A Pak 36 (Panzerabwehrkanone 36) manned by Wehrmacht troops.I...
A Pak 36 (Panzerabwehrkanone 36) manned by Wehrmacht troops.I could be wrong, but my guess is this is early in the war, possibly 1941 Russia.
View Articlefraulein-feldgrau: sana-the-random: apaperrose: bittersweetrev...
fraulein-feldgrau: sana-the-random: apaperrose: bittersweetrevelry: blowing-up-ramsay: girlwhoblogsherfeelings: stereotypicalwords: bulletprooffuture: goodygoodytwoshoes: papahanover: Regency Buck in...
View ArticleNew Years BS
Today will be the last of my Germany posts (reposts don’t count right?) for a while.The shift will be from the Axis to the Australians in WWII, as I feel the Aussies efforts during the Second World War...
View ArticleAustralian troops of the 2/32nd Battalion leave their...
Australian troops of the 2/32nd Battalion leave their American-manned ‘amtracks’ for a patrol in North Borneo in June 1945. The man advancing at center wears his water bottle on his chest between his...
View ArticleInformal group portrait of members of 7 Platoon, A Company,...
Informal group portrait of members of 7 Platoon, A Company, 2/32nd Battalion. Identified are; second row (fifth from left) NX171592 Private (Pte) Lawrence Grannall, (later killed in action on 28 June...
View ArticleChrist, I do one look into the war records of an Aussie, and I get watery...
Christ, I do one look into the war records of an Aussie, and I get watery eyes. The poor bugger was a young lad.
View ArticleAmerican soldiers of the 75th Infantry Division inspect a...
American soldiers of the 75th Infantry Division inspect a knocked out Panther Ausf.G from 2.SS-Panzer-Division ‘Das Reich’ in Grandmenil in late December 1944.It is a late production vehicle as...
View Article"Now I don’t know a lot of you by name, but I know you. We met at Isurava. We...
“Now I don’t know a lot of you by name, but I know you. We met at Isurava. We fought there together and every step of the way here. Now we are relieved and we will leave the battle. And every day the...
View ArticleLieutenant Colonel Hyacinth Ralph Honner (17 August 1904 – 14...
Lieutenant Colonel Hyacinth Ralph Honner (17 August 1904 – 14 May 1994)Known as Ralph Honner, was a distinguished Australian soldier during the Second World War. He is considered particularly notable...
View Article2011.
This year has been something else.My heart was broken a time or two, but mended by good people.I’ve met men whose honor will not be tarnished by any amount of mudslinging.So many men and women who...
View Articledergutekamerad: SS-Hauptscharführer Alfred Günther (25 April...
dergutekamerad: SS-Hauptscharführer Alfred Günther (25 April 1917 – 15 June 1944) after receiving his Knights Cross in June 1943, he was later promoted to the rank of SS-Untersturmführer. (1.SS...
View ArticleReblog if you met epic people on tumblr this year.
wafflekrieg: PREVIOUS. Been a great year in that capacity!
View ArticleAnton Szandor LaVey (1930—1997) “Some have no idea...
Anton Szandor LaVey (1930—1997) “Some have no idea of loyalty, be it in small levels or in the major arenas of life”
View Articleblackmedic: The Cabinet of the Solar Plexus - Click pic for...
blackmedic: The Cabinet of the Solar Plexus - Click pic for link
View ArticleOkay this is more than just a question, so bare with me here. (1) What music...
Music wise my roots as a child was heavily in classical, opera, classic rock, big band, and swing.In my teens I heard punk rock and fell in love, along with industrial, grindcore, death metal etc.I...
View ArticleAustralian nurses tend to casualties of the Kokoda Track...
Australian nurses tend to casualties of the Kokoda Track campaign.Members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) served wherever the Australian Imperial Forces did, and 71 were killed. Women...
View ArticleAugust 1942: five officers of the 2/14th Bn, 21st Bde. pose at...
August 1942: five officers of the 2/14th Bn, 21st Bde. pose at Uberi at the beginning of the Kokoda track.Even this early in the Papuan campaign officers were carrying rifles and removing rank badges...
View Articlesolastyear: Textiles from The Charleston Museum’s exhibit “We...
US Army Air Corps flight jacket Women's Red Cross uniform solastyear: Textiles from The Charleston Museum’s exhibit “We Have Just Begun to Fight!” Left: This brown leather jacket has silk blood chits...
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