When Unreal Heros Meets Real Hard History

cherbourg 1944

Hier ein paar nette (ich nehme mal an photogeshoppte) Arbeiten von Agan Harahap aka Toyib, der sich Fotografieren und Illustrieren übrigens selbst beigebracht hat, und derzeit für das indonesische Musik-Magazin TRAX tätig ist. Superhelden (und ein Schurke) im Realkrieg. Mehr nach dem Klick.

Neuschwanstein 1945

Stolen Art at Neuschwanstein Castle, 1945

Soldiers from the 7th US Army carry the priceless artworks down the steps of Meunschwanstein Castle where hoards of European art treasures, stolen by the Nazis, were hidden during World War II.

Yalta Conference 1945 (with a nerdhero)

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin pose with leading Allied officers at the Yalta Conference, 1945.

MATS Terminal, Washington 1959

Fidel Castro arrives at MATS Terminal, Washington, D.C., c.1959

Greenham Airfield,June 5, 1944

He gives the order of the Day : ‚Full victory-nothing else !‘ to paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe.

Greenham Common Airfield in England about on June 5, 1944.

Afghan 1986

Afghan resistance fighters returning to a village destroyed by Soviet forces, 1986

unknown location, 1945

Following the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht which went into effect on 8 May 1945, some Wehrmacht units remained active, either independently (e.g. in Norway), or under Allied command as police forces. By the end of August 1945, these units had been dissolved, and a year later on 20 August 1946, the Allied Control Council declared the Wehrmacht as officially abolished

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1 Kommentar

  1. Genial, vor allem Bild 3. Hätte man da doch einfach einmal „Kopf ab“ bei Stalin gemacht, wären noch Jahre später viele Menschen am Leben geblieben..

    mrsbutter am 4. Dez 2009 @ 23:41 Uhr Reply to this comment

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