#wwii homefront

[lotus-pear]

i think you guys are onto smth..

i unironically got invested in this HELP

[retropopcult]

A female station attendant pumping gas in the winter of 1942. Photographed in New York by Royden J. Dixon for the Office of War Information.

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United States Steel Corp, 1942

[captain-price-unofficially]

Aerial view of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales on trials, 1941. She'd soon be sunk in combat with Japanese aircraft several days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

[carbone14]

Enfants anglais agitant leurs drapeaux dans les décombres d'une maison de la banlieue sud de Londres à Battersea pour célébrer la victoire en Europe - 8 mai 1945.

Photographe américain anonyme

©Imperial War Museums - HU 49414

[newhistorybooks]

"Homefront Battles is the best book ever written about life in the South during World War II. Charles C. Bolton gives us a fascinating, holistic view of the war's broad impact on Southern life, offering a refreshingly original take on the war's complicated effects and legacies across the region."

[victusinveritas]

[headbandsandflats]

it’s all fun and games until your anti-union brother and pro-union sister force a labor strike and the sister-in-law you used to hook up with (but no one else knows about that) gets shot and you have to rush home from your major league tryout and then she dies when you’re alone in the room with her :-/

[tmcphotoblog]

Battle of Britain Seal

[ormspinners]

How Life on the Home Front Changed During the World War II

During World War II, life on the home front underwent significant changes. From rationing essential goods and growing victory gardens to women stepping into roles traditionally held by men, the war effort at home was marked by resilience and unity. Families adapted to new realities, and communities came together in unprecedented ways. Discover how these everyday heroes contributed to the war effort and shaped a generation...

Readmore: https://www.barbarahannon.com/how-life-on-the-home-front-changed/

[spdk1]

REVIEW: History Comics - World War II - Fight on the Home Front (2023)

A Graphic Novel by Kate Hannigan and Josh Rosen I’m honestly tired of superhero comics (like most people these days), but I still love the medium of sequential art and graphic novels. As a result, I’m routinely on the lookout for other types of comic books to read. After visiting a couple of museums that had them in their gift shops, I’ve really come to love comics based on historical events…

[retropopcult]

"Traffic jam on the road from the Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard to Baltimore as the second shift of workers leaves the plant." Photographed 1943 by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information.

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The Bon Ami Co, 1943

[ladysarai]

@inception30daychallenge , Day 06: A fic rec!

Fandom: Inception (2010)

Rating: Mature

Relationships: Arthur/Eames (Inception)

Summary:

It’s difficult to remember, sometimes, that a world away living nightmares are manifest. In the warmth of the Iowa sunshine, the heat, the tall green grass, the waving haze of golden corn, sometimes it’s easy to forget that men are dying in the cold, in the dirt, in an explosion or a sickening trickle of blood. Dying alone. It is Arthur’s biggest fear. He sees him in his mind’s eye, blood smeared across that beautiful face, cherished life flickering out of eyes like oceans, in a dark place, in a cold place, dying alone. Arthur doesn’t forget. Arthur doesn’t feel the warmth of the sunshine, doesn’t see the green and gold of the fields. Arthur lives everyday over there in the nightmare. With him.

It is SO HARD to pick one fic!! This fandom is so amazing, and idk if I’ve ever read as many AMAZINGLY WRITTEN fics as I have since falling down this rabbit hole.

But I have a huge soft spot for AUs, and a huge soft spot for WWII and the Homefront and the Waiting, and this fic hits them all. Plus, this is the picture that inspired the fic and if it doesn’t give you feels you might be dead inside:

Also as soon as I finished reading it, I linked my bestie and said: “RUN. DO NOT WALK. RUN and READ THIS. It is WWII AU and IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL, MY HEART.”

(Also it’s from 2012, so if you’ve never stumbled across this, do yourself a favor.)

[carbone14]

Orphelin parmi les ruines suite à un bombardement aérien – Londres – Angleterre – Janvier 1945

Photographe : Toni Frissell

©Toni Frissell Collection – Bibliothèque du Congrès – Washington

D'autres informations indiquent que cet enfant est parmi les ruines de sa maison sous lesquelles ses parents sont morts enterrés par l'attaque d'un V2 en janvier 1945.