/r/HistoryMemes
A place for history memes about events over 20 years ago.
This subreddit was created because there was a niche that was not being filled in the historical Reddit community. There was no place to be a redditor in history. All of your historical jokes and memes go here. (This is a place for memes, not propaganda.)
Our Friends (those who promote us are in bold):
- /r/historyanimemes
- /r/animemes
- /r/roughromanmemes
- /r/redditthroughhistory
- /r/shittyaskhistory
- /r/LOTRmemes
- /r/dankmemesfromsite19
- /r/artmemes
- /r/prequelmemes
- /r/OSP
Remember, this is the memes part of the historical community of reddit, not the historical part of the memes community of reddit. Treat it as such.
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RULES:
RULE 1: Keep posts history related
Please keep all submissions to the sub related to history and/or based on historical events. See here for the extended rules.
All submissions must be as historically accurate as possible.
Ideological memes are not allowed.
RULE 2: No reposts
All reposts, similar and identical, of posts previously submitted to the subreddit are banned and eligible for removal.
Rule 2.1
Crossposts are allowed as long as it is not a repost of a previous submission to the subreddit. Crossposts should also be marked with the flair "X-post".
RULE 3: No discrimination or abuse
Any excessive sexism, homophobia, racism or any other form of discrimination will be dealt with harshly and mods reserve the right to impose bans without warning. Basically try not to be jerks.
RULE 4: Year limit
All posts must include only subject matter of at least 20 years old from the post time. Example: Memes about the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers won't be able to be posted till September 2028.
Anniversaries of historical events that are not yet 20 years old are not exempt to this.
Rule 4.1 - Meta use
Posts that either complain about Rule 4 or use Rule 4 as a loophole to circumvent the rule are not allowed on the subreddit.
RULE 5: Banned Memes and Formats
Certain memes and formats, such as "Retake the Holy Land" and "Hitler Suicide", are banned on the subreddit. A full list can be found in the extended rules here.
RULE 6: Do not deny or defend genocides and atrocities.
These include, but are not limited to; Holodomor, the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, Japanese war crimes and the Tiananmen Square massacre. Doing so will result in an instant permaban. Hateful historical revisionists are not welcome.
Do not downplay or use whataboutism in discussion of atrocities and genocides
RULE 7: No Brigading
No calling for meme wars or inciting subreddit drama. This includes brigading, raiding, harassing other subreddits and their users, or likewise.
Political talks in comments are okay, but linking to external sites in which are about it are not. Directly linking posts to political subreddits is not allowed unless it is linked in a non-participating manner. For more info see here.
RULE 8: Post Memes
All submissions to r/HistoryMemes must be memes. If it's not a meme, post it elsewhere but here. See here for the extended rules.
Meta memes that pertain to the subreddit are allowed.
RULE 9: Quality control
Memes must adhere to some basic standards. Excessive black bars, improper cropping, and low resolution/unreadable memes are banned from the subreddit. Please see the extended rules here for a full list and explanation on banned practices.
RULE 10: No karma-whoring
Memes asking for upvotes, awards, and user actions are not allowed. See here for the extended rules
RULE 11: No low effort titles
All submissions to the subreddit must include a proper title that does not exemplify qualities signifying "low-effort", "Lazy", or "Karma-whoring". See here to see what is prohibited
Rule 11.1
If the title is removed from the meme and it ceases to be either a historical meme or a meme in general it is not allowed on the subreddit.
RULE 12: No 1900's Onwards on Weekends
Memes relating to events that occurred from Jan 1st, 1900 onwards, are not allowed on weekends (Saturday and Sunday EST).
Anniversaries of historical events are not exempt to this.
Meta Memes complaining about Rule 12 are (still) prohibited everyday.
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In the 1980s, the U.S. Spent Millions on Textbooks for Afghan Kids
13:53 UTC
Medeaval era battles be like
13:17 UTC
Okay Inglaterra you win this time
13:16 UTC
Guys WTF?
13:01 UTC
Military use of children
In 1945, as World War II neared its end, Germany increasingly relied on child soldiers, particularly in the Hitler Youth and other paramilitary organizations. Many boys as young as 12 were drafted to defend the fatherland, often armed with makeshift weapons.
These children were exposed to brutal combat conditions, suffering trauma and loss. The use of child soldiers reflected the desperation of the Nazi regime in its final days.
12:34 UTC
Is there a worse date in this world?
12:04 UTC
Proto-Prots
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Different fathers, One method of parenting
11:01 UTC
Why make more of your own tanks when you can just steal the enemy's
Context:
Beutepanzer (German, lit. 'Captured Tank') is the German designation for a captured armored fighting vehicle. The Germans used Beutepanzers to gain insight into enemy technology and to augment their own armored forces.
During World War I, the Germans had many Beutepanzers in their arsenal, far exceeding the production of their own tanks. Beutepanzers were given a German national cross and new camouflage. By the end of the war, a total of 170 Beutepanzers were still in running condition with 35 reported to be battle ready. In comparison, over a third of the 20 A7V tanks built by Germany had been destroyed or captured by then.
Most Beutepanzers were British Mk IVs, but also a small amount of Whippet tanks and various types of French tanks were captured too. The Germans first captured Mk IVs during and after the Battle of Cambrai (1917). They were further modified including the replacement of their guns. They first saw action in March 1918, during Operation Michael and later during the Hundred Days Offensive. By the end of the first world war most tanks used by the Germans were beutepanzers.
I took this from Wikipedia
08:03 UTC
This is why Henry II is the GOAT
07:23 UTC
Han Xin loyalty didn't pay him well...
06:19 UTC
Have you ever heard about the battle of Hill 731?
04:55 UTC
OMG ROMAN
04:37 UTC
Theodore Roosevelt was just peak man bruh
03:13 UTC
Dec 26, 1991
USSR's To-Do List
02:38 UTC
Lore accurate George Washington
02:14 UTC
Romania in 1944:
00:41 UTC
Times were tough.
00:24 UTC
Conflicts due to the lack of border demarcation were very common.
In 1825 the Brazilian army was sent to the border with Bolivia to secure possession of the border. The problem is that they ended up crossing the border and invading the Bolivian regions of Chiquitos and Moxos. Bolivia was preparing a counterattack when Simão Bolivar realized that Brazil did not know that they had invaded Bolivia .
23:34 UTC
And that's why you don't bully children
21:19 UTC
You dream of finding the one, but you end up getting to know India
20:44 UTC
Australia's military has a pretty glorious history, except for that one thing
20:26 UTC
Even in the shop they're next to each other
20:02 UTC
1938 Yellow River flood
19:57 UTC
Granted, it was a Han Chinese invention...
19:23 UTC
The space race
19:01 UTC
18:10 UTC
USA: committing “war crimes” is a tradition at this point
18:06 UTC
Ngl that would have been fire to see Adapted on screen (Historical movies)
Context: In AD 192, on the last day of the year, the emperor Commodus was strangled in his bath by his "friend" and wrestling partner, Narcissus
17:41 UTC
They really were.
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