r/HistoryPorn 8h ago

A young boy with a rifle standing in front of a tank in Mogadishu during the Somalian civil war. (January 1992) [1394x2048]

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r/HistoryPorn 18h ago

Thousands of conservative white South Africans march through the streets of Pretoria on February 15, 1990 in a protest against the reforms made by President Frederik W. De Klerk and the release of anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela [1536x1024]

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r/HistoryPorn 15h ago

Kriegsmarine Deutschland-class pre-dreadnought battleship Schleswig-Holstein, firing at close range at Polish positions on Westerplatte - in the first hours of the German invasion of Poland, on September 1st, 1939. [800 x 533]

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r/HistoryPorn 20h ago

PFC Elbert “Jack” Brown died from his wounds in France on August 31, 1944, he was 35 years old. [427x448]

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Born in Marion Township, Ohio to Mr & Mrs George Brown on June 30, 1909, Elbert Noel “Jack” Brown had at least one sister.
He was living in Audrain County, Missouri when he was inducted into the Army on May 16, 1942.

After training Jack served in Company E, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.
They landed at Omaha Beach on the day after DDay on June 7, 1944 and participated in the capture of Isigny-sur-Mer.

While fighting through the grueling hedgerows, Jack was wounded in the head by shrapnel on June 25, 1944.
He was medically evacuated and after surgery recovered from his wounds and eventually rejoined his unit.

On August 30, 1944 during fighting on the outskirts of Brest, Jack was wounded again but this time more seriously.
He passed away from his wounds the following day at a field hospital near Plouzané, France.

PFC Elbert “Jack” Brown is buried at the Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial in France - Plot H Row 2 Grave 6.


r/HistoryPorn 12h ago

Soldiers of the SS Heimwehr Danzig unit advance on the Polish post office while being covered by an ADGZ armored vehicle, Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland), 1 September 1939. [616x593]

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r/HistoryPorn 10h ago

Burning HMS Queen Mary during Battle of Jutland, 31th May 1916. Both sides claimed victory, but the battle sealed british dominance over North Sea and ended any german chance to break the naval blockade[750x404]

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r/HistoryPorn 22h ago

Artillery men of ‘C' Battery, 90th Field Artillery, lay down a murderous barrage on troublesome Japanese artillery positions in Balete Pass, Luzon, Philippines, April 19, 1945. [485x600]

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r/HistoryPorn 5h ago

Jan Plesman, a fighter pilot with No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron RAF holding parrot "Polly Grey," the squadron mascot. August 1943 [3638 × 2429]

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r/HistoryPorn 21h ago

A DAF YP-408 during a military coup in Suriname, 1980. [460 x 337]

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r/HistoryPorn 7h ago

At segregated drinking fountain, Mobile, Alabama 1956.[900x902]

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r/HistoryPorn 17h ago

Skyline of Johannesburg, South Africa, with Hillbrow Tower, then known as JG Strijdom Tower visible, 1970 [1519x1036]

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r/HistoryPorn 14h ago

Residents of Homestead, Florida, sorting through piles of donated clothing in a parking lot following Hurricane Andrew, which left around 160,000 people homeless. (1992) [3500×2402]

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55 Upvotes

r/HistoryPorn 9h ago

A British soldier meets an Iraqi tribesman in Baghdad, 1917، 627x292

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36 Upvotes

r/HistoryPorn 8h ago

Abandoned statue of Lenin in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (November 1991) [2000x1338]

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19 Upvotes