DER TOTALE KRIEG FÜHRT ZUM TOTALEN SIEG!

DER TOTALE KRIEG FÜHRT ZUM TOTALEN SIEG!

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Lt. Ernest Childers, a Muscogee from Oklahoma, being congratulated by Gen. Jacob L. Devers after receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor in Italy for wiping out two machine-gun nests. July 13, 1944.
U.S. Army Signal Corps.

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derwolfsmantel:

omg General Douglas’ high pants.

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derwolfsmantel:

This photo was taken upon returning to the United States from fighting in WWI on June 7, 1919.
In 1918, not yet citizens of the United States, Choctaw members of the American Expeditionary Forces were asked by the government to use their Native language as a powerful tool against the German Forces in World War I, setting a precedent for code talking as an effective military weapon and establishing them as America’s Original Code Talkers.

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derwolfsmantel:

During World War II, more than 44,000 Native Americans saw military service. Required by draft to serve, many nations saw this as undermining their sovereignty - causing the Six Nations Confederacy to independently declare war on the Axis Powers.
Because the Choctaw language had befuddled German code-breakers in World War I, the German government feared the likelihood of Indian communications specialists as World War II loomed. During the 1930s, Nazi agents posing as anthropologists and writers on reservations tried to subvert some Indian tribes and learn their language. Pan-Nazi agitators from the German-American Bund tried to persuade Indians not to register for the draft. Third Reich Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels predicted Indians would revolt rather than fight Germany because the Swastika was similar to an Indian mystical bird symbol depicting good luck.

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omfg my mom put this on her Facebook… it’s seriously beautiful and flawless I can’t even

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the-seed-of-europe:

Joe Medicine Crow (Joseph Medicine Crow-High Bird, 1913 - present) is a Crow historian and author, war chief of the Crow tribe and enrolled member of the Crow Nation, and a decorated WWII veteran (Presidential Medal of Freedom, Bronze Star Medal and Légion d’Honneur).
Joe Medicine Crow joined the US Army as a scout in the 103rd Infantry Division. Whenever he went into battle, Medicine Crow would always war traditional war paint beneath his uniform and a sacred eagle feather under his helmet. He distinguished himself in battle against the Germans in the spring of 1945. In doing so, however, he also completed the four tasks required of a Crow Indian to become a war chief. He touched a living enemy and disarmed him by turning a corner and knocking into a German soldier. The collision knocked the German’s weapon out of his hands, and Medicine Crow lowered his own gun and engaged him in hand-to-hand combat. Medicine Crow got the better of the German and would have killed him by choking, but he heard the man cry the word “mama” and let him go. Medicine Crow also led a successful war party and stole an enemy’s horse when he led a midnight raid on a German battalion with the specific purpose to capture the animals. As he rode off, Crow sang a traditional Crow honor song. In completing these task, Joe Medicine Crow became that last warrior chief of his tribe.
“No one wins [in war]. Both sides lose. The Indians, so called hostiles, won the battle of the day, but lost their way of life.” - Joe Medicine Crow

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omg General Douglas’ high pants.

1 year ago · 4 notes

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Receiving a medal.

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During World War II, more than 44,000 Native Americans saw military service. Required by draft to serve, many nations saw this as undermining their sovereignty - causing the Six Nations Confederacy to independently declare war on the Axis Powers.
Because the Choctaw language had befuddled German code-breakers in World War I, the German government feared the likelihood of Indian communications specialists as World War II loomed. During the 1930s, Nazi agents posing as anthropologists and writers on reservations tried to subvert some Indian tribes and learn their language. Pan-Nazi agitators from the German-American Bund tried to persuade Indians not to register for the draft. Third Reich Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels predicted Indians would revolt rather than fight Germany because the Swastika was similar to an Indian mystical bird symbol depicting good luck.

1 year ago · 2 notes

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derwolfsmantel:

This photo was taken upon returning to the United States from fighting in WWI on June 7, 1919.
In 1918, not yet citizens of the United States, Choctaw members of the American Expeditionary Forces were asked by the government to use their Native language as a powerful tool against the German Forces in World War I, setting a precedent for code talking as an effective military weapon and establishing them as America’s Original Code Talkers.

I like reblogging myself a lot if you haven’t noticed.

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