>572062
Downed Luftwaffe pilots taken as POWs emerge from the entrance to a London Underground station to the amazement of the locals, 1940.
Final Banzai cheers of the crew of IJN aircraft carrier Zuikaku at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, before the vessel rolled over and sank stern-first, taking with it 842 of the crew (including the captain).
>>572072
We've all seen that picture of Hitler admiring his huge Gustav canon, but here is one of its shells just for reference.
>>572092
Falklands War, 1982: Taken from the deck of HMS Broadsword, this picture shows two Argentinian A-4 Skyhawks attacking the ship, with AA fire surrounding them. Broadsword was damaged in the attack, though not seriously. However immediately afterwards another British ship, HMS Coventry, was attacked by two other Skyhawks, and struck by three bombs just above the water line. The crew was forced to abandon her 20 minutes after the attack, and the ship sank soon after.
>>572095
This picture was taken 4 June, 1943 on the island of Attu, in the Aleutian chain. This is the only land battle of World War 2 fought on United States soil.
This picture I'm not sure about, are these guys Jap army or Navy? Is this fake even? Does anybody know?
>>572130
Behind the scenes from 'The Pacific'
>>572137
Oh so fake, thanks for clearing that up for me.
>>572148
That's the Chernobyl reactor, I can't imagine being in there while this was taken.
>>572142
>>572154
That's fucking nuts.
>>572150
looks shooped
Survivors of the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan in 1923.
Finnish Waffen-SS men returning to Finland from Germany, 1943.
Crew of the B-29 Superfortress "Waddy's Wagon" posing for a picture, 1944. They were all killed when "Waddy's Wagon" was shot down over Musashino, Japan on January 9, 1945.
Ships of the Imperial German Navy interned at Scapa Flow, Scotland after the surrender of Germany in 1918.
When the Germans learned of the possible terms of the Treaty of Versailles in May 1919 (that the ships might be divided between the winning nations), commander of the German fleet, admiral Ludwig von Reuter, ordered preparations to be made in secret so that the ships could be scuttled. On 21st of June 1919 the order was given to scuttle the fleet, and while the Royal Navy managed to beach a number of the ships, 52 of the 74 interned vessels sank to the bottom of Scapa Flow.
>>572150
>>572174
It is. Here's the original.
>>571882
bushwalker a qt
>>572198
;_;
gonna post some pics of the early british naval lighter-than-air force.
These airships were used in WWII to find and sink German subs, as well as keep lookout and perform rescues at sea.
crew
>>572986
From a movie
in-flight maintenance on the open-access engines was one of the aspects of lighter-than-air flight that allowed it to maintain a high level of endurance on patrol. No british convoys lost a ship while under the protection of british airships.
The design of the airship was actually semi-rigid. Three gas envelopes containing multiple gas bags were joined by an axial strut that extended from bow to stern, granting aerodynamic qualities without the weight of a full dirigible frame.
Downsides were limited size and an limited ability to build inside the envelope.
on calm seas, resupply and rescue operations were easily carried out by floating low over the water.
Bored crews managed to set several endurance records which were not broken until the 70s or 80s.
Here in the storage hangar, you can see some of the ballast and external equipment on the ship. This ballast would be dropped so that the ship could gain altitude; then the helium lifting gas would be vented to lose altitude.
This was a fairly simple form of ballast compared to german and later american airships, which also used water ballast and aerodynamics to attain and lose lift.
and that's all I have to say about that.
Might as well dump a few as well
>>573264
Matilda 1 during the battle of France
Swedish jets during the cold war
Yuri Gagarin with his Matra Bonnet
Protest against Japanese cars.
>>573545
>>573551
this is from a movie
After the WWII, great strikes happened in France. This one is in the mines of the North. They sent the army.
>>572038
That guy died.
>>573589
Oh. What movie?
Battle of Verdun before and after.
>>574126
One of Passchendaele
>>574126
Specifically, that's Fort Douaumont, which traded hands a couple of times over the course of the war and was such a thorn in the side of the French that they decided to base their entire WWII strategy around fortifications.
>>571706
Metaphor for the whole war right there.
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Soviet and British troops chat after the first combined Allied operation of the war, an invasion of Iran to secure its oilfields and road links for the Allied war effort.
>>574272
Metaphor indeed. As far as encapsulating the conflict, though, I've always found this photo the most evocative.
Croat in the 369th Reinforced Infantry Regiment during ww2
Dumping Ustase armor
Wow I see my thread's still up, that's cool.
I'll post some more WW1 for now.
Text in the file-names.
This one stands out for me. I'm always taken by how even in such times, man will come to the aid of another in need, even his enemy.
This was an one of the earliest forms of color photography used here, I don't remember what it's called.
You can't imagine what it must have been like.
Any lurkers please bump.
>>574800
Its on page 2 and threads last for a while on /his/.
>>574808
Nice pic, was gonna post it next. True, just want to see how many people are checking out these sweet pics.
I feel completely unable to grasp the devastation of the second world war. It is just mind-blowing.
>>574847
I know what you mean. Regardless what theater, the brutal fighting those men faced was honestly the pinnacle of total war. It truly is hard to imagine, almost like it ascends normal human comprehension.
I'll be back shortly.
Alright sorry for the wait.
Bump for OP
>>574983
Thanks buddy.
>>574997
Anytime
Some more WW1
Random lurker here. Loving the high-res WWI stuff.
>>575166
Your welcome, these aren't what you see everyday.
WW2
Please leave a message at the sound of the Archduke being shot.
I'll keep doing WW1 for now.
>>575191
Go for it.
>>575191
Artist self-portrait during the battle of berlin
Royal Flying Corps or Led Zeppelin cover?
>>575204
Canadian armoured car, 1918.
>>575214
Glorious Nippon Allies cruiser, 1914.
Well looks like we've reached the limit. Good thread everybody, thanks for your input.
Op
>>575020
According to Hartmann's memoirs, he was reeking drunk at that meeting. Hence why he and Barkhorn are slyly leaning on the table.
>>575350
That would explain the look on his officers faces.
>>572021
>An army of muslims praying in Germany
Nothing ever changes kek
great thread
>>572062
Hitler looks so tired here.
>>572171
I have seen many things on 4chan but this takes the cake for me. It's just so wrong.
>>572869
>This is from a reenactment
I'm pretty sure you're BSing. Who would reenact such a thing??
>only war photos
I'm tired of the /his/ zeitgeist, I'd dump some Prokudin Gorskii but I'm in class
