White Men with Guns
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British Soldier talks with a boy after a street riot, Belfast, 1971
CAG, 90s, TOOBs
British soldiers in the aftermath of DDAY , 6th of June 1944
Some of the living veterans of D-day , 6th of June 2024
Today we remember the fallen heroes
The "Beast of Omaha", Heinrich Severloh. He claimed to have killed over 1,000 Americans on Omaha beach, and as many as 2,000 possibly. He ran his MG-42 for 9 hours straight, only taking breaks to reload or cool the weapon down.
East German border guards, Berlin, 1961
Forwarded from [DB] Footage Archive (Hyder)
How losing a bet saved a camp full of soldiers.

German soldier Erich Maultier is seen here with a donkey equipped with a Panzerfaust and other weapons after he lost a bet. The photo is a known photo, but the history behind it seems to have been forgotten.

Amazing story, more in the comments : )
Forwarded from Smoke Pit V
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Brown, founder of Soldier of Fortune magazine during his tour in Vietnam. There is no doubt that SOF has had a massive impact on generations of young men who wanted to live a life of adventure
SS Nederlands on patrol, Eastern Front, Circa 1942
Latvian Waffen SS, Latvia, circa 1940s. Little known fact, Latvia provided the most foreign Waffen SS recruits during ww2
East German Soldier on a field exercise, circa 1975, calendar picture
British troops during the Aden Emergency, 1967
"The Glorious Glosters" during the Battle of the Imjin River from April 22-25 1951.