Showing posts with label WW2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WW2. Show all posts

October 26, 2011

Blast the Hub

Lockheed ad, Life, January 24, 1944 (see the whole ad at Vintage Ads)

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September 1, 2009

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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February 3, 2009

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

October 18, 2008

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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September 1, 2008

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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October 7, 2005

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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May 7, 2005

Third Reich in Ruins

Third Reich in Ruins

World War 2 Pictures In Color

World War 2 Pictures In Color

Poster Art: Italian WW2 Posters


WW2 Online Catalog: Italian War Posters

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Poster Art: US WW2 Posters

From Martin Klasch


World War II Posters at the New Hampshire State Library

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Poster Art: Nazi Posters 1933-1945

From Nazi posters from 1933-45


Nazi Posters: 1933-1945

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Poster Art: British WW2 Posters

From British Propaganda Posters of the Second World War

British Propaganda Posters of the Second World War

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