19 old photographs: Germans holding polar bears, Lenin Stalin in the mausoleum, and Americans holding gilded AK47s
01. The picture above is the oil painting "The German Empire Declared" by the German painter von Werner. The painting reproduces the coronation of King William I of Prussia on January 18, 1871, at the age of 74, at the Palace of Versailles in southwestern Paris, France, as Emperor of the German Empire. The green circle is Crown Prince Frederick III, who later became emperor for 99 days and died of cancer, his son is the initiator of the First World War, Wilhelm II; the yellow circle is Bismarck, who was a major minister of William I, who was later dismissed by Wilhelm II; the white circle is the famous German marshal Moltke, who commanded the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War, and his nephew is Wilhelm II's chief of the general staff, Moltke Jr., after the defeat in the middle of the War, Hindenburg and Ludendorff began to appear.
On January 18, the following year after Germany's defeat in 1918, the French army also began to hold a meeting at versailles to sanction the German army.
02. In 1918, the core figure of Germany in World War I, Wilhelm II, personally commanded the British and French forces in military uniform; on the left was the German chief of the general staff von Hindenburg, who was promoted to marshal after defeating the Russian army on the Eastern Front; on the right was the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, Ludendorff, who participated in the Battles of the Somme and the Marne.
Everyone knows the fat messenger on the far right, who was almost killed by the British in 1918. Years later, the herald took to the stage of the German army, Wilhelm II was driven to holland by him, Hindenburg gave way to him, and Ludendorff finally surrendered to him.
03, World War II, these people were in cahoots with Hitler, wearing red boots is Air Marshal Goering, who committed suicide by poisoning in 1946; next to field Marshal Keitel, who was hanged in 1946; second from right is Admiral Dönitz, who squatted in prison for 10 years and lived until his death in 1980; wearing glasses was Himmler, the head of the Gestapo, who committed suicide by poison in 1945; in front of him was Hitler, who handed over power to Dönitz before his death in 1945.
The above figures have no aristocratic family origins in Figures 1 and 2, nor do they have the aristocrats with the surname "von", on the order of origins: Goering, Keitel, Himmler, Dönitz, Hitler, I don't know, right?
On the Order of Death: Hitler, Himmler, Goering, Keitel, Dönitz.
04. Around 1945, in the Arctic region of northern Norway, German Lieutenant Hagrid and scientist Derge were playing with polar bears when they were on the "Hudgen Top Secret Mission". The 11 of them belonged to the German Arctic expedition team and took the U-307 submarine to establish a weather station to collect Arctic meteorological information and accurately predict the impact of the "blizzard" on World War II.
In May 1945, when they learned from the transmitter that Hitler had committed suicide and the Germans surrendered, they began to struggle to save themselves. To replenish calories, eat a lot of young polar bears. It was not until September 1945 that German Lieutenant Hagrid surrendered Ruger's gun to the Norwegian army.
05. In 1917, during the First World War, the German and French armies launched a protracted trench war, at this time the German army was no longer the biggest enemy, and the rats in the trenches became the heart of the French army. The picture above is the result of the French 15-minute rat extermination competition, and the champion is the French army holding a dog in the picture above, which is reminiscent of the scene of rat poison sold in the market. Rats often stole food, nibbled on lurking infantry, bit sleeping warriors, spread diseases, and tickled the teeth of both armies.
06. In the autumn of 1944, after the defeat of the German army, the French girl, under the surveillance of the Allies, took the German prisoners of war to vent her anger. Soon, the French girl, who had not found a boyfriend for the Germans, began to look for the Allies as a boyfriend.
07. The remains of Stalin and Lenin in the Red Square Mausoleum in Moscow, pictured above, taken from 1957 to 1961. By 1961, Khrushchev had done something "what"? Later generations had mixed praise and criticism of Khrushchev
08. In 1922, on the outskirts of Moscow, the 52-year-old Lenin was confessing something to stalin, 44. At this time, Lenin was crossed by Erlang's legs, and his mental appearance was better. Unable to see the injuries of the accidental bullet 4 years ago, the female assassin Fanny Kaplan, who was nearly blind, was shot first and then burned. But in May 1922, when the stroke struck again in December, Lenin handed over all his strength to: Trotsky, Stalin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Bukharin, Pydakov. Less than 10 years later, Trotsky was assassinated in 1940, Stalin ascended to the top, Zinoviev was shot in 1936, Kamenev was executed in 1936, Bukharin was secretly executed in 1938, and Pidakov was executed in 1937.
09. At the intimate moment when Khrushchev and Stalin waved, he also carried Stalin's coffin. On March 5, 1953, at Stalin's funeral in the Kremlin, Khrushchev cried uncontrollably, for whom Stalin was a mentor and a benefactor.
Judging from the order of the coffin and the situation in the picture above, Khrushchev is only ranked sixth. He used all kinds of means to reach the top. In 1953, Khrushchev and Zhukov removed Beria; in 1961 Malenkov was expelled; In June 1957 Molotov was demoted; in 1961 Voroshilov was criticized; In 1958 Bulganin was ordered to resign; Kaganovich was expelled in 1962; and Mikoyan pursued neutrality.
10. In 1942, the 36-year-old Brezhnev was reporting to the 48-year-old Khrushchev on the recent situation of World War II; in April 1964, Brezhnev gave the 70-year-old Khrushchev the medal of "Hero of the Soviet Union", and 180 days later, Brezhnev forced Khrushchev to "retire". At this time Mikoyan suggested that Khrushchev retire voluntarily, and when Khrushchev died in 1971, Mikoyan was the only incumbent leader to send him a wreath.
11. In 1943, the US military was taking the "big brother" to report the battle situation to the company headquarters 5 kilometers away, mainly equipping infantry platoons and even some infantry squads to strengthen coordination between companies and platoons.
This walkie-talkie is called SCR-536 handheld radio station, weighs 8 pounds, batteries account for 5 pounds, the cost is only 30 US dollars, how much money to sell to the US military is not known. By the end of the war, the SCR-536 had produced 130,000 units, making it the most important communication tool on the front line of the U.S. military. The picture on the right is a special type "walkie-talkie" for the chief, which is much lighter than the left picture.
12. Around 1945, the military family filmed in the American drama did not win many medals, but they were all lucky to retire.
Great-grandfather fought in the Civil War (April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865), where the Northern Army won and slavery was abolished;
His father fought in the Spanish-American War (April 25, 1898 to August 12, 1898), where the U.S. army won the battle for colonies in the Caribbean;
13, this is a more interesting photo: Patton three-star, once served as the commander of the US 3rd Army; Bradley four-star, he is the main commander of the North African battlefield and the European theater; Eisenhower five-star, allied commander-in-chief; the rightmost horse is the "six-star" general, guess who it is?
14. The Aberdeen Proving Ground in the United States in 1950 is the oldest Army weapons test center in the history of the United States, can you recognize the 4 tanks in line at a glance?
M46 Patton tank, the U.S. military in 1949 to deal with the Soviet-made T-34 tank, developed the M46 "Patton" medium tank, the total production of more than 2,000 vehicles, became one of the main tanks of the U.S. army in South Korea.
The M26 Pershing tank, weighing 41 tons, was designed by the U.S. military to deal with the German Tiger tank, surrendered before it could be used on a large scale, and was later transported to South Korea, producing a total of 2428 vehicles.
T-34 tanks, weighing 26-35 tons, the Soviet Union built 84,070 vehicles
The last is the U.S. Army's classic Sherman tank, which weighs 33 tons and has a production of 49,234 vehicles. Who is the opponent of the "Tiger King"?
15. In 1968, in order to clear the hiding place of the North Vietnamese guerrillas, the dense jungle also greatly reduced the power of the modern technical weapons of the United States, and returned to the past, using fire bows to "burn out" the villages along the river.
16, 1967, in southern Vietnam, the paratroopers of the US 193rd Airborne Brigade were holding M60 machine guns stuck, and the 10 M13 dispersible bullet chains on the dead tree were enough for the M60 machine guns to hit for a few minutes. The M60 machine gun was designed to be around 550 rounds per minute.
The M13 bullet chain is accompanied by one tracer bullet every four ordinary bullets, so it is not afraid to expose the position at night.
This American M60 machine gun is based on the combination of the German MG42 and the German FG42 paratrooper rifle, which one is the same as the Rambo in the American drama?
17. In 1966, the 25-year-old Hollywood video Ann Margaret went to vietnam to work for labor, and in order to eliminate the war weariness of the US army, it recreated the grand situation of the Monroe labor army in 1954. After the news of Ann Margaret's condolences to the US military spread, it also caused the public to question, after all, the US soldiers think about the life of the lights every day, where is the heart to fight? In the decade from 1965 to 1975, the U.S. military, despite all its efforts, was unable to determine a decisive victory, and eventually withdrew from Vietnam at the cost of 58,202 deaths, 303616 wounded, and 2,500 missing.
18, the U.S. military holding Saddam's gilded AK47 is a little excited, fingers do not know where to put it? Pictured on the right is Saddam's gold-plated SVD sniper rifle.
The U.S. army pictured above is a soldier of the U.S. 101st Airborne Assault Division, found in a stronghold in Saddam, and later given to the Australian Army by the U.S. Army.
Saddam Hussein called the AK-47 rifle the "Sword of Justice." Saddam Hussein asked Syrian craftsmen to handcraft dozens of gold-plated AK-47 rifles to reward brave soldiers. In their final years, the bullets of these gold-plated AK-47 rifles were used in infighting, and rarely shot at the U.S. military.
19. In the 2003 Iraq War, Saddam Hussein was captured by the US military after six months of exile, tried by an Iraqi court, sentenced to hanging on November 5, 2006, and executed on December 30, 2006, at the age of 69.