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Sgt. Stubby, a highly decorated war dog who fought with the US Army during World War I. c. 1919 [800 x 520]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
People shelter and sleep on the platform and on the train tracks, in Aldwych Underground Station, London, after sirens sounded to warn of German bombing raids, on October 8, 1940. [991 x 655]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Greek soldiers mingle with a local civilian on Crete prior to the German invasion of the island. May, 1941 [836 x 584]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Burning Communist literature on the streets during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 [702 x 1024]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
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Person struck by train at Cleveland Park. Stuck under train currently. Red Line is down northbound right now.6yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/washingtondc
Flora Sandes was the only British woman to serve as a soldier in World War I, enlisting in the Serbian Army and distinguishing herself in combat, c. 1916 [800 x 585]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Marshal Zhukov, Stalin's deputy during World War II, rides before the troops during the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 [1707 x 1011] [x-post /r/Redditdayof]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
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Floating Feature: Travel back to the dawn of history, and share your favorite stories spanning 10,000 to 626 BCE! It is 'The Story of Humankind, Vol. I'4yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/AskHistorians
British officers of the Northumberland Hussars meet with their German counterparts in No Mans Land, Christmas Day, 1914 [961x581] (Full story of the Truce in comments)10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A young White Russian officer, pictured at the onset of the Russian Civil War in late 1917 [523 x 771]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Olympic Gold Medalist Aldo Nadi duels with sports journalist Adolfo Cotronei over an article (full story in comments)11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Togo the cat was a mascot of the HMS Dreadnought, c. 1900s [800 x 589]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A Battery of Soviet Artillery in action during Operation Bagration, 194411yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The crumpled bow of the USS Growler, a Gato-class submarine, having returned to port after ramming a Japanese gunboat in the Pacific, 1943 [1029 x 551]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
African-American veterans of Vietnam don white-face as they protest against the war in 1971 [492 x 618]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A Gurkha warrior demonstrates the fearsome Kukri knife for the camera. These famed Nepalese warriors have been a long standing component of the British military.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Bastille Day, 1954: Paratroopers of the French Foreign Legion parade through the streets of Hanoi, two months after their compatriots surrendered at Dien Bien Phu [1072 x 769]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A member of the Afghan Mujahideen, armed with the venerable Mosin rifle, c. 1980s [925 x 649]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Ty Cobb comes into home, cleats up. He was infamous for keeping the spikes on his cleats sharp, and directing them at any baseman in his path when sliding.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Second time in two days I've had to replace the PTFE tube due to jammed filament. Any thoughts on the possible cause of these jams?2yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/prusa3d
US Marines, recently arrived in France during World War I, demonstrate their marksmanship as curious French soldiers stand by to watch, c. 1917 [1188 x 795]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
After being shot as he attempted to cross the Berlin Wall, Peter Fechter bled out in full view of helpless onlookers, taking over an hour to die. Here, his body is removed by the East German border guards.11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
An M46 Patton assists another M46 that got stuck in the mud in Korea, during the spring of 1951. The 'Tiger Face' paint job was the hallmark of the 6th Tank Battalion. [1211 x 773]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Bearded Pioneers (sappers) of the French Foreign Legion parade in full dress.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
US Army diagram of the typical layout of a Vietcong tunnel in Vietnam10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
With M1911 in hand, a US Army tunnel rat peers into the entrance of a Vietcong tunnel system.11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
US Marines lay telephone wires out on Iwo Jima during the invasion of the island in 194510yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Nationalist soldiers charge up a mountain of debris as a Republican further up turns to fire on his pursuer. Spanish Civil War c. 1936 [773 x 1148]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A well supplied Villista during the Mexican Revolution, c. 1914 [505 x 761]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An Australian trooper of the SASR, armed with a modified M60, gives the cameraman the finger, Vietnam, 1971 [492 × 654]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The Australian, He Fights for FREEDOM! Part of the This Man is Your Friend Series released during World War II, 194211yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/PropagandaPosters
Remember December 7th, a World War II poster by Allen Sandburg, released in 194211yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/PropagandaPosters
A pair of German soldiers armed with captured Russian M1891 'Mosin' rifles, on the Eastern Front during World War I, c. 1914-1915 [1277x797]9yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The crewmen of the AW Whitley bomber L-Love, perhaps the luckiest fliers of the RAF, having accidentally landed in Germany yet making it back in one piece, 1939 (full story in comments) [1237 x 783]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Elephant mounted, and wheeled, double-bow siege crossbows in Cambodia.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Soldiers of the Czech Legion man an armored train during the Russian Civil War, c. 1918 [640 x 462]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Clint Eastwood as The Man With No Name, who he played in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy, the foundational films of the Spaghetti Western genre.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Marshal Zhukov, Stalin's deputy during World War II, reviews the troops during the Moscow Victory Parade of 194511yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
General George S. Patton believed he had lived many past lives, and would share memories from these previous incarnations, including a legionnaire in France and the Carthaginian general Hannibal.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
A member of the New Zealand SAS deployed to Vietnam in the late '60s/early '70s [706 x 1151]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
In 1968, Poland introduced the wz68 Moro Ludowe Wojsko Polskie pattern camo. Due to the small shapes in the design, it is known as the worm pattern. Variations are still used today.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
John Moses Browning examines one of his most famous creations, the BAR. One of the most prolific firearm inventors ever, he had 128 patents to his name when he died in 1926.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
An overhead view of the infamous Highway of Death, the name given to Highway 80 following the carnage visited upon the Iraqi forces who used it as they retreated out of Kuwait, 1991 [1237 x 1575]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The haughty Huns will surely meet death from the hands of the Heroic and Allied Legions. The Italian Front of World War I, ca. late 191811yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/PropagandaPosters
German and British fighter planes engaged in an aerial battle appear in the sky over Kent, along the southeastern coast of England, on September 3, 1940.11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Noor Inayat Khan, SOE agent codename Nurse. Operating in France as a key liaison with the Resistance, she was eventually captured, imprisoned at Dachau, and executed.11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Mexican Federales during the Mexican Revolution, c. 1914 [1280x928]9yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen in Italy, 1945. According to the Library of Congress caption, they are being distributed cyanide, euphemistically called escape kits [970 x 1024]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Canadian burglar gets a stern talking to. Can confirm, am couch.11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/thatHappened
Publicity poster for the documentary Pershing's Crusaders, released in May, 1918 [625 x 938]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/PropagandaPosters
Marginally stupid question, but does anyone know what the exact type of screw used to secure the fastener bit here is?6yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/Fencing
World War I era recruiting poster for the Coldstream Guards, c. 1915 [478 x 620]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/PropagandaPosters
A French armored column passing through Sainte-Mere-Eglise receives a warm welcome from its inhabitants, during the Normandy operations of June 1944 (more in comments) [1260 x 926]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Mrs. Mary Couchman, a 24-year-old warden, shields three little children during an air attack on October 18, 1940. Complimented on her bravery, she said, Oh, it was nothing. Someone had look after the children. [502 x 680]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An American soldier points out where a shell penetrated the turret of a German Tiger tank.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Members of the CNT - the principle Anarchist group in Spain - during the Spanish Civil War9yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The Motherland Calls was dedicated in 1967, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad and those who had fought there. It was the largest statue in the world at the time.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Japanese Naval Infantry machine gun team on Guadalcanal, c. 1942 [1280 x 853]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Boys of the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) in attendance at the Nuremberg Rally in 1935 [991 x 699]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Sgt. Stubby, a highly decorated war dog who served in World War I, and returned to the U.S. where he became Georgetown's mascot11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
USMC war dog “Caesar von Steuben” is X-Rayed after being wounded on Bougainville. He was one of 1,074 dogs enlisted in the Corps during World War II10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
German troops head to the front at the beginning of the 1918 Spring Offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht. The last major offensive mounted by Germany in WWI, it nearly reached Paris before being thrown back by the Entente Powers, who soon launched their own Hundred Days Offensive.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Disguised as a tree, an Australian observation post keeps an eye over the area of Messines, on June 7th, 1917.11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav reviews his troops, the Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (Norwegian Royal Guard)11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
'Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the Southern States of the United States, Compiled from the Census of 1860' [3000x2394][OS]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/MapPorn
A German armored train moves through Finland in June, 1918, during the German intervention in the Civil War there.11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
A rail-mounted Panzer III, one of a handful built to patrol train tracks on the Eastern Front. The tank was capable of reaching 100 kmph c. 1943 [1036 x 484]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Polish Capt. Witold Pilecki infiltrated Auschwitz, where he built a secret radio to report conditions to the Armia Krajowa and Western Allies. He escaped three years later, fought in Warsaw '44, only to later be arrested and executed by the Soviet backed government, claiming he was a British spy11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
T.E. Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia, in Damascus a few days after the capture of the city in late September, 1918 [749 x 925]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
/r/AskHistorians Floating Feature on the History of Oceania! Come over to read and share your favorite stories from its history!5yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/newzealand
The 1955 Double Die penny is one of the most sought out 'coin errors' by collectors. Only about 24,000 were ever made, and depending on condition, can now command tens of thousands of dollars.11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
German skirmishers approach the French lines during the Battle of Sedan, in what is possibly the first 'combat photo'! Franco-Prussian War, 1870 [1280 x 754]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
During the Spanish Civil War, Loyalist troops fight near Burgos, Spain while one of the attacking Nationalist soldiers lobs a hand grenade over the barbed-wire defenses. Sept. 12, 1936. [991 x 699]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Despite being at war with each other, Germany openly sold field glasses to the United Kingdom during World War I! (More of the story in comments)10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Jan Smuts and some of his Boer fighters, pictured in 1902 on the tail end of the Second Boer War [1280 x 902]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A miliciana of the Spanish Loyalist Militias fights in the defense of Alcazar during the Spanish Civil War. September, 1936. [1035 x 799]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Romanian troops enter Budapest during the brief Hungarian-Romanian War that followed the First World War.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
French cuirassiers pose in Metz as the fortified city endures a siege during the Franco-Prussian War, 1870 [953 x 461]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A group of American soldiers stand in the village of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, which was liberated by paratroopers of the 501st and 506th Regiments of the 101st Airborne Division during D-Day operations, 1944 [1260 x 904]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Both former enlisted men, Lt. Tom Derrick, VC congratulates Lt. Reg Saunders upon their graduation from Officer Cadet Training with the Australian Army in 1944 [1036 x 804]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The Mujahideen commander Ahmed Shah Massoud, with an AK-74 equipped with the BG-15 grenade launcher captured from the Soviet invaders of Afghanistan during the 1980s. [622 x 806]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The 'Lotus Effect' is a method of self-cleaning found on some leaves. Nanoscopic wax crystals create a high-level of water repellence, forming droplets which pick up particles of dirt.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Heading out to hunt for German weather stations set up on the coast of Greenland, a member of the 'Sledge Patrol' leaves base at Sandodden, 1940s (Backstory-More pics in Comments) [1280 x 946]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Libreria (Bookstore) El Ateneo in Buenos Aires. The store is built in a former theater.11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The Old Man of the Mountain is the State Emblem of New Hampshire. It collapsed in 2003 however.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
On October 24, 1901, to celebrate her 63rd Birthday, Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Workers of the World Unite! - A Bolshevik propaganda poster from the Russian Civil War.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
US Marine Corps aviators from Air Group 23, part of the first contingent to arrive at Henderson Field following its capture in August, 1942 during the Battle of Guadalcanal [755 x 951]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Austro-Hungarian soldiers face off against the multi-headed hydra of the Entente Powers in this World War I propaganda poster.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
American soldiers celebrate the Armistice and the end of the fighting, Nov. 11, 1918 [1280x830]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Smashing the Hindenburg Line by Frank Schoonover [1026 x 596]11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/BattlePaintings
The sunset highlights the silhouette of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, at Langley Field, Virginia, in July of 1942 [1247 x 853]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky's duel. The duel was a central part of the novel Eugene Onegin, by A.S. Pushkin, and reflected his affinity for dueling in real life. It would be the death of him in the end, killed following his 29th duel, fought with a man allegedly sleeping with Pushkin's wife.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Battle of Tsushima, May 1905: The Russian battleship Oslyabya becomes the first capital ship to fall victim to Japan in the fight. She would be joined by five more battleships by battle's end, a resounding victory for the IJN.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The aftermath of a lynching in Center, Texas, near the Louisiana border. The victim was a 16-year-old boy. August 3, 1920 [860 x 556]10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Lion of the Round Top. In command of the 20th Maine, he defended the Union flank at Gettysburg, playing a key role in the Federal victory, and according to many, saving the Union itself in the process.11yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The Death of Napoleon IV, aka the Prince Imperial, during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879.10yr ⋅ Georgy_K_Zhukov ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
