Take that, Hitler!
1939 - British soldier takes tea to comrades working to repair banks of River Ravensbourne which flooded south London.
(Source: indypendent-thinking, via lostsplendor)
Unsinkable Sam (aka Oskar/Oscar) - German ship’s cat who saw service in both the Kriegsmarine and Royal Navy during the Second World War, serving on board three vessels (the Bismarck, the HMS Cossack and the HMS Ark Royal) and surviving the sinking of all three. There is some doubt as to whether Sam really existed, or whether his story was not an amalgamation of several different cats created as an exciting “sea tale,” especially since there exist several differing depictions of Sam and the accounts of the sinking of the three ships he supposedly served on vary. (Source.)
Naval kittens in hammocks, ca. WWII. (via Imgur.)
“Travel? Adventure? Answer- Join the Marines!”
Marine Corps. 1917. James Montgomery Flagg, artist.
ah yes, the legendary Marine Jaguar Corps.
The derp is strong with this recruitment poster.
…Not exactly historical material, but it’s Wednesday, I’m exhausted to the point of delirium, and I really don’t need an excuse to put a hot stripping hunk dressed as a fighter pilot on this blog, so fuck it. Here’s Brewster performing at the 2nd annual New York Boylesque Festival. Two important details not represented in the photos - he also had a Tom of Finland pin-up, and a functional propeller on his jockstrap.
So there we are. You’re welcome. Daddy loves you.
(Photo credit Time Out NY.)
Whoever this hunk is, he’s my history crush. He was in the Jewish Brigade, a segment of the British Army that fought the Germans in Italy in 1944. The rocket says “Hitler’s Gift”.
Lovely old Life magazine cover from 1919 showing a returning soldier greeted enthusiastically.
(via firstofthemoderns)
Stories of Jewish WWII Red Army vets just coming to light
Once a year, Israel’s Jewish war veterans don suit jackets and uniforms dripping in Red Army medals, the shiny bronzes and silvers pinned to their chests in tight rows like armor.
About 500,000 Jews served in the Soviet Red Army during World War II. Most of those still alive today - about 7,000 - are said to live in Israel.
