Picture of the Day

[MaJ.P.Bouras]

Finally a new page so i can spam some more Greek Bias:




"The road to the front"

Those would actually be quite nice FH2 models *wink-wing-nudge-nudge*. You know no hard to do skirt and all....

[blue]

The tanks were transported  to the front by rail, and the the crews collected them at a depot.  Sometimes, it could take quite awhile.  The author of Panzer Gunner spent almost half of 1943 on "guard duty" in Trieste, waiting for his unit's Panzer 4's to arrive.

And you would indeed need to learn the controls.  Usually, if a tank was captured, it was damaged, and so would be sent to the salvage units.  They would fix them up, put on markings, and sometimes even replace all the labeled parts with German labels (for instance, one of the M3 Greyhounds in a reenacting unit out here is actually a German capture.  All american markings and labels were changed to German, including things like speedometers and such.  That would all matter on how much time the salvage guys had.  Then, if it was deemed acceptable, it would be sent to a panzer unit that needed tanks badly, and could not wait for resupply.

Thank for the explanation, I find this all interesting as well. Are there any books you could direct me to?

[VonMudra]

The tanks were transported  to the front by rail, and the the crews collected them at a depot.  Sometimes, it could take quite awhile.  The author of Panzer Gunner spent almost half of 1943 on "guard duty" in Trieste, waiting for his unit's Panzer 4's to arrive.

And you would indeed need to learn the controls.  Usually, if a tank was captured, it was damaged, and so would be sent to the salvage units.  They would fix them up, put on markings, and sometimes even replace all the labeled parts with German labels (for instance, one of the M3 Greyhounds in a reenacting unit out here is actually a German capture.  All american markings and labels were changed to German, including things like speedometers and such.  That would all matter on how much time the salvage guys had.  Then, if it was deemed acceptable, it would be sent to a panzer unit that needed tanks badly, and could not wait for resupply.

Thank for the explanation, I find this all interesting as well. Are there any books you could direct me to?

Panzer Gunner, by Bruno Friesen.

http://www.amazon.com/PANZER-GUNNER-Osfront-Regiment-Division/dp/1906033110

[Torenico]

Captured Fairey Swordfish. This Swordfish from the Fleet Air Arm 813 Squadron from the HMS Eagle was forced to land of Scarpanto Island, at that time, Occupied by the Italians. The Swordfish was taking part on a raid on Maritza Airfield, as it was damaged by CR.42 Fighters and forces to land. Both crew members were taken prisoner.

Now in Italian hands, this machine was transfered to Guidonia (Were the photo was taken) for repairs. Spare parts from other captured Swordfish were used to make this Airplane operable.

Flown by 68th Squadriglia of 34th Gruppo Bombardamento liaison duties until June 1941.

[Rawhide]

Rushing to Zhongshan Gate

The Battle of Nanking began after the fall of Shanghai on October 9, 1937, and ended with the fall of the capital city of Nanking on December 13, 1937 to Japanese troops, a few days after the Republic of China Government had evacuated the city and relocated to Wuhan. The Nanking Massacre followed the fall of the city

[hOMEr_jAy]

Winter 1939, Southern Germany. German soldiers stand next to a snow-made Chamberlain.[/img]

[Torenico]

SS-Panzergrenadiers of 3. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Totenkopf' pass behind a burning and destroyed T-34, make signs for the SS-Kriegsberichter to leave the area during battles raged around the Starówka (Old Town). Warsaw, Poland. 18 August 1944.

[Rawhide]

Photograph from a Japanese plane of Battleship Row at the beginning of the attack. The explosion in the center is a torpedo strike on the USS Oklahoma. Two attacking Japanese planes can be seen: one over the USS Neosho and one over the Naval

The attack on Pearl Harbor (called Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (Operation Z in planning) and the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.

[hOMEr_jAy]

French civilians sit at the Rhine bank and watch German troops cross the river on a pontoon bridge, errected by German pioneers, after French forces blew up the original bridges in order to delay the German advance.

[SirGutz]

German and Soviet soldiers meet at the common border in Poland 1939

[IrishReloaded]

Invasion of the Kwajalein Atoll. Marshall Islands.

[hOMEr_jAy]

Been busy the last days, but here´s another photo of my grandfathers collection:

German soldiers sit next to a road and play cards to pass time. German-French border, 1940.

[Fuchs]

A pretty propaganda picture of a Sdkfz 222. The chassis of these neat little cars where produced by Auto Union. The engine was a big eight cylinder made by Horch, which both are predecessors to Audi.

[Seth_Soldier]

Been busy the last days, but here´s another photo of my grandfathers collection:

German soldiers sit next to a road and play cards to pass time. German-French border, 1940.

those are nice !

i would advise you to put copyrights on them (any kind that avoid to see his picture published, layer of text over all etc ...)

[Krätzer]

Who needs a Bridge