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I was more talking in Jest than anything.

Captured Soviet soldier dressed in SN-42 body armor. Karelia. 1944

Soviet troops on the counter-attack march in the Moscow area. Tank and soldiers both in winter camouflage.

Group of Red Army soldiers surrender to German troops during the Battle of Uman, in central Ukraine.

Soviet ISU-122 self-propelled gun and IS-2 tank roll through a village in Transylvania (Romania). 3rd Ukrainian Front, September 1944.

Column of Soviet IS-2 tanks in a town in eastern Pomerania (northern Poland). 1st Belorussian Front, March 1945.

Column of Soviet IS-2 tanks in a town in eastern Pomerania (northern Poland). 1st Belorussian Front, March 1945.

Good lord, Soviet armor sure is intimidating.

Good lord, Soviet armor sure is intimidating.

are u being sarcastic ? whats the deal ?

are u being sarcastic ? whats the deal ?

I am being sincere. As soon as I looked at the photo I thought "If I were their enemy I would shit my pants right now."

I am being sincere. As soon as I looked at the photo I thought "If I were their enemy I would shit my pants right now."

lol , ok then

Soviet Storm: World War II — In The East. ep. 1. Operation Barbarossa. StarMedia. 2011 HD

very good series

Evening

Can anybody supply some stuka pics please?


Strafes

The 37mm

Bomb Runs?

Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, "dive bomber"









Wings of the Luftwaffe - Ju-87 - Stuka

Thank you

Wounded combat dog during action on the Orote Peninsula, 1944


In the late summer of 1942, the Marine Corps decided to experiment with the use of dogs in war, which may have been a new departure for the Corps, but not a new idea in warfare. Since ancient times, dogs have served fighting men in various ways. The Romans, for instance, used heavy mastiffs with armored collars to attack the legs of their enemies, thus forcing them to lower their shields. On Guam, First Lieutenant William R. Putney commanded the 1st Dog Platoon and was the veterinarian for all war dogs on Guam. First Lieutenant William T. Taylor commanded the 2d Platoon. Both landed on the Asan-Adelup beach on Guam, while the 1st Platoon under Gunnery Sergeant L. C. Christmore landed with the 1st Provisional Brigade at Agat.

Man and dog searched out the enemy, awaited his coming, and caught him by surprise around the Marine perimeter or while on patrol. In addition, they found snipers, routed stragglers, searched out caves and pillboxes, ran messages, and protected the Marines’ foxholes as they would private homes. The dogs ate, slept, walked, and otherwise lived with their masters. The presence of dogs on the line could promise the Marines there a night’s sleep, for they alerted their handlers when the enemy came near. Overall, some 350 war dogs served in the Guam operation.

Early on in the Guam operations, some dogs were wounded or killed by machine gun and rifle fire, and incoming mortars were as devastating to the dogs as they were to the Marines. When the dogs were wounded, the Marines made a point of getting them to the rear, to the veterinarian, as quickly as possible. In the liberation of Guam, 20 dogs were wounded and 25 killed.

From the end of the campaign to the end of the war in the Pacific, Guam served as a staging area for war dogs, of which 465 served in combat operations. Of the Marine Corps war dogs, 85 percent were Doberman Pinschers, and the rest mainly German Shepherds. At the end of the Pacific War, the Marine Corps had 510 war dogs.

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Japanese soldiers surrendering to US Marines, Marshall Islands, 1944

The Eiffel Tower during the Nazi occupation, 1940



Translation: “Germany is victorious on all fronts”. The V stands for Victory. The Allied V-for-Victory cliché became so popular as a morale raiser that the enemy had to adopt to it, an easier task for the Italians, whose Vs displayed in public could be held to stand for Vinceremos, or We Will Win, than for the Germans, embarrassed by the fact that properly their V for Victory should be S für Sieg. The propaganda officers just changed Sieg to Viktoria, alluding to the “Germano-Latin” tradition. They said the use of V’s by civilians was a sign of support for Germany. They just used Viktoria because it had to start with V, and the V originally meant “V for victory” when Churchill used it, so they probably needed something similar in order to not make it too obvious. When the Germans started their campaign, Churchill noted that they probably meant “verloren”, German for defeat.

The resistance would often alter one letter to these type of banners and the message was transformed to Deutschland Liegt auf allen Fronten – Germans lie on every frontline.

Interesting stuff:

- Upon the German occupation of Paris in 1940 the lift cables of the Eiffel Tower were cut by the French. The Tower was closed to the public during the Occupation and the lifts were not repaired until 1946. In 1940 German soldiers had to climb to the top to hoist the swastika, but the flag was so large it blew away just a few hours later, and was replaced by a smaller one.


- In ancient Roman religion, Victoria was the personified goddess of victory. She is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Nike. Unlike the Greek Nike, the goddess Victoria was a major part of Roman society. Multiple temples were erected in her honor. Winged figures, very often in pairs, representing victory and referred to as “victories”, were common in Roman official iconography, typically hovering high in a composition, and often filling spaces in spandrels or other gaps in architecture. These represent the spirit of victory rather than the goddess herself. They continued to appear after Christianization of the Empire, and slowly mutated into Christian angels.

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Bombs from U.S. Army 7th Air Force planes are seen here about to fall on Iwo Jima. Although tiny, the island is the only major airbase between the Marianas and Japan. It is the last air barrier before the home islands, guarding the southeastern approach to the Empire. - See more at: http://ww2today.com/#sthash.Jv883uxJ.dpuf

Universal carriers of the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders in the Reichswald forest, 10 February 1945.

Time for some colour...


Captured 8,8 cm schwere Fliegerabwehrkanone 36 (8,8 cm FlaK 36 L/56) wit GI´s at Salerno.



A German Gotha Go 244 B-1
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Sd.Kfz. 232 schwerer Panzerspähwagen (Fu) (8-Rad)


Sd.Kfz. 7 mittlerer Zugkraftwagen (8-ton) in Lybia/Egypt


Henschel Hs 129 B-2 in Tunisia, 1943 (5.(Pz.)/Schlachtgeschwader 1)

Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf. D (Sd.Kfz. 171), Mailly-le-Camp. (Panzer-Regiment 39)


Original: Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf. A (Sd.Kfz. 171) Nr. 202. Italie, courant 1944 : ce Panther a été détruit près de la rivière Volturno.


German war material parked shortly after the war in Verone, Italy.


Sturmgeschütz 7,5 cm Stu.K. 40 (L/43) Ausf. F (Sd.Kfz. 142/1) (Stalingrad, October 15th 1942)



Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) Ausf. C Zugführerwagen (Sd.Kfz. 140). Panzer-Brigade “Koll” in the sector of Viazma, October 1941.


Captured 8,8 cm schwere Fliegerabwehrkanone 36 (8,8 cm FlaK 36 L/56)