The steel hob nails seen in the soldier’s boot were part of the reason the Germans were at a disadvantage in the cold. Their feet got colder much faster due to all the steel.
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February 12, 2015 | Categories: History, Human History, Images of History, Life under siege, Military History, Nightmares of World War II, Photography, Russian Empire, Soviet Union, The Drama Of It All, U.S.S.R. Under Stalin, Weird, World War Two | Tags: Adolf Hitler, Battle, Battle of Stalingrad, black and white photography, Death, German, German soldiers, Germany, historic, Historical, History, Hitler, human history, Military, Military history, Natalia Bode, Nazi, Nazis, Photography, Russia, Society, Soviet Union, Stalingrad, USSR, War, Warfare, Weird, World History, World War two, WW2, wwii | Leave a comment
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December 9, 2014 | Categories: European History, European Warfare 1789-1918, History, Human History, Images of History, Life under siege, Military History, Modern Warfare, Photography, The Drama Of It All, World War One | Tags: 1918, British soldiers, Death, German soldiers, History, Human, human behavior, human history, human nature, Human suffering, Military, Military history, Moreuil, The Great War, The war to end all wars, World War 1, World War i, World War One | Leave a comment
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November 11, 2014 | Categories: 20th Century Germany, European History, European Warfare 1789-1918, History, Human History, Images of History, Life under siege, Military History, Modern Warfare, Photography, Trench Warfare, World War One | Tags: Europe, German, German soldiers, German solider, Germany, Guns, Historical, Historical photo, Historical photography, History, human history, Military, Military history, minenwerfer, Photo, Photography, Society, War, Warfare, World History, World War i, World War One, WW1, WWI | Leave a comment
The Germans leveled almost the entire city of Leuven (Louvain in French) just to punish the Belgians for their resistance….
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January 30, 2014 | Categories: History, Nightmares of World War II, Photography, Pursuit of Happiness, The Drama Of It All, The Politics of Cultural Destruction, World War Two | Tags: Adolf Hitler, Death, entire city, Europe, German, German empire, German soldiers, Germany, Government, History, Hitler, library, library of Louvain, Louvain, Military, Nazi, Photo, Politics, Power, War, Warfare, Weird, World War One, WW1 | Leave a comment
“Fleugzeugkanone” translates literally to airplane cannon. (I wish it literally shot airplanes out of it.)
Even though this photo was taken almost a century ago, it somehow strikes me as something post-apocalyptic from the future.
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January 23, 2014 | Categories: History, Photography, Pursuit of Happiness, The Politics of Cultural Destruction, Weird, World War One | Tags: 1918, AMERICA, anti-aircraft gun, Becker, Becker-Flugzeugkanone, British, Death, Europe, Flugzeugkanone, German soldiers, Germany, Government, Guns, History, Military, MONEY, Photo, Photography, Politics, USA, War, Warfare, Weird, Western Front, World War One, WW1, WWI, WWI history | Leave a comment
It’s always easier to attack those with no power.
I’ve come to believe that the people most driven to abuse and humiliate these women were deflecting from the guilt of their own collaboration, as individuals or institutionally.
Yes, there were women who slept with German soldiers for purely opportunistic reasons, but there were also women who did what they needed to do to so they wouldn’t starve, and there were also women who had genuinely fallen in love with members of the enemy.
(A little old lady from Denmark told me once (and I paraphrase): “The occupying Germans weren’t all that bad- they were quite nice! Until the SS in the black uniforms showed up. They were nasty.”)
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January 23, 2014 | Categories: History, Nightmares of World War II, Photography, Pursuit of Happiness, The Drama Of It All, The Politics of Cultural Destruction, Weird, Women's Issues, World War Two | Tags: 1945, Adolf Hitler, Danish, Death, Denmark, Europe, Fight, German, German soldiers, Germany, History, Hitler, Military, Nazi, Photo, Photography, Politics, Power, Society, War, Warfare, Weird, Women, Womens Rights, World War two, WW2 | 2 Comments
I hope to be remembered for my atrocities! 