Pulp Action from the Wild West through the Dirty 30s and More.
The Vickers-Crossley Model 25 was a British military vehicle used by the British Army in India. Besides being used in India, the Model 25 was also exported, with one of the customers being the Imperial Japanese Army. The Japanese saw a need for increased mechanization of their military. In 1931, the Japanese army used their newly acquired armament during the Manchurian Incident of 1931.
A Model 25 in Shanghai
Estonian Defense Forces with 3 Model 25s
Still delayed along the 2000 mile Eastern Front was the long-expected summer offensive. Soviet airmen, however, were not idle. In repeated air assaults they battered Nazi-held rail centers, like the one in Bryansk, where connecting lines lead north to Smolensk and south to Kharkov. Pictured here is a low-level strafing attack by a flight of twin-engined DB-3A medium bombers swooping down over a Nazi rail point jammed with Axis troops and supplies moving to the front.
Hot enough to fry and an egg on a tank in North Africa, 1942
Turkish Officer in a gas mask during air raid practice. Istanbul, Turkey, 1939
A letter written by General Eisenhower taking full responsibility in the case of failure of the Normandy invasion on June 6th, 1944. Thankfully, he never had to publish this letter.
Japan’s version of Rosie the Riveter seen in this WW2 Propaganda poster.
Remembering those that sacrificed everything for the freedoms we now cherish.
