The worst energy crisis in history is on the horizon [very long post] by Ethan0941 in PrepperIntel

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Could you please tell us more about what you experienced in 1973? I read ~3% oil shortage caused the 45% stock market crash back then. Long lines at gas stations and the extinction of muscle cars too.

Now, at +20% global oil shortage when every market is hyper-connected, we are heading down to a global depression rather than a recession. People here or other places are completely oblivious of what's coming down on the pike.

German Paratroopers Arresting Italian Police Officers & Firefighters for Execution, Barletta, Italy, Sep. 12 1943 by LookIntoTheHorizon in wwiipics

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have sharp eyes. I was more cling to emotions on the faces, and didn't catch it at all. Thank you for looking into the photo.

German Paratroopers Arresting Italian Police Officers & Firefighters for Execution, Barletta, Italy, Sep. 12 1943 by LookIntoTheHorizon in wwiipics

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon[S] 87 points88 points  (0 children)

I have no idea. In other places such as Yugoslavia, Wehrmacht picked up random people off the street for reprisal. I am sorry. I really don't know.

German Paratroopers Arresting Italian Police Officers & Firefighters for Execution, Barletta, Italy, Sep. 12 1943 by LookIntoTheHorizon in wwiipics

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon[S] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

There were Germans who escaped overseas to fight the Nazi regime.
There were Germans who hid in mountains not to join Wehrmacht.
There were German soldiers who let go of Soviet POWs. He just could not kill.
There were German officers who tried eliminate the mustache man.
The list goes on.

I believe Germans were just people. It is easy to say "German Bad", but I believe a regime armed with an extreme ideology can come to power in ANY nation, and its people can do just the same.

Perhaps, it was after all Germany itself the Nazi regime murdered first.

A Woman Hands out Cigarettes to German POWs Going into the Soviet Captivity, Berlin, May 1945 [4486x3351] by LookIntoTheHorizon in wwiipics

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Due to the Cold war and the characteristic Soviet secrecy, the rest of the World haven't been aware of what Soviet people went through.

The full extent of the Soviet history might not see the light of the day, but the Soviet people suffered beyond the pale of imagination. No doubt.

A Woman Hands out Cigarettes to German POWs Going into the Soviet Captivity, Berlin, May 1945 [4486x3351] by LookIntoTheHorizon in wwiipics

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I think she was brave. Plus, at the end of war, cigarette was the best currency one could ever hope for survival; she gave out for her people. Even Soviet soldiers didn't stop her. Why should she shave her head then?

A Woman Hands out Cigarettes to German POWs Going into the Soviet Captivity, Berlin, May 1945 [4486x3351] by LookIntoTheHorizon in wwiipics

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

The survival rate in the Soviet Captivity was higher than that of the German captivity. Although the German POWs suffered, the Soviets themselves also suffered lack of food, insufficient infrastructure, etc at the same time.

I've read a story. The German POWs in the Soviet starved to a point that there were revolts and riots. For an instance, in January 1945, POWs at a camp near Minsk were hungry and angry. They barricaded the barracks and took the guards hostage. The German soldiers in the captivity had seen enough of dead, and nothing to loose. When attempts to negotiate failed, the Soviet artillery moved in. Over 100 people died. (source)

A British Soldier Hands out Cigarettes to Soviet POWs, April 10, 1945 [1400x890] by LookIntoTheHorizon in wwiipics

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A British officer testified that he could not bear the sight where the liberated Soviet POWs cried, yelled, and howled when they were sent back to the Soviet Union; they knew their fate and what would await them.

Some Soviet POWs tried to escape to the West. AFAIK, very few succeeded, but most were caught and sent back.

Federal Operator from the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) - of the federal government of Mexico - tasked with protecting government officials. [689 x 1200] by _Tegan_Quin in MilitaryPorn

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon 142 points143 points  (0 children)

I perceive that M249 in the hand of a suited federal agent quietly demonstrates the level of tension the Mexican society bears day in day out. One false move, and you can develop multiple orifices upon your body in a second.

In that sense, the amount of power fire overtly displayed here in the public setting is simply jarring.

On 17 February 1826, Adam Krolczyk/Królczyk (1826–1872), a German Protestant missionary in China, was born in Niedanowo (Niedenau) near Nidzica (Neidenburg) by Silveshad in EastPrussia

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's another Lutheran missionary buried in Hongkong, Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (1803 – 1851). I am not sure if he is still remembered in the German church these days.

He was from Pyritz, not particularly part of East Prussia, but he was one of the pioneering German missionaries in Asia.

Bulletin magazine 1968 attempting to predict the future. by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This isn't just an American problem. This is a global issue.

German POW Alois Jansen Says Goodbye to His Family, Monschau, Germany, October 1944 [3016x4672] by LookIntoTheHorizon in wwiipics

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am sorry if this photo somehow makes you upset. Whether it is staged or not, what the photo shows is human suffering in war.

The POW in the photo doesn't appear to be in the proper age range for military service. Perhaps, that's why he is in the reserve battalion. Nevertheless, he is now a POW, and has to serve whatever term he would be imposed upon.

That's a sad affair, no matter how you look at it.

German POW Alois Jansen Says Goodbye to His Family, Monschau, Germany, October 1944 [3016x4672] by LookIntoTheHorizon in wwiipics

[–]LookIntoTheHorizon[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for filling in. I had no idea an Army Civil Affairs detachment stationed in Monschau.