US Army HQ during World War II, disguised by architect Sir Basil Spence. Not only did they camouflage tanks, vehicles, bunkers to hide them from the Germans they also hid bases. Under this huge dump was an intelligence centre crucial to WW2.
WW2 Propaganda Posters: Enemy propaganda, War bonds
Not really posted many if any WW2 posters from American so here a few. Standard them against us message. Interesting drawing of the enemy!
Most WW2 posters you see in America were asking people to save, help out the best they could. Generally buying War bonds was popular to fund the war effort.
WW2: Loot and Ruins: Leipzig
I am like wow, so much happening in this photo. Its taken from the final months of WW2. Pretty typical around that time the allied troops pushing back the Nazi and recovering their treasures and spoils! If this is in Leipzig what are the Statues supposed to be for? We can the place has been bombed, roof gone? Looks like a storage facility judging by the number of boxes in the background. Allied troops would send whatever they could find back home by Army post.
Brooke Shields: American Royalty
It's not always War photos! occasionally I have posted famous icons from the Movies, Brooke Shields being the latest. I watched an excellent program on Brooke this week "Who Do they think You are?" Her family history is rather amazing it has to be said a direct descendant of the King of France Henry IV and of course his more famous grandson Louis XIV. Worth a watch on the Iplayer if you have time.
Brooke of course has been in lots of movies and TV hows but I think she is more famous for being Brooke! if that makes sense :) and no I wont put a photo up from the blue lagoon.
WW2 Rounding up Nazis
Rounding up Dutch Nazi's, sympathisers and fraternisers April 1945. This is a really interesting photo that tells us so much about the war. Very common scene for people who favoured the Nazis during the war to be rounded up once the country/city/area was occupied by the Allies. Women as above would have their head shaved, paraded on the streets, houses looted/burnt. I know this is in Holland but is the man in the centre wearing clogs?
WW2: Waldenburg Destruction
Allied troops making their way through a somewhat destroyed city of Waldenburg Germany. This was 1945, towards the end of the war. You can see from the smoke and steam raising up its pretty fresh.
War Horse: The Movie & History
I was pleased to see this movie come out. Not too fussed about the actual movie plot itself but more the fact it brought to peoples attention the role horses had in various wars. As recent as WW1 horses played a huge role in the war effort.
Not sure if this is a setup pose with the horse but its from the American Civil war. I do hope it was not a tactic often used to cover behind the horse.
A great example of the horses ability to pull through artillery through muddy fields in WW1. This is from Ypres where the mud was so deep without wooden planks most of the fields were impassable. Horses were still used by the Cavalry in WW1 where weapons were not as sophisticated or ranged as WW2.
WW1 Propaganda Poster: Funny
I have posted about 20+ WW1 & WW2 posters on this blog, there are plenty more to find and view but they are all pretty much standard like the one above. The funny thing about this is that it states there is 'Room for you' but to me the train looks a little packed. Absolutely no chance others will be getting on that one!
WW2 Easter Egg Bombs
Black American troops getting the bombs ready for Easter with suitable messages. I would guess this is from around 1945. This type of thing where they put "words" on large bombs was rather common. I have seen 3-4 other ones with "Up Yours Hitler".
Potholes on Iwo Jima WW2
February 1945: The booted feet of a dead Japanese soldier, foreground, protrude from beneath a mound of earth on Iwo Jima during the American invasion of the Japanese Volcano Island stronghold in World War II. U.S. Marines can be seen nearby in foxholes. Having watched the "Pacific" mini series this photo looks very familiar. Soldiers dug into craters, holes, side of the hill etc. Dead bodies everywhere.
Deep Snow trenches Stalingrad WW2
You can find lots of photo's of the long battle at Stalingrad but I find its hard to find ones that show the true horror of the cold that killed so many troops. Temperatures on -30c were not uncommon and men had to spend weeks in the open with little rations avoiding tank and bullets raining down on them. 1000's if not 10,000s died due to the cold. How about spending a week in the trench above with leaky boots, worn out uniform and wet gloves?
Battleship USS Arizona sinking WW2
December 7, 1941: The battleship USS Arizona belches smoke as it topples over into the sea during a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The ship sank with more than 80 percent of its 1,500-man crew. The attack, which left 2,343 Americans dead and 916 missing, broke the backbone of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and forced America out of a policy of isolationism. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that it was "a date which will live in infamy" and Congress declared war on Japan the morning after.
WW1 Propaganda Posters: Know your place & Woodys
I have seen a fair few of similar theme posters in both WW1 & WW2. At least this one has a nifty catchphrase. How much did your average Joe Bloggs know about anything remotely interesting to the enemy?
The Canadians had alot of posters recruiting people to help out, I found very few however asking for front line soldiers to be recruited. They were generally like the one above, asking for workers to cut wood, send eggs to Europe, save war bonds etc. How many Canadian soldiers participated in the great war?
WW1 Propaganda Posters: The Lusitania &
Did not realise until I discovered this poster what the Lusitania was, but my guess was a huge boat the Germans sunk in the WW1. Britain using every tactic in the book to boost numbers in the forces at the time. Found a really interesting book about it
Was this due to lack of food and rations? Wanting the resources to go to the troops? Maybe all food was short in WW1 and people being prudent in every aspect of their lives helped the troops keep stocked up on vitals.
The Titanic: 100 Years on.
We are in the 100 year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. It is only fitting we show some photos from the time. It gives you a good idea of the size of the Titanic with the men above building it.
A little scaffold was used in the building of the ship! I wonder how many man hours went into this?
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