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Hawker Hurricane of 42 Sqn attacking a bridge in Burma

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Nisei (Japanese American) soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

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10th Mountain Division Pack Howitzer, February, 1945 attack on Mt. Belvedere

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20 Mar 2015, 19:24 PMafrrs

The guys on the right of the picture are probably thinking "if you guys are going to play with that thing, can you at least point it somewhere else?"

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Several M4A3 Sherman tanks equipped with flamethrowers were used to clear Japanese bunkers.

Out of the gaping mouths of Coast Guard and Navy Landing Craft, rose the great flow of invasion supplies to the blackened sands of Iwo Jima, a few hours after the Marines had wrested their foothold on the vital island.

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A night view of burning Toyama, Japan on August 1, 1945, after 173 American B-29 bombers dropped incendiary bombs on the city. Formerly a big producer of aluminum, the city was 95.6% demolished.

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Only days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the second operational nuclear weapon was readied by the U.S. Called "Fat Man", the unit is seen being placed on a trailer cradle in August of 1945. When the Japanese still refused to surrender after Hiroshima, U.S. President Truman issued a statement saying in part "If they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth."

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Sergeant P. Dorzhiev, a Russian sniper who killed 181 Germans on the Leningrad front, looking through binoculars, and holding a rifle, sometime in 1942.

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Cromwell Mk IV

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20 Mar 2015, 19:24 PMafrrs

They are trying to load Panzershreck rounds in a Raketenwerfer, and while they will fit - they are not the same

Hence the:

"What does this bit do?"

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