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German Observation airship WW I. ca. 1915 [3256 × 2020]
- Nov 11,2019, 11:23am
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Punk Rockers at the Berlin Wall, 1989 [2100 x 1391]
- Nov 11,2019, 7:21am
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Able Seaman Carl Carlson with a hull plate of the H.M.C.S. QU’APPELLE, which was pierced by a German shell during action in England, 16 August 1944, [600 x 776]
- Nov 10,2019, 4:32pm
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concorde779 points Nov 10,2019, 7:05pmThat impact looks like something out of a Tom and Jerry episode
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ElurSeillocRedorb4 points Nov 10,2019, 7:10pmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pierres_Noires
Believe it was during this engagement
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Xterra504 points Nov 10,2019, 7:21pm
Is it known where on this ship this piece was from? To me it looks too thin to be from the hull of a warship but then again I know absolutely nothing about maritime construction.
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TenRing20201 points Nov 10,2019, 7:33pm
And the "explosion" is from the unpainted side out. Looks like something went out, not in.
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Fall of the Berlin Wall, November 1989. [1240x832]
- Nov 06,2019, 7:25am
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Driving on the Merritt Parkway to New Haven, Connecticut, July 1941 [2300 × 1731]
- Nov 03,2019, 9:26pm
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mxndrwgrdnr2 points Nov 04,2019, 12:35amI loathe highways but the Merritt Parkway is one of the most beautiful in the country
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natamamba1 points Nov 04,2019, 8:48amThe Merritt is as beautiful as it is awful to drive on
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mxndrwgrdnr2 points Nov 04,2019, 12:35am
I loathe highways but the Merritt Parkway is one of the most beautiful in the country
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natamamba1 points Nov 04,2019, 8:48am
The Merritt is as beautiful as it is awful to drive on
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USA. Upstate New York. 1964. Supporters of Robert KENNEDY during his Senate campaign. [736x1059]
- Oct 29,2019, 5:35pm
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Foucault à Dreux postcard depicting Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais, 1910 | [800x508]
- Oct 30,2019, 8:21am
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USS Enterprise returning to NY Harbor in Sept. 1945 [3024x4032]
- Oct 23,2019, 10:34pm
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Randolm16 points Oct 23,2019, 11:23pmAfter a short stay in NY Harbor & then Boston for some berthing installations it set sail for Europe to begin Operation Magic Carpet, the mission to return US soldiers back to the states. USS Enterprise returned more than 10,000 soldiers back home as it's last WW2 duties.
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myk3h0nch013 points Oct 24,2019, 8:00am
They should make a Band of Brothers like series that just follows The Enterprise over the course of WW2. Pearl Harbor, Midway, Solomons, Santa Cruz, Guadalcanal, Philippines, and Leyte Gulf. Probably redundant at this point because they did The Pacific. But it would be awesome.
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ChewiestPanic7 points Oct 24,2019, 9:54amNot gonna lie, first place I looked for the ship was the sky. Took me a second to realize I was looking for the wrong enterprise.
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Gli_pilot173 points Oct 24,2019, 3:41am70 something years and i still cant believe the navy scraped her
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Randolm16 points Oct 23,2019, 11:23pmAfter a short stay in NY Harbor & then Boston for some berthing installations it set sail for Europe to begin Operation Magic Carpet, the mission to return US soldiers back to the states. USS Enterprise returned more than 10,000 soldiers back home as it's last WW2 duties.
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myk3h0nch013 points Oct 24,2019, 8:00amThey should make a Band of Brothers like series that just follows The Enterprise over the course of WW2. Pearl Harbor, Midway, Solomons, Santa Cruz, Guadalcanal, Philippines, and Leyte Gulf. Probably redundant at this point because they did The Pacific. But it would be awesome.
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ChewiestPanic7 points Oct 24,2019, 9:54am
Not gonna lie, first place I looked for the ship was the sky. Took me a second to realize I was looking for the wrong enterprise.
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WittyWitWitt3 points Oct 24,2019, 11:29am
Were the twin towers not built then?
Sorry I'm not american.
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Gli_pilot173 points Oct 24,2019, 3:41am
70 something years and i still cant believe the navy scraped her
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Highway crew covers a 70 mph sign with a 55mph sign in response to the National Maximum Speed Law in 1974 [UnitedStates, 900 × 791]
- Oct 22,2019, 2:25pm
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FNaXQ3 points Oct 22,2019, 2:27pmFor more info...
National Maximum Speed Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law
my x-post from /r/TheWayWeWere
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Nitro19663 points Oct 22,2019, 4:40pm
I vividly remember the uproar in the house when this happened. I was 8. Mom, Uncles, Grandma, Grandpa were all pissed. Said it was a sign of the red tide!
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carolinaboy19840 points Oct 22,2019, 5:03pm
Not pictured, a local man (Mr. Samuel Hagar) walks away clinching his fists in anger.
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FNaXQ3 points Oct 22,2019, 2:27pm
For more info...
National Maximum Speed Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law
my x-post from /r/TheWayWeWere
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Nitro19663 points Oct 22,2019, 4:40pm
I vividly remember the uproar in the house when this happened. I was 8. Mom, Uncles, Grandma, Grandpa were all pissed. Said it was a sign of the red tide!
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carolinaboy19840 points Oct 22,2019, 5:03pm
Not pictured, a local man (Mr. Samuel Hagar) walks away clinching his fists in anger.
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People seeking shelter behind lamp-posts at Dam square Amsterdam after German troops opened fire at the celebrating masses (22 killed, 120 injured), 7 May 1945 [1024x768]
- Oct 21,2019, 10:19am
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appel409 points Oct 21,2019, 11:21am
/u/Muffer-Nl had more context in a comment in my previous post 6 years ago:
7th of may 1945. De Dam in Amsterdam is flooded with with thousands of party-goers to welcome the Canadian liberators that are expected that day. The Canadians don't show up though. At 13:00 a British reconnaissance unit appears in four light armoured wagons and 6 bren-carriers (a type of light tank) and they receive a warm welcome. Two German police vans wit Polizei show up briefly but they disappear quickly. The British leave De Dam as well. Shortly after 15:00 a shooting breaks loose and Germans open fire from the Groote Club (on the corner of the Kalverstraat and De Dam) on the crowd that is still waiting for festivities. 22 people are killed and 120 injured. Cause of the shooting was most likely an incident of members of the Domestic Forces and a couple of German soldiers.
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Doubleday888110 points Oct 21,2019, 11:09am
There is more info in the poster's previous post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/1duxx9/people_seeking_shelter_behind_lampposts_at_dam/
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RuMoirin61 points Oct 21,2019, 1:00pm
It is quite sad because they survived for so long and the moment they tasted freedom they were killed. I believe a few of them were taking shelter in the H&M building/Bank before it happened. To remember the incident and honor the victims, there are pavement tiles infront of the store/bank with their names on it.
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gemowner222 points Oct 21,2019, 10:52am
Then there's that one person oblivious to it all.
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jmplumley33 points Oct 21,2019, 3:08pmI just want to grab that child and hide her. Poor thing must be so terrified.
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PlasticMegazord6 points Oct 21,2019, 3:41pm
Holy crap. And what's up with the kid just wandering around?
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Johannes_P11 points Oct 21,2019, 1:28pm
Why would soldiers accept orders to shoot on civilians so late in a war their side lost?
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InquisitorCOC12 points Oct 21,2019, 10:57am
What was the consequence of this atrocity?
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rdxl9a3 points Oct 21,2019, 6:11pm
This always struck me as so sad. You make it all the way through the war only to die on liberation day. When ever I’m on the Dam in Amsterdam I think of all that has gone on there over the last hundreds of years.
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Kanaric3 points Oct 21,2019, 2:20pm
So they basically DeSean Jacksoned it and celebrated 1 inch too early.
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E-monet2 points Oct 21,2019, 3:33pm
Where’s that little kid headed?
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Yoboijossi2 points Oct 21,2019, 4:13pm
I could not imagine this type of shut happening in Canada now. Wtf. Sad thing is that this still happens to this day
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ashleylauren8052 points Oct 21,2019, 6:04pm
That’s my birthday and I’m a huge nerd when it comes to WW2. This picture is incredible!
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srbistan2 points Oct 21,2019, 7:18pm
LOL that kid : fuck da po-lice
no offense or disrespect meant (my hometown was flattened both in invasion and the liberation), just looks a bit silly if taken out of context.
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Fimbuulwinter2 points Oct 21,2019, 7:46pm
Imagine surviving the war just to fucking die at the end
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rentalfloss2 points Oct 21,2019, 8:00pm
Uhhh what about the kid just standing there?
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Zerc12 points Oct 21,2019, 8:02pm
Everybody takes cover but no one runs to try and save the kid, smh.
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BlaquKnite6 points Oct 21,2019, 2:21pm
WHO just let their toddler wander off?
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Heruli1 points Oct 21,2019, 4:11pm
Where there still German soldiers in the Netherlands so close to the end?
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Steve3sc1 points Oct 21,2019, 5:23pm
I’m no military expert or anything, but I believe the correct term is “defilade”.
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biggeffory1 points Oct 21,2019, 7:25pm
And there’s a little kid seemingly walking around on his own!
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inigmati11 points Oct 21,2019, 8:11pm
Whats that little shit doing in the corner if their is open fire?
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RedditIsAntiScience1 points Oct 21,2019, 3:52pm
"Then the ones with guns killed the ones without guns"
Modern history summarized
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brandoncanter891 points Oct 21,2019, 4:39pm
Fuck all these ppl who didnt help the child
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ElderScrollsOfHalo1 points Oct 21,2019, 7:51pm
all the pain and suffering caused by the Germans really bit them in the ass when they were finally beaten. Russia had a great time with their civilians / war prisoners. May not have undone what the Germans did, but probably felt right at the time
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lanceO1988-1 points Oct 21,2019, 2:47pm
Except one little girl that ain’t scared to die
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appel409 points Oct 21,2019, 11:21am
/u/Muffer-Nl had more context in a comment in my previous post 6 years ago:
7th of may 1945. De Dam in Amsterdam is flooded with with thousands of party-goers to welcome the Canadian liberators that are expected that day. The Canadians don't show up though. At 13:00 a British reconnaissance unit appears in four light armoured wagons and 6 bren-carriers (a type of light tank) and they receive a warm welcome. Two German police vans wit Polizei show up briefly but they disappear quickly. The British leave De Dam as well. Shortly after 15:00 a shooting breaks loose and Germans open fire from the Groote Club (on the corner of the Kalverstraat and De Dam) on the crowd that is still waiting for festivities. 22 people are killed and 120 injured. Cause of the shooting was most likely an incident of members of the Domestic Forces and a couple of German soldiers.
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Doubleday888110 points Oct 21,2019, 11:09am
There is more info in the poster's previous post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/1duxx9/people_seeking_shelter_behind_lampposts_at_dam/
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RuMoirin61 points Oct 21,2019, 1:00pm
It is quite sad because they survived for so long and the moment they tasted freedom they were killed. I believe a few of them were taking shelter in the H&M building/Bank before it happened. To remember the incident and honor the victims, there are pavement tiles infront of the store/bank with their names on it.
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floodedwomb23 points Oct 21,2019, 1:57pm
This would make an amazing statue(s) to commemorate the event.
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gemowner222 points Oct 21,2019, 10:52am
Then there's that one person oblivious to it all.
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jmplumley33 points Oct 21,2019, 3:08pm
I just want to grab that child and hide her. Poor thing must be so terrified.
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PlasticMegazord6 points Oct 21,2019, 3:41pm
Holy crap. And what's up with the kid just wandering around?
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Johannes_P11 points Oct 21,2019, 1:28pm
Why would soldiers accept orders to shoot on civilians so late in a war their side lost?
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InquisitorCOC12 points Oct 21,2019, 10:57am
What was the consequence of this atrocity?
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rdxl9a3 points Oct 21,2019, 6:11pm
This always struck me as so sad. You make it all the way through the war only to die on liberation day. When ever I’m on the Dam in Amsterdam I think of all that has gone on there over the last hundreds of years.
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Kanaric3 points Oct 21,2019, 2:20pm
So they basically DeSean Jacksoned it and celebrated 1 inch too early.
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E-monet2 points Oct 21,2019, 3:33pm
Where’s that little kid headed?
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Yoboijossi2 points Oct 21,2019, 4:13pm
I could not imagine this type of shut happening in Canada now. Wtf. Sad thing is that this still happens to this day
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ashleylauren8052 points Oct 21,2019, 6:04pm
That’s my birthday and I’m a huge nerd when it comes to WW2. This picture is incredible!
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srbistan2 points Oct 21,2019, 7:18pm
LOL that kid : fuck da po-lice
no offense or disrespect meant (my hometown was flattened both in invasion and the liberation), just looks a bit silly if taken out of context.
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Fimbuulwinter2 points Oct 21,2019, 7:46pm
Imagine surviving the war just to fucking die at the end
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rentalfloss2 points Oct 21,2019, 8:00pm
Uhhh what about the kid just standing there?
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Zerc12 points Oct 21,2019, 8:02pm
Everybody takes cover but no one runs to try and save the kid, smh.
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BlaquKnite6 points Oct 21,2019, 2:21pm
WHO just let their toddler wander off?
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Heruli1 points Oct 21,2019, 4:11pm
Where there still German soldiers in the Netherlands so close to the end?
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Steve3sc1 points Oct 21,2019, 5:23pm
I’m no military expert or anything, but I believe the correct term is “defilade”.
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biggeffory1 points Oct 21,2019, 7:25pm
And there’s a little kid seemingly walking around on his own!
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inigmati11 points Oct 21,2019, 8:11pm
Whats that little shit doing in the corner if their is open fire?
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RedditIsAntiScience1 points Oct 21,2019, 3:52pm
"Then the ones with guns killed the ones without guns"
Modern history summarized
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brandoncanter891 points Oct 21,2019, 4:39pm
Fuck all these ppl who didnt help the child
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ElderScrollsOfHalo1 points Oct 21,2019, 7:51pm
all the pain and suffering caused by the Germans really bit them in the ass when they were finally beaten. Russia had a great time with their civilians / war prisoners. May not have undone what the Germans did, but probably felt right at the time
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lanceO1988-1 points Oct 21,2019, 2:47pm
Except one little girl that ain’t scared to die
COMMENTS
That impact looks like something out of a Tom and Jerry episode
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pierres_Noires
Believe it was during this engagement
Is it known where on this ship this piece was from? To me it looks too thin to be from the hull of a warship but then again I know absolutely nothing about maritime construction.
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