Tag: 1941
Soviet Assault, 1941
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.
The Adventures of Captain Marvel, 1941
Spicy Detective, July, 1941
Green Hornet Comics, May, 1941
Soviets in Space!
Cover from Tekhnika Molodezhi. May, 1938
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Fantastic Novels, Apr, 1941
Imagine Looking Pretty In A Gas Mask! 1941
The latest thing in gas masks is this chic “non-terrifying” number developed and patented by Charles W. Leguillion of the B.F. Goodrich Co. shown left, covering but not obliterating the pretty features of Miss Jane Harris. At right, a London miss wearing the current English-type mask, which makes a gargoyle out of anybody.
Detective Short Stories, Nov, 1941
Soviet Night-Vision, 1941
Born out of the need to protect from German attacks on night convoys, this unnamed soviet night vision prototype would provide truck drivers and soldiers visibility out to approximately 100 feet. The weight of the device was about 20lbs.
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