Picture of the Day

[Die Happy]

It's not really world war 2 but its about it. Stalingrad, 1947
http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2009/12/17/1947-stalingrad-american-journalists%E2%80%99-viewpoint/

wow cool page

also found this there
http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2007/02/06/battle-for-staliningrad/


looks like a ME109 crashed/shotdown over stalingrad



german helmet and MG belt on the left ?

[siben]

Yes, just scoop around that website and you will find some very nice war pictures of the Russian front.

Second kid from the left, he looks not even 14.

[THeTA0123]

Great site siben



Anyone who knows what gun this is? Could be a ML20 no?

[Flippy Warbear]

Yes indeed.

[Captain Pyjama Shark]

Ok, so that website shows the picture below as one from the defence of Stalingrad.



However, this website: http://english.pobediteli.ru/  which seems equally well researched, (it's an animated map of the Great Patriotic War, it's an amazing site, check it out)  tells me that that picture is from the Defence of Suho Island, a small island in Lake Ladoga which served to cover part of the Road of Life to Leningrad.

Anyone clarify this?

[VonMudra]

More probably a propaganda shot of the black devils that you can say is anything

[Kading]

Speaking of them...

Perhaps they are discussing what they would like for dinner. Fillet-of-Fascist with a side of swagger soup

Come on Muddy, forget the NKVD impression. NAVAL INFANTRY FTW!!

[hOMEr_jAy]

They seem to like the MP40. Funny, German troopers used the PPSH whenever possible, and now the Russkies do it the other way round. 

[Thorondor123]

I'm pretty sure they ditched their rifles/carbines for those, not PPŠ' :p

[VonMudra]

I'm pretty sure they ditched their rifles/carbines for those, not PPŠ' :p

Bingo

[Rawhide]

101st Airborne Division troops watch as C-47s drop supplies over Bastogne.

[MaJ.P.Bouras]

Korfu, deutsche Truppen in Ortschaft
Corfu, German Troops in Village

[hOMEr_jAy]

In this handout picture released by the U.S. Army, a mushroom cloud billows about one hour after an atomic bomb was detonated above Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. (U.S. Army via Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)

[Torenico]

The total air power on Malta consisted of 4 Gloster Gladiator biplanes. These were packed in crates & left at Kalafrana flying boat base by HMS Glorious which left to join the Norwegian campaign. In fact, there were enough parts to make up 8 biplanes but the Navy wanted 4 back to join the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. The remaining 4 were assembled, 3 were to be used on operations with the reamaining 1 kept in reserve. After assembling the biplanes the Royal Navy decided on having them back for work in Alexandria, so they were taken apart for re-packing. Following talks between Air Commodore Maynard & the Royal Navy it was decided to leave the biplanes on Malta & they were re-assembled. Their first use in combat came at 0649 on the 11th of June 1940 when 10 Italian Savoia Marchetti 79 bombers bombed Grand Harbour. No aircraft were shot down in this encounter. On the 7th raid of the day the Gladiator's drew blood by shooting down a Macchi 200 fighter. Although the biplanes were slower than the Italian fighters they were more manouverable. Flying Officer John Waters nicknamed the aircraft 'Faith, Hope & Charity'. Three bladed propellers were fitted in place of the usual two to give the biplanes a faster rate of climb. Other parts were later used from a Swordfish. Superchargers were left on maximum during the climb after take off (which was against orders) so they could gain height faster. This put extra strain on the engines & 2 of them blew pistons. Maintenance crews converted Blenheim bomber engines to fit the Gladiators. Faith, Hope & Charity fought for 17 days without relief & played a fundamental role in fooling the Italian intelligence into thinking Malta had a substantial fighter defence. On the 3rd September 1943 what was left & tidied up of Faith was presented to the people of Malta by the RAF.

[Captain Pyjama Shark]

Slovaks.