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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1215 on: 18-10-2009, 00:10:06 »

Arnhem 17 - 25 September 1944: Four men of the 1st Paratroop Battalion, 1st (British) Airborne Division, take cover in a shell hole outside Arnhem.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1216 on: 18-10-2009, 03:10:37 »

"First flag on Guam on boat hook mast. Two U.S. officers plant the American flag on Guam eight minutes after U.S. Marines and Army assault troops landed on the Central Pacific island on July 20, 1944." Batts. 127-N-88073.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1217 on: 18-10-2009, 03:10:10 »
Seems a bit uppity to place the flag before you took the island, eh?

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1218 on: 18-10-2009, 04:10:51 »


chinese soldier preparing to trow a grenade


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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1219 on: 18-10-2009, 04:10:37 »
Seems a bit uppity to place the flag before you took the island, eh?

Eh, not really, it was probably meant to be more of a morale booster for the men then an actual, it's my island now thing. You know, mental warfare, I’m sure every nation did it.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1220 on: 18-10-2009, 04:10:06 »
Good point.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1221 on: 18-10-2009, 14:10:30 »


BF-110C-1 downed by flak over Switzerland in June 40

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1222 on: 18-10-2009, 15:10:57 »
Zeg, thanks for that picture, really nice find.

Found this at Wikipedia (don't hit me!)



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A German Landser involved in heavy fighting in and around the French town of Caen during the summer of 1944. He is carrying an MG 42 configured as a light support weapon with a folding bipod and detachable drum magazine.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1223 on: 18-10-2009, 17:10:54 »
ZeG, got any additional information about the picture? Was the plane shot down by the Swiss for violating their airspace?

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1224 on: 18-10-2009, 17:10:24 »
Seems the only logical reason to me. Quite some German pilots got 'lost' and ended up crashing in Switzerland because of their FlaK.
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1225 on: 18-10-2009, 18:10:55 »
Yep.  Course about a dozen were also shot down in combat by swiss pilots ;)

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1226 on: 18-10-2009, 18:10:28 »
But the Swiss military, if the pilots were alive, allowed them to return to Germany.



almost a floating battery, Leipzig stand to last shell on duty

More info? i mean, the Prinz Eugen and the Leipzig collided in the Baltic, heavy fog. But Eugen was sent to Danzig and then moved to Copenhagen were it was taking by the British and sent to the USN. But the Leipzig? he stayed in Gdynia?


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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1227 on: 18-10-2009, 18:10:20 »

armoured railcar with 2 Panzer IV J turrets mounted around an observation turret.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1228 on: 18-10-2009, 19:10:25 »

A German infantry unit manning a strong point is relieved on the Eastern Front during the winter of 1941 - 1942. The troops are wearing snow camouflage clothing and pulling a white painted sledge.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1229 on: 18-10-2009, 19:10:28 »

Fighter ace Hans Wind (75 victories) by his Brewster B-239 fighter.
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