By the summer of 1944, a large number of Russian women were...
By the summer of 1944, a large number of Russian women were inducted into the Red Army due to a severe shortage of men. A number of women ended up in armor units, after being recruited from tank plants...
View ArticleA T-34 Model 1943 passes by a column of GPA (amphibious jeeps)...
A T-34 Model 1943 passes by a column of GPA (amphibious jeeps) during the 3rd Baltic Front’s liberation of the Lithuanian capitol o’ Vilnius on 13 July 1944. This tank is fitted out as a PT-34 mine...
View ArticleA T-34-85 tank from an unidentified tank unit of the 3rd...
A T-34-85 tank from an unidentified tank unit of the 3rd Byelorussian Front during the fighting for the key port of Koenigsberg. in East Prussia, January 1945. This tank, commanded by Senior sergeant...
View ArticleA SU-85 of the Polish 13th Assault Gun Regiment in Germany in...
A SU-85 of the Polish 13th Assault Gun Regiment in Germany in 1945 with the unit mascot, a stuffed dog, on the gun barrel. This is the vehicle of the commander of the 3rd battery, evident from the...
View ArticleFinnish troops inspect a T-34 Model 1941 captured on the...
Finnish troops inspect a T-34 Model 1941 captured on the Karelian isthmus in the autumn 1941, This vehicle has a tactical insignia consisting of a bisected rectangle with the number 30/204 inside....
View Articleelkofhiisi: “Thus the weeping maiden vanished.Thus poor Aino...
elkofhiisi: “Thus the weeping maiden vanished.Thus poor Aino sank and perished”Illustration of the tragic story of Aino, found in runes three, four and five of the Kalevala ([link]). It is an epic love...
View Articlevicemag: BEELZEBUB’S DAUGHTER - HOW ZEENA SCHRECK ESCAPED THE...
vicemag: BEELZEBUB’S DAUGHTER - HOW ZEENA SCHRECK ESCAPED THE CHURCH OF SATAN Even by the standards of New Agey, cult-friendly LA, Zeena Schreck had a bizarre and abusive upbringing at the hands of...
View Article“Iä! Shub-Niggurath! The Black Goat of the Woods with a...
“Iä! Shub-Niggurath! The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young!”An awesome wood cut inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s Mythos. Prints can be purchased here: Raineysmith
View Article“R’lyeh exsurgebit ubi astra parata...
“R’lyeh exsurgebit ubi astra parata sunt”Another fine woodcut based on H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu by RAINEYSMITH
View Article1499 German woodcut showing Dracule waide dining among the...
1499 German woodcut showing Dracule waide dining among the impaled corpses of his victims as found in the “Von ainem wutrich der hies Trakle waida von der Walachei” (“Story of a Madman Named Dracula of...
View ArticleAlbrecht Dürer’s The Knight, Death and the Devil (Der...
Albrecht Dürer’s The Knight, Death and the Devil (Der Reuter). Dürer completed the piece in 1513 as evidenced by the date within the plaque that shows his recognizable AD monogram.Engraving, 24.2 x...
View Articledemons: I can never wholly escape the doubt about whether the...
demons: I can never wholly escape the doubt about whether the past ought best be forgotten, since it ended in such a singular catastrophe - above all, for the people some thought to be inferior, but...
View Articlethedevilsguard: A great in-flight photograph of a Ju 87R-2/Trop...
thedevilsguard: A great in-flight photograph of a Ju 87R-2/Trop (the carburettor intake, with tropical filter is on the other side of the engine cowling) over the Mediterranean. The green camouflage...
View ArticleHave a thoughtful and reflective ANZAC Day to all my Australian,...
Have a thoughtful and reflective ANZAC Day to all my Australian, New Zealand and surrounding areas. Having an Uncle who was wounded in Vietnam was treated by an Aussie fellow (Lance Corporal Jake),...
View ArticleSeasons In The Sun-SPELL (Boyd Rice & Rose McDowall)
Seasons In The Sun-SPELL (Boyd Rice & Rose McDowall)
View ArticlePlate 01 (view from the drivers seat) A Pz.Kpfw.V Panther Ausf.G...
Plate 01 (view from the drivers seat) A Pz.Kpfw.V Panther Ausf.G (Sd.Kfz.171) while in the final phase of construction at the NMH (Maschinenfabrik-Niedersachsen-Hannover) plant. This picture is most...
View ArticlePlate 03: The ‘seat’ of a Pz.Kpfw. V Panther Ausf.G...
Plate 03: The ‘seat’ of a Pz.Kpfw. V Panther Ausf.G (early) turret race is being is being machined. By looking at the machine’s logo it is MAN (Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nuernberg) production...
View Articleoperationkino: It’s my birthday and I spent it in a 1929 Ford...
operationkino: It’s my birthday and I spent it in a 1929 Ford Tri Motor. As I will tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.
View ArticleFive completed turrets(mounting the dreaded 88cm KwK...
Five completed turrets(mounting the dreaded 88cm KwK 43 L/71), ready to be mounted on Pz.Kpfw.VI Tiger Ausf.B chassis, were still at Henschel Kessel when occupied by the American forces in March 1945....
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