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"Literacy is the path to communism!"
Yiddish language variation of a propaganda poster for the Soviet Likbez campaign which was established in 1920 to eliminate illiteracy through various means, including the establishment of reading rooms in villages, and reading competitions between trade union members in neighboring locals and factories.
Soldiers of the North Vietnamese army entering Independence palace in Saigon for the first time, The Liberation of Ho Chi Minh City, April, 1975.
Fifty Years. I wonder if things will ever change.
29 April 1975 – Operation Frequent Wind, the largest helicopter evacuation on record, begins removing the last Americans from Saigon. The North Vietnamese had launched their final offensive in March 1975 and the South Vietnamese forces had fallen back before their rapid advance, losing Quang Tri, Hue, Da Nang, Qui Nhon, Tuy Hoa, Nha Trang, and Xuan Loc in quick succession.
With the North Vietnamese attacking the outskirts of Saigon, U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin ordered the commencement of Operation Frequent Wind, the term used for the final evacuation. The coded message went out over Armed Forces Radio to any US civilians or contractors working in Saigon who had been instructed to listen for : The temperature in Saigon is 105 degrees and rising.” Then the wistful strains of White Christmas played on the radio. This was repeated regularly and was the evacuation warning.
In 19 hours, 81 helicopters carried more than 1,000 Americans and almost 6,000 Vietnamese to aircraft carriers offshore. At 7:53 a.m. on April 30, the last helicopter lifted off the roof of the US embassy and headed out to sea. Later that morning, North Vietnamese tanks crashed through the gates of the Presidential Palace. North Vietnamese Col. Bui Tin accepted the surrender from Gen. Duong Van Minh, who had taken over from Tran Van Huong (who only spent one day in power after President Nguyen Van Thieu fled).
The Vietnam War was over.
US troops near An Thi, along the central coast of south Vietnam, after fighting in Operation Masher, 29 January 1966.
📷 Henri Huet
2. an illustration based on Huet's photo, by Japanese sci-fi artist, Noriyoshi Ohrai in the 1970s
This post makes my brain itch but it borders on despair and desire to find a way to fix it
Had to make this after I saw the Helldivers news.
quick better call saul studies
Notre Dame
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@lotr20 | Day 1 ↳ Home: The White City
One day, our paths will lead us there and the tower guard will take up the call: The Lords of Gondor have returned.
Digital illustrations by Boris Groh
This artist on Instagram
trying to explain jimmy mcgill to someone who has never seen the show is so funny. like YES he's probably one of the most complexly nuanced characters ever on screen. yes his story is tragic beyond measure. yes just thinking about him makes me want to cry. but also yes he identifies heavily with those inflatable dancing tube figures they put outside of used car lots and credit unions. yes he represents his brand with a giant tacky blowup statue of liberty. yes he'll do anything for a price. yes he's very real to me. idk lol. character of all time
I was looking through my phone today and found an old saved photo I used to really enjoy. Still rings true, wonder what else I’ll stumble on.
after literal years i finally got around to downloading a pdf of the wipers times, an unsancitioned satitical british trench magazine circulated among the troops in france from 1916-1918 after the fortuitous discovery of a printing press. i have approximately five million other things i need to read so idk when i'll be able to devote much time to it, and i gotta pick up a proper copy bc it's missing at least salient no 4 vol 2. that said? i'm genuinely laughing at what i've skimmed so far
Dan Smith “Knowledge Wins” World War I Propaganda Poster (American Library Association, 1918) Source
Still true today. We need smart people to get us out of this mess, same then as now.
ДИПЛОМАТИЯ ПО АМЕРИКАНСКИ
"Diplomacy for Americans"
Soviet propaganda poster against the american military-industrial complex.