requiem for a soldier...

Blog with historical facts of World Wars; classic films; books and much more.

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[lostsplendor]

“Six HS sorority girls re-enacting solemn, secret initiation ritual by candlelight for photographer because only a real member has ever seen the real thing” Missouri, 1944 (via LIFE )

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Lucille Ball & Gene Kelly, Du Barry was a Lady (1943).

[maudelynn]

Carole Lombard in No One Man c.1932 

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Carole Lombard as Lily Garland in Twentieth Century (1934)

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[thebandofbrotherss]

Carole Lombard, 1930

[vivien-leigh]

“Conceited, spoiled, and arrogant- all of those things, of course, are true to the character. But she had courage and determination, and that, I think, is why women must secretly admire her.” -Vivien Leigh

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[thebandofbrotherss]

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[bag-of-dirt]

Soviet troops engage in a military exercises on Chistoprudny Boulevard in Moscow as civilians in the background look on. The soldiers in the foreground use PM M1910 (Maxim’s machine gun model 1910) heavy machine guns. The tenacious Soviet defensive effort frustrated the Axis attack during the Battle of Moscow. Moscow was one of the primary military and political objectives for Axis forces in their invasion of the Soviet Union. Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. December 1941. Image taken by Leonid Dorenskiy.

[peashooter85]

Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko with Eleanor Roosevelt and Justice Robert Jackson, circa 1942.

After hearing of her exploits in the Easter Front, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt personally invited Pavlichenko to America for a speaking tour.  The two became good friends, and Eleanor traveled with Lyudmila through most of the tour, which included 46 American cities.

[bag-of-dirt]

American soldiers land on the shore near Salerno from the USS LCI(L)-220 during the Allied Invasion of Italy. The main invasion force landed around Salerno on the western coast in Operation Avalanche, while two supporting operations took place in Calabria (Operation Baytown) and Taranto (Operation Slapstick). Salerno, Campania, Italy. 3 September 1943. Image taken by George Rodger.

[demons]

US soldiers in a damaged church with some French children, Carentan/13 July

[demons]

V Corps and medics on US Coast Guard LCV near Omaha Beach, the group was assigned to First Army during the D-Day landings/6 June 1944.

[georgy-konstantinovich-zhukov]

“More and more girls are joining the Luftwaffe under Germany’s total conscription campaign. They are replacing men transferred to the army to take up arms instead of planes against the advancing allied forces. Here, German girls are shown in training with men of the Luftwaffe, somewhere in Germany, on December 7, 1944.”

(AP)

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[thebandofbrotherss]

Couples dance on crowded streets to celebrate VE Day.