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The first 5 subpages seem to give an romanticized picture of war, which is unfortunate. Edit: Nvm, was some ruins on page 3 at least.
What do you mean? I see a ton of pictures in there of all kinds of things, that would certainly seem to be useful to historians
But yes the pictures are certainly fine and useful for historians.
One of the best snipers ever to have lived was Simo Häyhä. The soviets nicknamed him "The White Death" and he has over 500 kills in the Winter War. (A precursory war just before the start of the WWII between Soviet Union and Finland.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4 My goal is to honor him and make a game similar to Command & Conquer and incorporate the character of Simo Häyhä in the game. However…
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What do you mean? I see a ton of pictures in there of all kinds of things, that would certainly seem to be useful to historians
Like, 'Soldier picking berry from tree' does not seem to have a 'Retreat through mud carrying wounded' counterpart. But yes the pictures are certainly fine and useful for historians.
Also random soldiers interested in photography are probably doing it as an escape/hobby more than for historical reasons.
8136 photos in this collection covering the war years in Finland. They appear to be slides. Lots of WWII-era aircraft, vehicles, naval assets, etc in color. There are many events documented with multiple slides that are out of order but these photos appear to all have dates assigned and references to locations so it should be possible to identify what was happening. Someone could assemble this collection in chronolog…
Presented on a map with a time slider would be a nice way to explore.