#World War2

[theworldatwar]

A German Ju 87D of III./St.G17. Staffel is about to take off from the Dnieper border region - Eastern Front, Summer 1942. Note the wheel casings have been removed to avoid the plane flipping over on poor surfaces during landing / take off

[fdrlibrary]

"This World Cannot Exist Half Slave and Half Free"

Nebraska native John Falter enlisted in the U.S. Navy during WWII and spent much of this time designing posters. This 1942 "Fight for Freedom!" poster features the quote "This World Cannot Exist Half Slave and Half Free" a paraphrased quote from Abraham Lincoln's “House Divided” speech from the Illinois Republican State Convention on June 16, 1858.

The original quote was: I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.

Learn more on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/31560/fight-for-freedom

Follow along throughout 2024 as we feature more #TheArtOfWar posters from our Digital Artifact Collection.

[planehistoria]

C-5 Galaxy – The Big Daddy | PlaneHistoria

 If you are looking for a large transport aircraft with military-grade capabilities, the C-5 Galaxy is giant of the skies is the largest aircraft in the US Air Force's inventory and is capable of carrying up to 270,000 pounds of cargo. The C-5 is powered by four turbo fan engines, which provide a total thrust of over 200,000 pounds, allowing it to reach a top speed of nearly 600 mph. Its size and power make it ideal for transporting large military payloads, such as helicopters, vehicles, and personnel. The C-5 Galaxy is also used for humanitarian and disaster relief operations. It's the perfect plane for getting aid to those in needs, and its massive cargo bay can quickly and efficiently move supplies to those who need them most. The C-5 Galaxy is the big daddy of transport aircraft. With its massive cargo capacity, high speed, and long range, it's sure to get the job done. Visit our website to know more information.

[natugardener]

WW2: Warsaw Uprising 1944 Combat Footage

[hicginewsagency]

US identifies Alabama soldier killed in WW2.

Noah C. Reeves, a U.S. Army soldier from Alabama killed in Germany during World War II, was accounted for in September 2022, decades after his death. Courtesy image. The US says it has identified the remains of an Alabama-born soldier nearly 80 years after he was killed fighting in Germany. The 26-year-old soldier, private first class Noah C Reeves, was killed by German forces near the town of…

[glendylucast]

Just a bunch of boys who make life a little brighter in the hard times.

From my fict Cold Distance

Anyway, Have a nice weekend good people!

[mang0gr0ve]

World war 2 au

[glendylucast]

Tell me about it...

What can I say even their publisher & developer tried to bury this game... 🙄

Hyperfixating on something with a really small fandom is a special kind of suffering

[astrasdolliriumbadasdollz]

ww1 drawing/painting of infamous Matahari and the prince of prussia and french minister of war gettin f#*Ked up the asses with they own flag poles alotbof symbolic stuff in the drawing tells the dramatic story of that time .. unsure of era of this but it's definitely older..

ratshit photo as this has been glossed over with varnish so reflects anyway anyone know who painted it

[theworldatwar]

Indian volunteers in the German Army from the Free Indian Legion (Azad Hind Fauj) keep a look out for signs of the enemy - date and location unknown. Indian volunteers known as the 950th Regiment served in the German Army from 1941

[haikuckuck]

A dear dove and" rock pigeon"( back to the roots;-))

Because this photo of mine was liked and reblogged mostly in the short time i am in tumblr:

I am not an expert and not specialized in taking doves , pigeons...i am german ,my english is not very good,but let me say: i can understand if some people dont like what pigeons do or hate the birds at all or in towns etc ..

In german they are called:" Ratten der Luefte",rats in the air,i firstly thought ,they would be called: pigs of the air,and the term pig is contained in "pigeons".

But this was an Error of mine and i am not of this opinion,i love to make pictures of them mostly in our swabian town.

But i can comprehend if people dont like them..

My grandfather had doves, pigeons in the houses top,roof ( i really dont know the difference of the both terms,in German only is" Taube ", Turteltauben,Ringeltauben,Felsentauben,Haustauben,Stadttaube,Brieftaube,Friedenstaube usw.)

I remind me of visits in the near of Heilbronn,when i was 5 or 6 years old ,to our grandparents,and surely my grandma cooked,fried sometimes the meat,breasts,of doves, pigeons..( if i got this to eat,i dont remember)

Those grandparents came from Bohemia, Sudetenland,and had to flee away from this German Gau at the end of world war2.and firstly stranded in the region of Heilbronn.

From grandma i got the love to taste of mushrooms,the woods and when i was as a child on visit ,she always gave sugar into the not sour but sweetened green cabbage letuce salad!! Fresh from garden. I love sweetand sour!

[planehistoria]

Focke-Wulf Fw-190 – The Butcher Bird | PlaneHistoria

The Focke-Wulf Fw-190 is a single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft that was developed by the company during the Second World War. The Fw-190 was designed as a replacement for the Messerschmitt Bf 109, which was the main fighter aircraft of the Luftwaffe at that time. The Fw-190 was designed to be a sturdier and stable aircraft than the Bf 109, with a wider undercarriage that made it easier to taxi, land and take off.

The Fw-190 also had a larger wing area than the Bf 109, which gave it a much better rate of climb and made it a much more effective interceptor. The Fw-190 was a very effective fighter aircraft and saw extensive action against Allied aircraft during the Second World War. It was also used by several other air forces after the war ended, including those of Egypt, Finland, Japan, Syria and Yugoslavia. Visit our website for more information.

[anastasiamaru]

Ternopil.West of Ukraine.

Ruins of the Church of the Holy Cross.

Was built in 1876.Church was too damaged in time of World War2.You still can notice the bullet marks on the walls.After the occupation the soviet union closed a lot of churches.This Church was closed too.

Author📷:tsvitanagorobivska

[lordjosephus]

"The Second World War", According to the Cosmos.

World War2 was designed, by the BritishCrownVatican, to take Russia and the Soviet Union as a whole. The fascists were given France, the British retreated back to the UK then everyone who was left on the European continent headed towards the Soviet Union.

The Soviets wasted the Japanese on their Eastern border, as quickly as they could then waited for the right Winter to head West. When the BritishCrownVatican knew it was over for them they decided to destroy their own fascists by bringing back the British and getting the U.S. to fight in Europe, (the "attack" on Pearl Harbour), to get some pieces of Europe before the Soviets took it all.

The Soviets knew all this, of course but they played the post war U.N. game of the BritishCrownVatican to their advantage, as best they could.

The question for today is: who does the BritishCrownVatican destroy, if it works out it's lost to the Russian Federation, when the fascists don't call themselves fascists anymore?

[collymore]

True causes of riots in Amsterdam handily shunned, by a virtue signalling Dutch king seeking popularity!

By Stanley Collymore

More nonsense from Holland's Wilem- Alexander, since he either knows or should do so what racial ethnicity those odious Nazis, exclusively of Europe or else Europeans quite basically in obviously discernibly genocidally acquired lands like Australia, New Zealand, Canada and aptly quite undeniably clearly the USA, actually ethnically were rather undoubtedly in the 1930s, and similarly also, the 1940s and still are distinctly so in the 21st Century! Quite undoubtedly also, very exclusively white Caucasians! As it was and still as well is rather a white man and woman's intrinsic ideology; carried out under the premise, rather exclusively of so-called Christian values and beliefs; and rather   obviously, actually had bugger all to do with any other religion and also simply notably so, clearly not the Muslim one!

However to fast forward, these Yids that actually travelled to Holland, ostensibly, but superficially in reality to support their football team, did so quite distinctly with the purpose of looking for trouble: boasting most overtly on them getting there about how many Palestinian kids and babies the IDF had literally killed, while evidently and literally vaingloriously, openly, and similarly contemptibly pulling down both Palestinian flags and bunting; amongst doing other very similarly nasty abhorrent and distinctly offensive things, and this vilely in someone else's country.

Hardly surprising then that the trouble they were looking for and purposely supported they crucially got; and quite shockingly and disadvantageously too came out of that quagmire they'd obviously egotistically started as the losers! But also as as rather sensible people evidently well know, these Yids: the supposedly epitome of self-entitled and effectively also simply delusionally devine recognition, can really be unstintingly and basically undoubtedly always expectantly be simply relied upon, along with their evidently, unquestionably prejudiced supporters, whenever actually justifiable retribution hits hard in the ass; to do nothing better than essentially very assiduously playing and vilely portraying themselves as the never-ending victims!

(C) Stanley V. Collymore 9 November 2024.

Author's Remarks: Over 55,000 Dutch volunteers were in the Nazi Waffen SS; so let's not pretend on your part that that wasn't actually the case. In marked contrast there were heroes too like George Blake who, in essence, quite specifically contributed greatly to world peace post World War2. Therefore, clearly the Dutch King Wilem-Alexander, very much like his British counterpart Charles, is very odiously out of touch with reality, and is both morally and politically being selective in what he's evidently and highly pathetically virtue signalling, doing!

And how's this in marked contrast Herr Wilem-Alexander? When you bomb and egregiously as well invade and kill the citizens and residents of a country continuously over time and discernibly there's really nothing left there, where, pray tell, are the evidently hapless survivors supposed to go?

Or are you ingrained racists fed on and likewise having prodigiously benefited and undoubtedly also massively profited from your own similarly racist, white Caucasian kinds genocidal actions in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA, to name just four areas of the world you have barbarically taken and exploited for your very own selfish and self-serving benefit, while also asininely clamouring for an all-white Europe - in the utterly sick belief that immigrant is a term that only applies to non-Caucasians, no matter where the hell you whites were born or where in the world you emigrated to - what the fuck gives you the right, as the last link essentially, in the Homo Sapiens chain, to actually emerge on our earth to delusionally believe that you obviously actually own this planet and everything that is of any value on it; and as such your Black and all other predecessors are subservient to you. Get real!

As for football hooligans what about the rather unenviable record that British fans have abroad, are they to continually given a pass and their vile actions deemed as apolitical? What hypocrites you pathetically are!

Don't offload your Nazi woes, Wilem-Alexander onto those who weren't complicit in them!

[glendylucast]

Call of Duty WWII OC : Clifford "Brick" Wildblood

Born in 1921, Clifford enlisted at the age of 23 after leaving behind his coal mining family business. Stoic and not one for small talk, hence he earned the nickname "Brick" during basic training. He served with the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division before being captured by the Germans and sent to a concentration camp, where he crossed paths with Robert Zussman—his squadmate and arguably his least favorite person in the entire division. Their time together in hell changed everything he ever believe.

GENERAL

Name : Clifford Arden Wildblood

Alias : Brick

Gender : Male

Birthday : October 2nd

Place of birth : Bloomington, Illinois, US

Nationality : US - British

Spoken language(s) : English

Sexuality : Bisexual

Occupation : Mechanic on coal mining (pre WWII), enlisted soldier (WWII), Blacksmith on Chicago (after WWII)

PHYSICAL TRAITS

Eye color : Light Brown

Hair color : Black, but his hair started turning grey early due to the immense stress and malnourished during his time in the concentration camp

Height : 6’0” / 185 cm

Build : Lean (WWII era), Muscular (After WWII)

Blood type : O+

Fan Cast/Face Claim : -

PERSONALITY

Myers-Briggs Type: INTJ-T

Enneagram: 2w1

Skilled Combatant: Growing up working in mines and hunting with his family sharpened Wildblood’s instincts and abilities, giving him a strong physics and mental for military life. This helped him excel at training camp, eventually becoming a skilled soldier and formidable fighter in 1st Infantry.

Direct and Blunt: Wildblood dislike small talk. He prefers a straightforward, no-nonsense approach with those around him. While his straightforward style is often efficient, it can come across as harsh to more sensitive comrades.

Mechanical and Explosive Expertise: Wildblood’s time working in his grandfather’s coal mine in Illinois gave him an extensive understanding of machinery and explosives. His experience as a blacksmith also enhanced these practical skills, which now serve him well in the battlefield.

Overly Independent: Though Wildblood is a reliable team player, he has a fierce independent nature and often prefers to rely on himself. This can sometimes cause him to push others away.

Emotionally Distant: Raised by a father who emphasized masculinity and toughness, Wildblood struggles to express or talk about emotions. For him, showing vulnerability is a sign of weakness, making it difficult to open up or show affection to others.

BACKSTORY

Early Life

Born on October 2, 1921, in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. His father was originally from England, while his mother was from Bloomington, Illinois. Two years after he was born, their family moved to England where he spent most of his childhood.

He had a typical childhood in a loving family in London, England, that frequently traveled to the US, which left him with a British accent that slips out (especially when he's upset). He has a sister, Ciara Godwyn Wildblood, that born five years after him.

Later, he spent the rest of his high school years in Illinois after his father inherited the family’s coal mining business. He usually helped there after school and eventually works there as a mechanics instead of going to college.

His family strongly opposed his decision to enlist in the military. Initially, he stayed home, but at 23, he ran away and enlisted anyway, going so far as to forge his father’s signature with the help of his sister.

Growing up working in mines and hunting with his family sharpened Wildblood’s instincts and abilities, giving him a strong physics and mental for military life. This helped him excel at training camp.

WWII Campaign

He maintained a direct and blunt relationship in the First Infantry, at first no one likes him but he quickly becoming one of the most formidable soldiers in the First Platoon. He was one of the rare few who Sgt. William Pierson's like. He also become Lt. Joseph Turner's first choice to lead his own squad.

Wildblood was the oldest in his squad. His team knew that beneath his stoic exterior, he was actually an incredibly caring and dependable figure. It was this steady, unshakable presence that earned him the nickname "Brick.

Little Trivia but Wildblood was born because I need someone to keep an eye on Zussman. I don't want him to be Daniels' homewrecker because on my latest revisit playthrough I really like Daniels and Hazel.

Initially, Wildblood never like Zussman, but he always kept a quiet eye on him throughout the campaign. He couldn’t stand Zussman’s troublemaking nature or his habit of antagonizing Pierson, someone Wildblood deeply respected.

Fate brought them closer when both were captured and imprisoned in a concentration camp, where they watched comrades die at the hands of the Germans. Together, they did whatever was necessary to survive, clinging to each other to maintain their sanity and avoid feeling alone.

They were eventually separated when the Germans transferred prisoners to different camps, moving them constantly to evade the advancing Allied forces. Daniels’ squad found the camp that had detained Wildblood, and it was Wildblood who gave them the critical direction to locate Zussman. Wildblood was rescued by the U.S. Army, malnourished, with broken ribs and a limp, but he survived.

Weeks later, Daniels’ squad finally located and saved Zussman. When Wildblood heard the good news, he couldn’t hold back his tears.

After World War II end, few hours after Daniels said his farewells to Zussman, Wildblood visited him and insisted that he wouldn’t return home until Zussman was fully recovered. He refusing to leave Zussman’s side and promised never to leave him alone again.

Aftermath

A few weeks later, after Zussman convinced him that he was healthy enough to return to Chicago, they both going home to US. They separated ways as Wildblood moved back to Bloomington. For a year, the two exchanged letters.

After hearing that Zussman was no longer with Susie and was single for a while. Wildblood decided to move to Chicago to be closer to Zussman, working there as a blacksmith on local workshop.

They both become close and then, closer...

1940s was a hard time for being "different", you know

After three years in a secret relationship and saving enough money, Wildblood and Zussman decided to travel the world together. Their journey began with a visit to Daniels’ family in Texas.

They never told anyone about their relationship, maintaining a casual front whenever they were around others. However, Zussman’s best friend, Daniels, could easily tell that there was more between them than just friendship.

Still, Daniels chose to keep their secret to himself, letting the world figure it out on its own—if it ever did.

Thus, from Texas, Wildblood and Zussman set off to explore the country, then the world, travelling side by side.

Yes they're bestfiend

TRIVIA

He prefers a buzzcut because I hate drawing complex hairstyles, lol.

His Surname originally Wyldeblode, another variation of the name "Wildblood", but on the second thought I think the literal "Wildblood" is cooler, so I chose it.

His permanent early grey hair inspired by Guts (obviously) and Motaz Azaiza, journalist from Gaza, Palestine (massive respect, that talks about his hair greying already before he even reach 25yo still haunts me.)

He's an excellent violinist because he was obsessed with Sherlock Holmes's back in high school and learned violin because of that.

In high school, he also actively played football (not American Football) as a goalkeeper and was quite skilled at it.

Both he and his father hated how Americans referred football as "soccer," since they were originally from the UK.

He has sopite syndrome, a condition that makes him easily fall asleep in cars, trains, or any moving vehicle. Because of this, Zussman usually takes the wheel during their travels. (Wildblood never knew this habit of his was neurological disorder.)

One time he slept standing on the moving truck, and the whole platoon talks about this from time to time.

He had a deep fascination with dinosaurs and once considered studying paleontology, but family obligations and WWII derailed that plan. As a result, his apartment is now filled with dinosaur woodcrafts and doodles he made himself on downtime.

Despite having pollen allergies, he has no trouble working with woodcraft.

After WWII, He loves drinking Baileys because it reminded him of his late best friend.

Speaking of last trivia, Wildblood once believed he had schizophrenia after Baileys' death, as he kept seeing him everywhere. But after months in psychotherapy, he discovered he actually had hyperfantasia—the ability to visualize with such intensity that it felt real, it become in the room with him. It turned out Baileys wasn’t haunting him, nor was he losing his mind; Wildblood had subconsciously projected Baileys' to stay with him everywhere because he was lonely, something he didn't want to admit,

This hyperfantasia was also the reason Wildblood could precisely set up explosives and remember complex maps or blueprints during WWII, or sculpt dinosaurs and his squads from memory without references after the war.

Ironically, has a descendant who later joins Vladimir Makarov and works with the Konni Group. This accident happened when Wildblood and Zussman travelling Russia together.

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Will be updated as I draw and write his story!