re: Old photos from history and WW2

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More please..

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yes Sir

These pictures were taken by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim author of Das Boot (from which the movie was based) on U-96's 7th war patrol.
U96's control room during depth charge attack.
Torpedoed merchant


If anyone remembers the scene in Das Boot where they meet Thompson @ sea. Here's a real pic of this incident (U572).



President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with teenage Bill Clinton in 1963.


George Orwell holds a puppy during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. Ernest Hemmingway can be seen in the background.



Execution by cannon in Iran sometime in the mid to late 19th century.



14 inch shells on the deck of the USS New Mexico in 1944.



Rip, a rescue dog who found one hundred victims of air raids in London between 1940 and 1941. He received the Dickin Medal for bravery in 1945.



The fuel tanks of the B-24H Liberator "Little Warrior" explode over Germany after being hit by anti-aircraft guns in 1944.



Golden Gate Bridge around 1935.




Vladimir Putin and his childhood friends in 1969. None of them have been seen since!



The Japanese "War Tuba" used to locate enemy aircraft before the invention of radar. Circa 1930



An iceberg photographed in 1912 bearing an marks of black and red paint. It is believed that this is the iceberg that sank the Titanic.



Control room of a submarine in 1918



Race Day, pretty girl with a Ferrari



James Dean and Marilyn Monroe






Equipment carried by a parachutist radio operator ca.1940's



March blizzard in North Dakota, 1966. Caption jokingly reads "I believe there is a train under here somewhere!"



39th Tomsk infantry regiment with their motorcycle-mounted machine guns during WW1, Russia



A German Krupp K5 283mm railway gun firing. It was one of the most commonly used railway guns during World War 2 by Germany.



Sad clown Emmett Kelly, in his performer's makeup, carrying a bucket of water in the aftermath of the Hartford circus fire of July 6, 1944, in which at least 167 people were killed. The tragedy is often called "the day the clown cried" due to this photo



Pre-WW2 Germany Nazi Ceremony, exact date unknown



and some "flying girls" pin ups


















damn yankees

A lot of the same pictures and more are in here, the GOAT historical pictures thread

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Here's one from my family archive. Grandfather doing some sightseeing during WW2.

Thought this deserved it.

What does iron clad mean before I google?

Is it basically the wooden ship era with protection from projectiles by putting metal over the wooden haul?

That is awesome looking.

That is awesome looking.

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The Nazis loved them some pageantry.

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The Nazis loved them some pageantry.

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They understood the dramatic and how to set the mood. Their symbolism and pageantry appealed to emotions without a word being spoken.

Awesome job, Saaaahhhhlute!

I always remember this one:


Liberty ship Rowan hit by German bomber during the invasion of scicily. A town I grew up (but didn't live in) in made Liberty ships and I was talking with a guy who was around for that and he said the sky never got dark at night because the fires were so intense.

I used to have a old Time Life book that had some great but disturbing WW2 pictures.

Also,!im not sure if this is allowed or not but it's a famous photograph:



The moment a man gets hit during the Spanish Civil War