4225
posts in
History
Explore fresh reads on battles, biographies, culture and lesser‑known moments from history.
Loading
The ruins of a Russian post used to defend Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Circa 1854-1856.
Posted a year ago
Comments:0
Loading
RAF personnel inspect the wreckage of a downed Messerschmitt somewhere in southern England during the summer of 1940. (Colourised)
Posted a year ago
Comments:0
Loading
Loading
October 14, 1944. Japanese fighter rises to confront American bombers targeting Kowloon Docks, Hong Kong (Colorized)
Posted a year ago
Comments:0
Loading
Nazi film director Leni Riefenstahl accidentally witnessing German soldiers shooting Jews in the Polish town of Końskie. 12 September 1939.
Posted a year ago
Comments:0
Loading
The ruins of the Natzweiler-Struthof barracks, the only concentration camp in present-day France. The museum was set on fire by Alsace separatist in protest against the lack of commemoration of the "victims of French Imperialism in 1945", they meant the hunt for collaborators. 13 May 1976
Posted a year ago
Comments:0
Loading
Gump Worsley tends goal for the Minnesota North Stars, circa 1973; he was the last NHL goalie not to wear a mask
Posted a year ago
Comments:0
Loading
Admiring each other's tractor. US M88A1 passing German farmer, Operation REFORGER 1982
Posted a year ago
Comments:0
Loading
The men of 2 7 Commando Squadron enjoying a beer, near Wewak, New Guinea, early 1945
Posted a year ago
Comments:0
Loading
Soldiers removing the body of one of the students killed during the Ma'alot school massacre (1975)
Posted a year ago
Comments:0
Loading
French resistance fighters on La Canebière during the liberation of Marseille, 23 August 1944.
Posted a year ago
Comments:0
Loading
An Inuit man teaches his son how to use a bow. A still from the 1922 film "Nanook of the North," a pioneering film in the documentary drama genre. At that time, firearms were already common in northern Canada and bows were becoming obsolete.
Posted a year ago
Comments:0