#worldwarii

[jhlcolorizing]

Finnish sentry from the Infantry Regiment 15 at the Sirkiä sector, Karelian Isthmus. January 16, 1942.

Infantry Regiment 15, established in Satakunta was a unit of the 15th Division in the Continuation War. •••••••• Jalkaväkirykmentti 15:n vartiomies taisteluhaudassa Sirkiän lohkolla, Karjalan kannaksella, 16.1.1942.

Satakunnassa perustettu jalkaväkirykmentti 15 oli 15. divisioonan joukkoyksikkö jatkosodassa. •••••••• [ sa-kuva | 70174 | H.Tornia ]

#wwii #worldwar2 #jhlcolorizing #colorizing #wwii history #finland #suomi #worldwartwo #ww2photos #colourised #worldwar #worldwarii #world war 2 #ww2pics #colourized #colorized #jatkosota #continuationwar #ww2 continuationwar #continuation war #war history #historia #suomisodassa

[peachesodell]

Jimmy Stewart, about 1944.

Yes, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps.

#jimmystewart #armyaircorps #worldwarII #1940s #vintage

[eretzyisrael]

February 15, 1909: Miep Gies, one of the people who helped hide Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis, was born in Vienna, Austria. She stored Anne Frank's papers in the hopes of returning them to the girl but gave them to Otto Frank, who compiled them into a diary first published in 1947. She died in 2010 at one hundred years of age.

Random History of the Day

#MiepGies #AnneFrank #WorldWarII #TodayInHistory

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

BASHING THE FASH LIKE IT'S GOING OUTTA STYLE -- WITH OR WITHOUT HER TRUSTY TANK.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 2008x3047 -- Spotlight on cover art to "World War Tank Girl" Vol. 1 #2. June, 2017. Titan Comics. Artwork by Brett Parson.

"I traveled back in time, it was fucking brilliant. I arrived naked, and jumped out of a plane full of paratroopers. I soon became friends with Cliff, and now we're fighting Nazis and winning World War Two! We've been dropped into the nether regions of Europe, as part of the Allies' Operation Open Sandwich. Our mission -- to secure the bridge at Arndale..."

-- TANK GIRL, script/story by Alan Martin

Source: www.zipcomic.com/tank-girl-world-war-tank-girl-issue-2.

#TankGirl #WorldWarTankGirlVol.1 #WorldWarTankGirl #TankGirlComics #BrettParson #BrettParsonArt #Tanky #RebeccaBuck #TankGirlArmy #TGArmy #AlanMartin #WorldWarTankGirlComics #WorldWarII #WarComics #BashtheFash

[bygonely]

Empire State in Ruins The Tragic Story and Photos of the B-25 Mitchell Crash

#empirestatebuilding #b25mitchell #1945 #historicalphotos #aviationhistory #aircraftcrash #tragedy #nostalgia #newyorkhistory #newyorkcity #worldwarii

[librarycomic]

Sara by Garth Ennis (writer) and Steve Epting (artist). TKO Studios, 2018. Frankly I'm not sure what the ISBN is as my copy didn't have one, but I'm going with 9781732748538. 147pp.  Contains #1-6. https://www.powells.com/book/-9781732748538?partnerid=34778&p_bt

The book follows a group of Soviet female snipers in the winter on the Eastern Front during WWII.  At the center of it all is Sara, a loner motivated by revenge and the group's deadliest shot. She lurks in trees as Nazi troops walk under her hiding spots. She and the other troops barely notice as prisoners are brutally interrogated in their camp. Of particular interest to all is a high ranking target, a Nazi Colonel new to the area.

Both Ennis and Epting have great talent for creating moments of epic, character driven violence, and this graphic novel certainly has some of that. It's also offers a great sense of time and place, and many quiet moments (before all hell breaks loose again). Worth noting: Elizabeth Breitweiser's colors tie everything together beautifully, and I particularly like the way she adds blood to the snow.

I'm making the questionable call to give this to my young nephew, who loves reading graphic novels about war (and only graphic novels about war). I want him to read at least a few books that have strong female characters, and this one shows that violence is far from the fun and games approach of most action movies.

#worldwarII #sniper #bookreview #graphicnovel #graphicnovelreview

[yatescountyhistorycenter]

Major Kirk and the Women's Army Corps

By Jonathan Monfiletto

When Uncle Sam called, a young woman from Penn Yan – much like many of the young men all around her – answered. And she not only rose to the call but went above and beyond it during her nearly three and a half years of service in World War II.

Less than six months after the United States of America entered the global conflict following the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces, the U.S. government – through a bill approved by Congress and signed by President Franklin Roosevelt – established the Women’s Auxiliary Air Corps on May 15, 1942 “for the purpose,” officially, “of making available to the national defense the knowledge, skill, and special training of women of the nation.” In actuality, it took a Congresswomen – U.S. Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, of Massachusetts, who introduced the bill a year before it became law – to ensure women would receive all the rights and benefits afforded to male service members when they supported the Army, after she had witnessed the status of women in World War I.

Less than three months after the WAAC was formed, in September 1942, Carlotta “Kirk” Crosier became Yates County’s first woman to enlist in this new military organization. Having been employed as a physical education teacher in Owego public schools at the time, she joined through the Binghamton recruiting office. In fact, though she taught at Owego Free Academy for two years by that point, a newspaper article from the time indicates she did not return for the 1942-1943 school year because she anticipated a call to service.

From Binghamton, Crosier reported to Des Moines, Iowa for basic training at the rank of private. With her experience in physical education, she helped the platoon leader teach the other recruits how to march. Perhaps as a result, she was one of two privates selected for the first officers training course for women.

Upon completion of this officer candidate school, 2nd Lt. Crosier served as executive officer for an all-female company stationed in Daytona Beach, Florida but preparing for duty in England. When the unit was transferred to Fort Devon, Massachusetts and then Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, Crosier was promoted to company commander. When Crosier and her fellow women reached England in July 1943 – the first WAAC battalion to do so, with three to five companies – they were assigned to the 3rd Division of the 8th Air Force. Here, Crosier worked as a company commander under Gen. Curtis LeMay.

Initially, WAACs worked only as clerks, cooks, drivers, and medical personnel. Indeed, a newspaper report quoting an article by Doris Fleeson in the Woman’s Home Companion speaks of female troops under Crosier’s command performing clerical communications and mess duties.

In September 1943, though, Congress and the President – again, through the work of Rep. Rogers – authorized the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), shortening the acronym by a letter and allowing women to serve overseas with the regular Army. Now, women began to take on roles as cryptologists, radio operators, photographers, mechanics, and more.

At this point, it seems, 1st Lt. Crosier was transferred to the 8th Air Force Headquarters Operations Section commanded by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle. Later promoted to captain, she served as the first female operations watch officer in the history of the U.S. military. In this role, working in the operations room in a bombproof, underground structure, Crosier helped coordinate the missions that sent U.S. warplanes on the attack.

Listening to pre-mission discussions among Doolittle and his staff, Crosier helped supply such information as the weather and direct such decisions as the target, the time, the bombload, and the number of planes. When the group made its final decisions for the mission, it was Crosier’s job to write the field order containing all of the pertinent information, send it out by teletype to the bomber divisions, and alert allied agencies of the upcoming attack.

A newspaper article, with the date of March 9, 1944 handwritten on it, calls to attention Crosier’s role in the bombing raids over Berlin, Germany. According to the article, the London Daily Sketch of February 23, 1944 carried a 12-square-inch photograph of Crosier and had this to say about her: “The girl who knows ‘The Gen.’ She is Lt. Carlotta Crosier, U.S. Women’s Army corps, operations watch officer at Eighth Air Force H.Q. On her accuracy depends much of the co-ordination that sends U.S. planes out on attacks. When her chief, Major-General Jimmy Doolittle, asks: ‘How many bombers will we be able to put up tomorrow?’ she supplies the answer.”

Another newspaper article, handwritten with the year of 1945, noted in its headline then-Capt. Crosier “Continues as Watch Officer” and indicated she was among the WACs “contributing considerably toward the successful completion of air attacks against Nazi Europe.” These women kept a constant check on each air mission as it was flown and kept records and plans for future information. Crosier specifically informed generals and other officers who planned air operations on the progress and reports of the current missions and prepared them for any emergencies in which information must be relayed to the proper channels.

Yet another newspaper article dates presumably from about the spring or summer of 1945, as it states Crosier had returned home to Penn Yan after two and a half years of service. Then, she didn’t expect to be out of uniform until almost another year. Indeed, she was discharged as Maj. Crosier in January 1946. Upon her return, she noted how her with bombing missions over enemy territory turned into such missions as dropping supplies over the Netherlands. Then, with little work for the WACs to do but wait to go home, Crosier volunteered to assist with the filming of a documentary about what she and her fellow women did in the European theater. In fact, she was in Paris the day the French held a parade to celebrate V-E, or Victory in Europe, Day.

In a V-mail letter home that was printed in a 1943 report in The Chronicle-Express, Crosier commented on receiving the hometown newspaper overseas and finding fellow soldiers with ties to Penn Yan and the Finger Lakes region. She also seemed to sum up the mission of her fellow women during the war.

“I believe I’m very fortunate in being over here and all of the Wacs are hard at work now and doing a fine job,” she wrote. “I’m very proud of the girls in my command. We are attached to the air force and are very proud of that. … I was very fortunate in being given an opportunity of going up in a Flying Fortress and it sure was a wonderful ship. As you know we are all part of the army of the United States and are regularly G.I.’s now.”

#historyblog #history #museum #archives #american history #us history #local history #newyork #yatescounty #pennyan #military #army #worldwarII #wac #waac #womensauxiliaryaircorps #womensarmycorps #womenshistory

[girlactionfigure]

WWII uncovered: US Marine Corps Corporal Glen William Bell Jr: Founder of Worldwide Restaurant Taco Bell

Today we honor WWII veteran and US Marine Corps Corporal Glen William Bell Jr, the founder of Taco Bell. Glen did not invent the taco but he was the originator of one of the most popular worldwide chains delivering tacos to the masses all over the world.

After graduating from California's San Bernardino High School in 1941 Glen entered the US Marine Corps. He served from 1943 through 1946 in the South Pacific. During the beginning of his service Corporal Bell served as a cook and food server thus gaining valuable skills for his future career.

After being honorably discharged from the military Glen Bell set his sights on being an entrepreneur. Bell opened his first restaurant, a hot dog stand named "Bell's Drive-in" in San Bernardino California in 1948. This business endeavor would next morph into "Bell's Hamburgers" where he would go on to introduce the taco as a menu item. With the popularity of the taco - Bell opened up his first taco stand "Taco Tia" in 1953. Eventually in 1962 Glen opened the first Taco Bell in Downey California. By 1964 he franchised Taco Bell and eventually sold it to PepsiCo in 1978 for $125 million in stock options.

Corporal Glen Bell Jr passed away on January 16, 2010 at the age of 86 years old. Lest We Forget.

WW II uncovered

#Taco Bell #ww2uncovered #honorourveterans #worldwar2 #WorldWarII

[phinnweb]

The situation now is that, based on the audience feedback from my “Marokon Kauhu” documentary’s July premiere in Kokkola, it was decided to make a new edit that will be about half the length of the original 100 minutes version that was shown at the premiere. The removed sections will possibly become extra materials for the release or even freely available as YouTube videos, depending on what will be agreed between us who contributed to the documentary.

Tilanne on nyt, että Kokkolan heinäkuun ensi-illasta saadun katsojapalautteen perusteella ohjaamani ja käsikirjoittamani ”Marokon Kauhu” -dokkari päätettiin leikata ensi-iltaversiota noin puolta lyhyemmäksi. Leikatut osuudet tulevat mahdollisesti julkaisun lisämateriaaleiksi tai YouTube-videoiksi, aivan riippuen mitä tekijäosapuolten kesken sovitaan.

#MarokonKauhu #AarneJuutilainen #WinterWar #WorldWarII #1939 #1940 #documentaryfilms #wardocumentary #Finland #Kollaa #pHinn #pHinnWeb #documentaries #finnish cinema #tampere #Pauli Poranen #Kokkola #Voionmaan koulutuskeskus #KPEdu #Keski-Pohjanmaan koulutusyhtymä #Mediakeskus LIME #Pispala Noir #2023 #Sortavala #Karjala #Karelia #Youtube

[bimshwel]

a moderately liberty-taking drawing of a mysterious individual associated with Sabik Sphinx called Charlotte, who brings up a good point.

#anthropomorphic #nurse #wolf #worldwarii #syringe #cute #bizarre #eccentric #furryart #suspicious #needle #healthcare

[preponias]

Kuril Islands

#kurilisland #islands #island #russia #ukraine #disputeislands #japan #russiajapan #worldwar2 #WorldWarII #worldwar2history #pacificocean #ocean #upscexam #upsc2023 #upscprelims2024 #upscprelims #upscaspirants #dailycurrentaffairs #currentaffairs2023 #currentaffairstoday #dailynews #infographic #generalknowledge #iasexam #iasmotivation

[jhlcolorizing]

Happy Independence Day Finland!

Finnish sentry from the Infantry Regiment 7 (Regiment of Tyrjä) at the Ohta sector, December 6, 1942.

We are proudly conscious of the historic duty which we shall continue to fulfil; the defence of that Western civilisation which has been our heritage for centuries.

Commander-in-Chief’s Order of the Day No. 34 •••••••• Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää Suomi!

Jalkaväkirykmentti 7:n (Tyrjän Rykmentti) vartiomies Ohdan lohkolla itsenäisyyspäivänä, 6.12.1942.

Meillä on ylpeä tietoisuus siitä, että meillä on historiallinen tehtävä, jonka me edelleen täytämme; länsimaisen sivistyksen suojaaminen, joka vuosisatoja on ollut meidän perintömme.

Ylipäällikön päiväkäsky N:o 34 •••••••• [ sa-kuva | 116408 | J.Taube ]

#wwii #worldwar2 #jhlcolorizing #wwii history #finland #worldwartwo #ww2photos #history #wwiihistory #continuation war #worldwar #world #worldwarii #world war 2 #war history #war #suomisodassa #sotahistoria #historia #colourized #colourised #colorizing #colorized #artistic

[regentstreetcinema]

A Nazi platoon runs into a lone gold prospector in Finland and assumes he's an easy target…

Big mistake.

Cathartic, gory pulp fiction. Book your ticket for Sisu now!

#Sisu #Historical #Action #JalmariHelander #JormaTommila #Finland #Finnish #FinnishFilm #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarII #IndependentCinema #IndependentFilm #London #RegentStreetCinema #RegentStreet #WhatsOnInLondon #NowShowing

[azspot]

Watching the rapid collapse of democracies in Adolf Hitler’s path on-screen in 2022 is hard to stomach, given the shellacking that democratic norms have endured in recent years both in the U.S. and elsewhere. What’s even more disturbing, though, is a realization that I arrived at only around the fourth hour of this slow-burn series, and which the filmmakers, whose patriotic optimism is obvious here, probably didn’t have in mind: Democracies, for all their strengths, are ill-equipped for identifying and responding to evil.

Ken Burns’s ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ Reveals the Limits of Democracy

#television #history #worldwarii

[elizabethsumpter86]

In the early 1940s, Busch Wildlife Conservation Area was used by the Department of Army as a TNT munitions plant to support the World War II effort. There are still 100 of the old TNT storage bunkers that exist in the area. . . . . . . . #warbunker #buschwildlife #ww11 #WorldWarII #bunker #roadtrip #history #Missouri #sky #clouds #postoftheday #photooftheday #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #landscapelovers #explorepage #adventure #winter2023 (at Busch Wildlife Conservation Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoxG52NL3za/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#warbunker #buschwildlife #ww11 #worldwarii #bunker #roadtrip #history #missouri #sky #clouds #postoftheday #photooftheday #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #landscapelovers #explorepage #adventure #winter2023

[richardreichbach]

Before getting into this special and one-of-a-kind GP I have an announcement! Friday March 3rd at 6pm Pacific I will be hosting an @ebaywatches eBay Live Commerce event (https://www.ebay.com/ebaylive/events/HILVfFOdK06hXcDP) which will feature roughly 30 watches. It is an exciting new format for eBay that will only grow bigger over time. I want to make it mandatory viewing and so I will be offering my best prices during the event; you'll have to watch to hear but the prices will be very motivating. Now on to this vintage Girard-Perregaux Aero-Compax ref 22441 caliber 285 35mm with a copper colored color change patina dial. It has an engraving to Edward H. Parmer and his number with the Army Air Force (the predecessor to USAF) with an August 4th 1944 date which puts it squarely into World War II. So while it wasn't an officially assigned watch it is one that certainly served. The dial is in great condition; it has just had a total color change due to the radium on the hands and numerals. The case is in equally excellent condition, unpolished and with all bevels intact. It is truly one of the most eye-catching and unique Aero-Compax watches to be found anywhere. As always it can be bought on eBay https://www.ebay.com/itm/155431725448 - - - - - - - - - #GirardPerregaux #GP #UG #Aerocompax #universalgeneve #pilotswatch #worldwarII #wwII #alwayscheckthecaseback #vintagewatch #patina #patinadial #radium #armyairforce #aaf #unpolished #pumppushers #rarewatch #watch #watches https://www.instagram.com/p/CpQUZpjp8QQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#girardperregaux #gp #ug #aerocompax #universalgeneve #pilotswatch #worldwarii #wwii #alwayscheckthecaseback #vintagewatch #patina #patinadial #radium #armyairforce #aaf #unpolished #pumppushers #rarewatch #watch #watches