U.S. Navy sailors standing next to the surrendered Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Nagato at Yokosuka Naval Base, c. August 30th - September 1945. [943 x 915]

u/BostonLesbian — 6 days ago

Together with the First Lady Olena Zelenska and the diplomatic team, President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy landed in New York - for the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Around 20 meetings are planned, including with the U.S. President, European leaders, U.S. senators and members of the House of Representatives, heads of international organizations, leading American companies, and think tanks.

President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy – "A new Drone Deal is also ready to be signed. Of course, Ukraine’s number one priority is bringing peace closer and protecting the lives of our people. There are concrete security proposals and de-escalation measures that could bring the end of the war closer."

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdklOIRMgS4/?

u/BostonLesbian — 23 days ago

Proclamation of the republic by German politician Philipp Scheidemann from the Majority Social Democratic Party of Germany (MSPD) - at the Reichstag building - Berlin, Germany, c. November 9th, 1918. [1920 x 1471]

u/BostonLesbian — 1 month ago

inspection of personnel at the Heeresversuchsstelle Kummersdorf (testing ground south of Berlin), with a T-34 (76mm), Sherman M4 medium tanks, a M10 tank destroyer with no cannon, and an Italian P40, c. late 1944. [1284 x 763]

u/BostonLesbian — 1 month ago

Column of Polish infantry marching with wz. 98a Mauser bolt-action rifles - following the German invasion of Poland, c. September 1939. [616 x 800]

u/BostonLesbian — 1 month ago

Ukrainian mother and her daughter sitting amidst the aftermath of Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv - In Kyiv, eight civilians were killed and seven were wounded injured, including three children.

Six of those killed were employees of Ukrainian Railways. In Boryspil, four people were killed and 13 more were wounded.

An apartment bloc, a shop, private homes, vehicles, a business, and an auto repair shop were struck.

https://x.com/gerashchenko\_en/status/2094665604426875130?s=46

u/BostonLesbian — 1 month 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]

u/BostonLesbian — 1 month ago

On August 29th, 2026, Polish veteran, Captain Tadeusz Lutak, codename "Pancerz," celebrated his 109th birthday - the oldest man in Poland and one of the last surviving soldiers of the 1939 September Campaign. [1364 x 2015]

"Sometimes the faces of my fallen comrades haunt my dreams - September 1st brings back wartime memories."

Captain Lutak is the last living soldier of General Maczek's armored unit. He gathered valuable intelligence for the Polish Home Army. He took part in numerous sabotage and diversion operations. He participated in the liquidation action against Edward Koch in Niebylec, who had been sentenced to death for collaborating with the Germans.

– You had to fight for Poland. If I had to go again, I wouldn't hesitate for a second. I'm glad that now I can tell young people about it, that the youth comes to visit me.

https://x.com/niezapomnijonas/status/2093615422167720107?s=46

u/BostonLesbian — 1 month ago