As part of their training US soldiers swim in full kit in the Serpentine - Hyde Park, London 1943. Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis. The Serpentine is a 40-acre artificial lake created in 1730 #ww2 #worldwar2 #hydepark #london #england #serpentine #usarmy #training
#WorldWar2
Blood on Four Flags [historic media map, Java, Indonesia, 1945]
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https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~299462~90070602:Blood-on-Four-Flags- shared #DavidRumseyMapCollection scanned map
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“A 1945 Time magazine map by R.M. Chapin Jr turns geopolitics into graphic storytelling. “Blood on Four Flags” shows the Netherlands East Indies as a prize fought over by Dutch, Japanese, British and US interests. Red ink equals blood, islands equal resources, and nationalism..”
~ @SimonKuestenmacher
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#spatial #mapping #Java #Sumatra #Indonesia #cartography #CartographyAsPropaganda #Japanese #Invasion #Dutch #Colony #SEAsia #WorldWar2 #colonialism #naturalresources #oil #sugar #coffee #coal #economy #resources #exploitation #rubber #Netherlands #EastIndies #colony #nationalism #infographic #pictorial #imagery #geopolitics #Soekarnoites #wartime #propaganda
@Time Magazine
US soldiers continue their advance near Bütgenbach, Belgium - Jan 1945
CREDIT : LIFE Magazine Archives - George Silk
#ww2 #worldwar2 #butgenbach #belgium #history #ardennes #usarmy
US soldiers Sgt. Harold Smith, Sgt. Richard Bennett and Robert McCurty have some down time outside of a ruined building in La Haye du Puits, Normandy, north-west France - 15th Jul 1944 #worldwar2 #ww2 #normandy #normandie #france #history #usarmy
Very early #OnThisDay, 4 Jan 1944, Anne-Marie Walters parachutes into occupied France to become a British Special Operations Executive agent. The SOE supported the French Resistance to Nazi occupation.
In August 1944 she escapes over the Pyrenees, and later writes a book about her exploits.
#WorldWar2 #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
'I came into Parliament to dismantle poverty - we need a new government ministry'
These are my last posts of 2025, part 1 and part 2 (link in the comment). For me, 2025 wasn't a bad year for writing. Hope everybody had a good year.
International Tribunals: Mock Trials or Milestones?
Part 1
https://feministpassion.blogspot.com/2025/12/international-tribunals-mock-trials-or.html
#politics #internationallaw #Germany #Japan #worldwar2 #history #writing #blogpost #writingcommunity
The World at War schrieb den folgenden Beitrag Sat, 03 Jan 2026 15:37:27 +0100 Soviet soldiers take up positions on a street in Berlin - Germany, April 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #berlin #germany #soviet #sovietunion #history
#befreiung #liberation
#befreiung #liberation
Soviet soldiers take up positions on a street in Berlin - Germany, April 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #berlin #germany #soviet #sovietunion #history
German medical personnel rescue an injured civilian from a damaged building - Berlin, April 1945 #germany #ww2 #berlin #worldwar2 #medic #civilian #history
A Japanese cavalry detachment try to spot any signs of the enemy - China, circa 1939 #ww2 #china #worldwar2 #cavalry #japanese #ww2history
I love reading new releases - five of my 2025 favourites you don't want to miss
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/love-reading-new-releases-five-36480145
Kennedy family's tragic history after Tatiana Schlossberg's cancer death, aged 35
Kennedy family tragedies and heartbreaks through the years as JFK’s granddaughter Tatiana dies aged 35
German submarine U1, a type IIA U-boat undergoes sea trials. Built at the Deutsche Werke shipbuilding company in Kiel in 1935. She was lost in the North Sea - April 1940. Photo by Hulton Archive #ww2 #worldwar2 #submarine #uboat #kiel #germany
British soldiers and members of the local Private Defence Force prepare a camp for captured German submariners - North of England, Nov 1939. Photo by Fox Photos #ww2 #worldwar2 #submariners #uboat #camp #england
A US mortar crew target German positions - Halstroff along the Moselle river, France, Dec 1944. US Official Photo EA 45774 (KY). Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive #ww2 #worldwar2 #france #moselleriver #Halstroff #usarmy #history
RAF Hawker Hurricanes prepare for another night mission - England 1940 CREDIT : ron_eisele #ww2 #worldwar2 #raf #royalairforce #hawkerhurricane #hurricane #hawker #england #history
A German family wear their gas masks as they take a stroll in the park - Germany, April 1939. Photo by Daily Herald Archive/National Science & Media Museum/SSPL #ww2 #worldwar2 #germany #history #gasmask #stroll
🪖 Hitler's Blitzkrieg erupts across Western Europe, thrusting British Private Bill Brooks into the hellish maw of modern war.
The Red Fields of France: A World War II Novel, by Sean Spurlock
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