Today marks the 69th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. This video of several survivors returning to tell their story and pay their respects to their lost brethren is touching, to say the least. The Seattle Times posted some striking photographs of the attack that day.
World War II
io9 takes a look at the Nazi invasion of North America, which never happened, natch. ”These diagrams from the March 2, 1942 issue of Life detailed the Nazi invasion of America shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Check out such alternate reality battles like the bombing of Detroit and invasion of Norfolk, Virginia. These maps [...]
Sixty-five years ago (Aug. 6, 1945), Lt. Theodore Van Kirk, as flight navigator for the Enola Gay, embarked on a mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (Nagasaki was two days later on Aug. 8, 1945) and essentially change the world as it was known. “One said, ‘We think that you’ll be OK if [...]
Leaving aside the price tag for HBO’s upcoming Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks production of The Pacific, which according to New York Magazine could swell north of $225 million, the only thing that matters is whether or not it will be as good as Band of Brothers. Thinking back on it, BoB is probably the best mini-series [...]
You would be forgiven if you didn’t recognize the name of 100-year-old dutchwoman Miep Gies, who died yesterday. But you would undoubtably recognize her courage, for she was responsible for hiding the Frank Family during World War II in an Amsterdam attic and later saved young Anne Frank’s diary as the family was taken away [...]
Indonesia born photographer and illustrator Agan Harahap uses his Photoshop skills to insert pictures of superheroes like Spiderman, Superman, The Flash, Darth Vader (?) and Batman into memorable political and wartime photos from the mid-20th century. His new project is called “Superhero Photography” I love the instant alternative history of this, with superheroes helping us [...]
The Big Picture presents another excellent series of photographs to remember the first atomic bomb used during warfare. Many of the photos highlight the mass destruction of life and property that took place on August 6, 1945. The U.S. B-29 Superfortress bomber “Enola Gay” took off from Tinian Island very early on the morning of [...]
In Australia?!? A list of Jewish prisoners saved by Oskar Schindler has been found in a Sydney library. The 13-page document, a yellowed and fragile carbon typescript copy of the original, was found between research notes and German newspaper clippings in one of the boxes, library co-curator Olwen Pryke said. “This list was hurriedly typed [...]
Think you’ve had a tough life? Tsutomu Yamaguchi was on a business trip to Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945 when the US dropped the first atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns and stayed overnight before going home to, yup, Nagasaki – where the US dropped the second atomic bomb on Aug. [...]
