The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoPhotos of the WW2 leaders as children.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down110
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minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·1 month agoFunny how they all have different vibes. Stalin looks like a bully. Hitler looks like he’s been bullied and is going to be a school shooter. Many of the others look like pompous twats and/or spoilt rich kids.
minus-squareLowtierComputer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·1 month agoChurchill was a pompous, rich, spoiled kid. But he did a good job as the war needed.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 month agoHirohito was a prince and Roosevelt was old money. Idk about Eisenhower but American generals historically come from well to do backgrounds.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoAfter a cursory glance it seems like Eisenhower’s family would’ve been firmly middle class, not great but not bad either. So pretty standard merchants.
Funny how they all have different vibes.
Stalin looks like a bully. Hitler looks like he’s been bullied and is going to be a school shooter.
Many of the others look like pompous twats and/or spoilt rich kids.
Churchill was a pompous, rich, spoiled kid. But he did a good job as the war needed.
Hirohito was a prince and Roosevelt was old money. Idk about Eisenhower but American generals historically come from well to do backgrounds.
After a cursory glance it seems like Eisenhower’s family would’ve been firmly middle class, not great but not bad either. So pretty standard merchants.