Picture of the Day

[Rawhide]

SdKfz 250 carrying Vânători de munte (mountain troops) in Transylvania, late 1944. The Romanian Army used both Soviet and German equipment extensively during the war.

[DannyNickelov]

I wonder ... how many just start  drooling on that view ... and how many wish to see that in FH2 ? 

Hey... isn't that in Aviodrome @ Lelystad? I was there... and i recognize that place.

[Rawhide]

German Self-propelled guns of the 9th SS during the battle. The presence of the II SS Panzerkorps would have a significant effect on the battle.

The Battle of Arnhem was a famous Second World War military engagement fought in and around the Dutch towns of Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Wolfheze, Driel and the surrounding countryside from 17–26 September 1944.

[Paythoss]

Captured Tiger I from 1/504sPzAbt in Tunisia , probably the most knowed pic 


But that isn't this same Tiger I ? Anyone know where that tank is , or was ? 

[THeTA0123]

Thats the one Paythoss

[Dukat]

German Self-propelled guns of the 9th SS during the battle. The presence of the II SS Panzerkorps would have a significant effect on the battle.

The Battle of Arnhem was a famous Second World War military engagement fought in and around the Dutch towns of Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Wolfheze, Driel and the surrounding countryside from 17–26 September 1944.

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-M2KBK-771-34, Arnheim, Sturmgeschütze.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-M2KBK-771-34,_Arnheim,_Sturmgesch%C3%BCtze.jpg

Notably those are not Sturmgeschütze. Those are actually Flakpanzer IV Möbelwagen, most likely equipped with a 3.7cm gun.

[Butcher]

this is new to me



German soldiers cross the elbe on a broken bridge to surrender to western allied forces rather than soviets, end of april 45.

[Paythoss]

http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Tigers.pdf    .... OMG  What they do with that Tiger now .... 

[hOMEr_jAy]

442nd REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM
The motto of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was “go for broke.” It’s a gambling term that means risking everything on one great effort to win big. The soldiers of the 442nd needed to win big. They were Nisei - American-born sons of Japanese immigrants. They fought two wars: the Germans in Europe and the prejudice in America.
The motto was invented by the high-rolling Nisei soldiers who came from the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii-born Nisei, also known as “Buddhaheads,” made up about two-thirds of the regiment. The remaining third were Nisei from the mainland. In April 1943, the islanders and mainlanders arrived for training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Immediately, they fought with each other because of different perspectives based on where they grew up.
But on January 19, 1942, the Army discharged all the Japanese Americans in the ROTC - and changed their draft status to 4C - “enemy alien.” The Nisei cadets felt such despair that the very bottom of their existence fell out. But community leaders convinced the demoralized students to turn the other cheek. One hundred and seventy students petitioned the military governor: “Hawaii is our home; the United States our country. We know but one loyalty and that is to the Stars and Stripes. We wish to do our part as loyal Americans in every way possible, and we hereby offer ourselves for whatever service you may see fit to use us.”
From May 1943 through February 1944 the men trained for combat. The men excelled at maneuvers and learned to operate as a team. In March, Chief of Staff General George Marshall inspected the regiment. In April the regiment packed up, and on May 1, 1944 the men boarded ships destined for Europe.

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service, in the entire history of the U.S. Military. The 4,000 men who initially came in April 1943 had to be replaced nearly 3.5 times. In total, about 14,000 men served, ultimately earning 9,486 Purple Hearts , 21 Medals of Honor and an unprecedented eight Presidential Unit Citations.

[Paythoss]

Why do i have feeling , that should be a trollface.jpg on that ISU-152 ? 

[THeTA0123]

That over there really happend, at Battle of the Seelow Heights. i believe it was a ISU of the 8th guards

[Paasky]

Czech(?) Fokker D.XXI's. These babies have saved my ass in my current HoI2 game.

[Mayhemic.MAD]

this is new to me



German soldiers cross the elbe on a broken bridge to surrender to western allied forces rather than soviets, end of april 45.

Then you should read about how the 12th Army (Wenck) helped the remains of the 9th Army (and all the others who escaped from seelow heights) breaktrough from the Oder to the Elbe to escape the russian captivity. They went trough the "pocket of halbe" in the forests near märkisch buchholz, south of berlin, were in a few minutes some ten thousand soldiers and civilians were killed.

I read a very gripping book with a personal account from a soldiers who went trough all that, but can´t remeber atm which it was :/

[Sander93]

Czech(?) Fokker D.XXI's. These babies have saved my ass in my current HoI2 game.

Nope they're Dutch. Our Royal Airforce badge just looks like the Czeck flag.


Also note they appear to have painted the national red-white-blue on their rudders.

[Fuchs]

They also used the orange triangle with black border. But I found a picture with that marking that had a caption of the airplane being at Schiphol, don't think the Czechs land there