Archive for May 2017
Avro Lancaster B.1s of No. 57 Squadron. RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, UK. February 1943.

Avro Lancaster B.1s of No. 57 Squadron parked up in a dispersal area at dusk before an operation, RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, UK. February 1943.
On 13 January 1941 the squadron flew its first night bombing mission, the role it would continue to.
The Presentation of the Colours of the 51st (Edmonton) Battalion CEF. Canada, 1915.

The Presentation of the Colours of the 51st (Edmonton) Battalion CEF, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Edmonton, Alberta, ca. 1915 (Provincial Archives of Alberta, A2526)
This battalion was raised in Edmonton in July 1915. It sailed in March 1916 with.
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ww1
French Renault FT17 tanks. France, 1918.

French Renault FT17 tanks pass American troops as they move towards the front at Valpries Farm near Juvigny, France, 1918.
The French FT17 was one of the most revolutionary tank designs in History. It was the first tank to ever feature its armament.
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ww1
French railroad gun 305-mm. 10/1917.

Canadian Officers examining a large French railroad gun, 1893-1896 model 305-mm gun on an 1889 model center-pintle chassis mount, Oct 1917.
(Photo source - Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3397386)
(Colorised by Frédéric Duriez from.
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ww1
Me 262 V3. 18/07/1942, Germany.

Messerschmitt 262 V3, PC+UC with the Test Pilot Fritz Wendel, 18 July 1942, Bavaria.
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Messerschmitt 262 V3, ký hiệu PC+UC.
Grossdeutschland Division's soldier.

Soldier from the Grossdeutschland Division, a Wehrmacht division with a Cuff Title.
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Binh sĩ thuộc sư đoàn Đức vĩ đại (Grossdeutschland),.
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ww2
Behrend "Boris" Alexander von Mohrenschildt. 1837-1891.

Behrend "Boris" Alexander von Mohrenschildt.
He was born 1837 in Estonia which was part of Russia and he died in 1891.
He fought in the Krim war between 1854 until 1856, the Russo-Turkish war in 1877 and in several smaller wars.
He was "Hetman" (colonel).
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Cossack
Jagdpanzer 38(t) "Hetzer".

Jagdpanzer 38(t) « Hetzer » was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War based on a modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t) chassis.
The name « Hetzer » was at the time not commonly used for this vehicle. Post-war historians basing themselves.
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ww2
August von Mackensen. "The Last Hussar"

August von Mackensen. "The Last Hussar"
(December 6th, 1849 - November 8th, 1945)
He started his service in 1869 as a volunteer with the Prussian 2nd Life Hussars Regiment and after he become Generalfeldmarschall .
He impressed the kaiser who ordered.
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Prussia
Philipp Kleffel review Wehrmacht Spanish soldiers.

"General der Kavallerie" Philipp Kleffel, review Wehrmacht Spanish soldiers from the "División Azul" (250th Spanish division)
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"Đại.
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ww2
Swedish volunteer in winter war!

Finland, Syväri, One of the 400 Swedish volunteers who held the front line against the Soviets from 1942 to 1944
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1 binh.
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winter war
A finnish soldier and his dog, 1941.

A finnish soldier and his dog, 1941.
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Một binh sĩ Phần Lan với "cún cưng", 19.
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winter war
British Army Churchill IV (NA 75). 11/09/1944.

British Army Churchill IV (NA 75) tank of 'A' Squadron, 'The North Irish Horse' attached to the 25th Tank Brigade passing through Via XX Settembre, a narrow street in Montefiore Conca in Rimini, Italy. September 11 1944.
(Photo source - © IWM NA 18530)
No..
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ww2
Princess Elizabeth, Colonel in Chief of the Grenadier Guards.

Queen Elizabeth II is 91 years old today
This photo shows a young Princess Elizabeth who became Colonel in Chief of the Grenadier Guards in October 1942.
In February 1942, the King appointed his fifteen-year-old daughter Colonel of the Grenadier.
Thursday, 4 May 2017
Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915.

'Anzac Day'
Wounded troops on the beach at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915. Men of the AAMC are treating some of the wounded.
An Australian soldier lies wounded in the foreground, as hundreds of other soldiers move among the dead and wounded on the beach.
Panzer VI Königstigers of 3./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503. 12/08/1944.

Panzer VI Königstigers of 3./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 having just been transported by rail from Mailly-le-Camp and de-trained at Gare de l'Est, Paris can be seen turning from Rue d'Aubervilliers into Boulevard de la Villette on their way to Mantes-la-Jolie.
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ww2
Two Gebirgsjägers (mountain infantry) manning an MG-34 machine gun.

Two Gebirgsjägers (mountain infantry) manning an MG-34 machine gun.
An entire corps was formed in Norway by 1941. Its divisions were lightly equipped, with much of the transport provided by mules. These mountain infantry were equipped with fewer automatic.
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ww2
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquitos of 105 Squadron at RAF Marham, Norfolk, UK. 11/12/1942.

de Havilland DH.98 Mosquitos of 105 Squadron at RAF Marham, Norfolk, UK. December 11 1942.
None of the aircraft pictured survived the war, either being shot down or withdrawn due to heavy battle damage.
Serial Nr. DZ360 GB-A, Hit by AA and crashed.
'Operation Shingle’ - Sherman tanks of the 46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment - Italy, 25/01/1944.

'Operation Shingle’
Sherman tanks of the 46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment provide fire support for men of the 1st Battalion, Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) at Anzio, Italy, 25 January 1944.
Operation Shingle’ was finally launched on 22.
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ww2
Paul Bette (1908-1942)

Born in march 1908, Paul Bette died from a headshot in 1942. Bette is the soldier in colours in the photo, he was in an Engineer and Road Building Batallion from the Wehrmacht. His NCO says in a letter Paul died from a headshot.
He fought in Sedan,.
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ww2
s.Pz.Abt. 502, Tiger N°231, Russia, 06/1943.

s.Pz.Abt. 502, Tiger N°231 on the North Front in Russia, June 1943. This was a great photo in B&W and I hope its better in colors. Enjoy !
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Xe tăng Tiger số hiệu 231 thuộc tiểu đoàn thiết giáp 502 ở phía Bắc mặt trận Nga, tháng 07/1943.
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ww2
Troops and Panzerkampfwagen IVs in winter camouflage on the Eastern Front in 1943

Troops and Panzerkampfwagen IVs in winter camouflage on the Eastern Front in 1943
The Panzer IVs (Ausf late G or H) are wearing Schürzen - spaced armour skirting protecting the hull and turret.
(Photo source - Bundesarchiv 101I-700-0272-13)
Taken.
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ww2
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Essex-class aircraft carrier was hit by two Kamikazes within 30 seconds in May 1945

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Essex-class aircraft carrier was hit by two Kamikazes within 30 seconds in May 1945
On the morning of 11 May 1945, while supporting the invasion of Okinawa, Bunker Hill was struck and severely damaged by two Japanese kamikaze.
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ww2
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia

Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia in Hussar Prussian uniform.
(13 September 1892 – 11 December 1980)
The only daughter and the last child of German Emperor Wilhelm II and Empress Augusta Victoria.
Ostensibly desiring to pursue an alliance with.
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Prussia
HRP-1 - VA. USA - 11/1948

These HRP-1 helicopters are demonstrating landing techniques at Quantico, Va., in November 1948.
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Những chiếc trực thăng HRP-1 đang biểu diễn các kỹ thuật hạ cánh. QUantico, Virginia, 11/1948.
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US Armed Forces
Stuart 3 - Tunisia - 12/1943

"Tiger", an M3A1 (Stuart III) of the 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, is seen here disabled in Tunisia in early December 1943. The vehicle still carries the 25 gal. spare fuel tanks on the back. This.
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ww2