#Military History

[barbucomedie]

Halberd of the Life Guard of Archbishop Wolf Dietrich from Salzburg, Austria dated to 1589 on display at the Salzburg Museum in Salzburg, Austria

Photographs taken by myself 2022

#military history #16th century #renaissance #holy roman empire #hapsburgs #art #austria #austrian #salzburg museum #salzburg #barbucomedie

[humanoidhistory]

Observation bunker in Incendiary Test Area, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.

(Library of Congress)

#utah #bunker #history #military history #architecture #brutalism #desert #wwii #ww2 #world war ii #second world war

[theworldofwars]

A man firing a Very light pistol from a front line trench, near Bairakli (Turkey). May, 1917.

#World War One #The Great War #1918 #1917 #1916 #1914 #first world war #history #historical #historical photos #world history #canadian history #military history #british army #Indian History #war #military #somme #Battle of the Somme #france #belgium #the western front #vimy ridge #Battle of Vimy Ridge

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

Can we just have a moment to appreciate this guy? All of Philomena Cunk’s experts are great but Ashley Jackson, professor of imperial and military history at London’s King’s College stands out.

When repeatedly asked about the “Soviet Onion,” he initially tries to correct her. She accuses him of mansplaining, so he eventually just plays along completely straight-faced.

“Well, if you want to talk about sort of Russian Soviet vegetables, we can. I mean, it was a deeply agrarian country, and so there were lots of onions, lots of potatoes, lots of other things.”

“Did they have turnips?”

“Think so. Cheap, easy to grow, hardy. Great in a stew.”

Just… “Great in a stew.” Man went from trying to correct her to just… listing the virtues of turnips. Class act.

#philomena cunk #cunk on earth #diane morgan #Ashley Jackson #military history #soviet history #vegetables

[bantarleton]

Iconic.

#master and commander #Royal Navy #history #military history #tall ships #age of sail #aubrey maturin

[dronescapesvideos]

US Coast Guard Hall PH-3 flying boat firing a M1919 Browning machine gun in 1943.

#flying boat #us coast guard #coast guard #machine gun #1943 #youtube #aircraft #airplane #aviation #dronescapes #military #documentary #ww2 #wwii #aviation history #circa 1943 #military history #history

[daguerreotyping]

Carte de visite of a debonair French chasseur fetchingly bedecked in frogging, c. 1870

#he’s got the come hither eyes but have you got the patience for all those buttons #the pose! the attitude! 🔥 #19th century #1800s #1870s #1870s fashion #19th century fashion #military fashion #military history #historical fashion #fashion history #19th century photography #cdv #carte de visite #19th century men #men’s fashion #menswear #vintage men

[catsofyore]

Idea: remake 'Léon: The Professional' but with kittens. Ca. 1917 - 1918. Source.

#cat #cats #catsofyore #military history #kittens #WWI

[gay-jewish-bucky]

Debunking the Claim that Bucky Barnes' Dog Tags "Prove He Cannot Be Jewish"

In 2021 and 2022, when discussing the fact that MCU!Bucky (henceforth referred to simply as Bucky) is based off of Arnie Roth, a gay Jewish man and Steve's childhood best friend, I received pushback from fans telling me that Bucky can't possibly be Jewish due to his dog tags; citing a behind the scenes picture posted by Sebastian Stan to his instagram story.

Transcription of the dog tags:

James B. Barnes (Legal Name) 32557038 (Serial Number*) T41 42 (Tetanus Immunization) O (Blood Type) R. Barnes (Next of Kin) 3092 Stockton RD (Address) Shelbyville IN (Location) P (Religion Marker)

*A serial number starting with a 3 indicated that the servicemember was drafted into the Army, it's important that we do not forget that Bucky didn't chose to fight.

During World War II the dog tags of American service members would have had one of the following regulation religion markers:

P for Protestant (the marker we see on Bucky's dog tags)

C for Catholic

H for Hebrew, this being the marker for 'Jewish'

NO (or left blank) for No Religion

For Jewish servicemembers fighting in Europe, being discovered to be a Jew by your captors–especially if you were captured by the Nazis–carried considerable risk and could mean the difference between life or horrific torture, experimentation and possibly even death.

Some Jewish service members, justifiably incredibly fearful of what could happen if they were found out, would either omit a religion marker altogether or, after getting their tags, would attempt to obscure the 'H' marker in some way so it could not be read by their captors.

While this saved some lives, it was not a perfect and fool-proof system, and we have no way of knowing how many times it failed.

In 1943, the year Bucky was drafted, the Army introduced a more official (and more widely adoptable, and thus widely adopted) option to protect Jews in its ranks:

Through the European Theatre of Operations United States Army, Jewish servicemembers could elect to have the 'H' marker for Hebrew on their dog tags replaced with a 'P' for Protestant.

This would offer Jewish servicemembers a more convincing layer of protection if they were ever captured by the enemy, because, unlike an obscured religion marker (or that lack of one) which could itself draw suspicion, a set of dog tags printed with a 'P' would be entirely indistinguishable from the dog tags worn by a gentile and would be less likely to draw suspicion.

Due to this option being made available to Jewish people serving in the United States Armed Forces, the 'P' marker on Bucky's dog tags not only does not definitively prove that he's really a gentile, in actuality its presence provides even further historical support in favour of him being a Jewish man.

Sources and Additional Reading:

Jewish GIs and Their Dog-Tags by Rabbi Akiva Males - Hakirah

A Star of David for Pvt. Benjamin Garadetsky - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (jta.org)

U.S. Army WW2 Dog Tags | WW2 US Medical Research Centre (med-dept.com)

Do You Know the History of the "Dog Tag" (jcveteranscouncil)

Beyond The Battle: Religion and American Troops In World War II (uky.edu)

World War II and American Jewish Identity

European Theater of Operations, United States Army - Wikipedia

Pride Month 2022, 40 Years of Arnie Roth and Michael Bech - Marvel Comics: The Queer History Behind MCU Bucky’s Backstory

J.M. DeMatteis, the creator of Arnie, confirming the character's use for MCU!Bucky

Full screenshot of Sebastian Stan's post of the dog tag

How to Decode a WWII US Army Serial Number | Amy Johnson Crow

#bucky #bucky barnes #james bucky barnes #james buchanan barnes #marvel #mcu #jewish!bucky #jewish!bucky barnes #jewish bucky #military history #marvel meta #arnie roth #Assorted Jewish Writings - Shoah #jewish bucky resources #jewish bucky barnes

[clove-pinks]

The U.S. frigate United States capturing H.B.M. frigate Macedonian: fought, Octr. 25th. 1812 / lith. & pub. by N. Currier, c. 1835-1856 (LOC).

#polls #napoleonic #napoleonic wars #war of 1812 #military history #great comet of 1812 #charles dickens #george iv #regency era #regency #louisiana #us history #1810s #1812 #age of sail #naval battle #who will win the ultimate 1812 showdown?

[queerism1969]

#propaganda #genocide #hate crimes #germany #france #austria #europe #poland #netherlands #world war ii #world war 3 #world war 2 #military history #world war 1 #wwii #first world war #world war one #education #research #students #learning #teaching #teachers

[barbucomedie]

Light Cavalry Armour and Weapons from Wallachia, Romania dated to 1549 on display at the Weltmuseum in Vienna, Austria

Photographs taken by myself 2022

#armour #armor #uniform #fashion #art #romanian #romania #16th century #renaissance #cavalry #military history #weltmuseum #vienna #barbucomedie

[humanoidhistory]

Computer room at the Nevada Test Site.

(National Archives)

#tech #nevada test site #nevada #physics #technology #military history #nuclear #atomic

[theworldofwars]

Men of the 27th Division having a meal in a trench, Balkan Front, November, 1916.

#World War One #The Great War #1918 #1917 #1916 #1914 #first world war #history #historical #historical photos #world history #canadian history #military history #british army #Indian History #war #military #somme #Battle of the Somme #france #belgium #the western front #vimy ridge #Battle of Vimy Ridge

[scrapironflotilla]

A British sailor throwing a lance bomb from a Royal Navy Drifter.

The lance bomb is exactly what it looks like. roughly 15 kilos of explosives on the end of a stick, to be thrown directly at a submarine that has surfaced alongside a ship.

Apparently one thrown from the small auxiliary ship the HMS Gleaner of the Sea (a repurposed fishing boat) hit the German submarine UB-13 and sank it in April 1916.

A Royal Navy Drifter similar to the HMS Gleaner of the Sea.

#ww1 #royal navy #anti submarine warfare #lance bomb #military history

[bantarleton]

#history #military history