A Cromwell tank and infantry advance along a lane cleared of mines and marked with tape, near Le Beny Bocage, 1 August 1944.
Achilles 17-pdr tank destroyers advance along lanes cleared of mines during the advance south of Caumont, 31 July 1944.
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12 Mar 2015, 16:27 PM
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A Cromwell tank and infantry advance along a lane cleared of mines and marked with tape, near Le Beny Bocage, 1 August 1944.
Achilles 17-pdr tank destroyers advance along lanes cleared of mines during the advance south of Caumont, 31 July 1944.
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12 Mar 2015, 16:34 PM
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A Sherman Firefly dug-in near Gangelt, on the Dutch/German border, 1 January 1945.
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12 Mar 2015, 17:03 PM
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Not the bat bomb. I'm looking for pictures of the CAT bomb. It was an OSS project that attempted to use cats to guide bombs into axis ships. The premise was that cats hated water so much that if you packed them into a control harness within a bomb they would instinctively guide the bomb onto the deck of an enemy ship to avoid getting wet. The project was eventually canceled when in testing the OSS discovered that cats tend to pass out from G-forces when strapped into a 500lb bomb traveling at terminal velocity.
12 Mar 2015, 17:23 PM
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12 Mar 2015, 17:26 PM
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Not the bat bomb. I'm looking for pictures of the CAT bomb. It was an OSS project that attempted to use cats to guide bombs into axis ships. The premise was that cats hated water so much that if you packed them into a control harness within a bomb they would instinctively guide the bomb onto the deck of an enemy ship to avoid getting wet. The project was eventually canceled when in testing the OSS discovered that cats tend to pass out from G-forces when strapped into a 500lb bomb traveling at terminal velocity.
i never read about it .
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12 Mar 2015, 18:08 PM
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"I hope one day we shall not be so desperate as to throw milk maids and seamstress's into battle" - Attributed to German staff officer in 1942.
Nice quote. Those milkmaids were pretty good shots though
12 Mar 2015, 18:34 PM
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German submarines surfaced in the rough waters of the Bay of Biscay
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12 Mar 2015, 19:02 PM
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Nice quote. Those milkmaids were pretty good shots though
Yeah, the Soviets pretty much pioneered women in combat rolls. Women tankists and snipers were often taken on tours around various allied countries to garner support for the war effort.
"No nation has ever suffered more than the Soviet Union did in the Second World War"
-JFK in a speech to American University in 1963
12 Mar 2015, 19:03 PM
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"I hope one day we shall not be so desperate as to throw milk maids and seamstress's into battle" - Attributed to German staff officer in 1942.
the proceeds to send tweens and geriatrics into battle with zero training. Oh you silly Reich
12 Mar 2015, 19:24 PM
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the proceeds to send tweens and geriatrics into battle with zero training. Oh you silly Reich
that was mostly propaganda .
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12 Mar 2015, 19:38 PM
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12 Mar 2015, 19:41 PM
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Maybe it's 'cause the Axis players aren't a bunch of forum crybabies, and they keep their cool and fight the uphill battle, unlike some of their "allied" counterparts.
12 Mar 2015, 19:53 PM
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that was mostly propaganda .
German milkmaids. WWII
12 Mar 2015, 20:07 PM
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German milkmaids. WWII
A large amount of Germany's anti aircraft defenses were manned by women.
12 Mar 2015, 20:12 PM
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Furthermore women worked in the sector of communications and administration at staff in general. Nothing special about women and german army.
12 Mar 2015, 20:18 PM
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During the war is a pretty well known mocking point for the Western Allies that the Soviet Union was the only country really willing to give it's all, since the United States was particularly stingy about letting women anywhere near anything dangerous and the US's refusal to create mixed race units.
"If the cards were down and Germany calling the United State's bluff the Americans would rather surrender than let a women near a gun or a black man near a white man."
-A Soviet diplomat referencing the U.S. military's recruitment standards
"If the cards were down and Germany calling the United State's bluff the Americans would rather surrender than let a women near a gun or a black man near a white man."
-A Soviet diplomat referencing the U.S. military's recruitment standards
12 Mar 2015, 20:20 PM
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Eisenhower also would only allow De Gaul to liberate Paris with a regiment consisting of only white soldiers, unfortunately the FFA didn't have such a regiment, and was forced to mix and match various units in order to fulfill Eisenhower's condition.
12 Mar 2015, 21:46 PM
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12 Mar 2015, 21:48 PM
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12 Mar 2015, 21:53 PM
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