PugJesusM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world • 10 months agoFort Douaumont, before and after the Battle of Verdun, WW1, 1915-1916media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1210
arrow-up1210imageFort Douaumont, before and after the Battle of Verdun, WW1, 1915-1916media.kbin.socialPugJesusM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-square@BaroqueInMindlinkEnglish13•edit-210 months agoI didn’t realize USA had such good surveillance satellites up in the 1900s
minus-square@pageflight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish22•10 months agoActually a lot of Google “satellite” imagery is from planes, as I assume this is.
minus-square@pythonoob@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish10•10 months agoOr a balloon, which they used in ww1 for observation
minus-square@pageflight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoSome fascinating history, thanks for the note!
I didn’t realize USA had such good surveillance satellites up in the 1900s
Actually a lot of Google “satellite” imagery is from planes, as I assume this is.
Or a balloon, which they used in ww1 for observation
Some fascinating history, thanks for the note!
They called them ‘birds’ back then