Showing posts with label WW2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WW2. Show all posts
Illustration: Arthur Szyk
Illustration by Arthur Szyk
Find more by Arthur Szyk here:
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive: Media: Arthur Szyk "The New Order"
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History: 1939
Vis pistol - "Production started in the state armory Fabryka Broni in Radom in late 1935, and the following year it was introduced as the standard weapon of Polish infantry and cavalry officers."
Invasion of Poland (1939)
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Photo: Now and Then
Pieces of old photos from “The Siege of Leningrad", 1941-44, laid over photos of the modern city (now St Petersburg), taken at the same place and in the same angle. Made by Sergei Larenkov.
English Russia
Vintage Satire: Krångel-Svea
Oh, no! The Smorgasboard is going!!
This is a detail of a poster showing a 1940s satirical take on Swedish war-time rationing, bureaucracy and patronizing by the government. Krångel-Svea would translate Hassle-Svea, Svea being the personified Sweden (like John Bull or Uncle Sam). I found the poster in a thrift store today. Originally it's probably a black and white print that has been hand-colored. See the whole thing and more details here: Krångel-Svea.
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Vintage Photos: Gas & Bear
Two very interesting photos
posted by tpoe4nuk to LiveJournal - Vintage Photographs
The uploader about the first one: "Gas Attack Rehearsal in USSR, near Leningrad 1937, photographer - Victor Bulla".
About the second: "Don't know if this photo is original or fake... just came across it..."
My own reflection: The bear = Russia?
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A Swedish Tiger
"En Svensk tiger" - "A Swedish Tiger" is an ambiguous phrase also meaning "A Swede Keeps Silent". It was a slogan created during WW2; reminding Swedes, especially those in the Armed Forces, not to speak of more or less sensitive matters which could possibly harm the nation. The enemy was out there with big ears.
The symbol - the tiger in Swedish blue and yellow - was created in 1941 by Bertil Almqvist. It has for some time now been used by Beredskapsmuséet - the Museum For Military Preparedness but Militära Underrättlse- och Säkerhetstjänsten (MUST) - the Military Intelligence and Security Service urges the museum to stop using it claiming that the Swedish Military Defence has the copyrights to it. The museum is threatened by a fine of 500.000 Skr (about 65.000 USD) but maintaining that the rights should belong to Almqvist's daughters. To be continued. (Source: among others DN)
I hope they don't fine me for this!
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WW II 360-gradiga Panoramor
Coventrys sönderbombade katedral
Dachau
WW II - European Landmarks and Memorials of World War 2 in Fullscreen QTVR 360 degree Panoramas
Panoramor från hela världen - The World Wide Panorama
Via BBC ClickOnLine
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