WW II Historical Thread, Discussion, Pics, Videos

[Miragedriver]

P-47's

Kingfisher

B-17

A-20

P-61

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[Miragedriver]

B-25

P-39s

P-40

ME-109

Catalina and Ventura

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[Miragedriver]

B-17

Avenger

Ground Crew applying "Invasion Stripes" to a Martin Marauder B-26 of 553rd Bomb. Squadron, 386 Bomb. Group at Great Dunmow air base in Essex, sometime between the 3rd and the 5th of June 1944.

B-24 "Arise My Love and Come With Me"

B-24 at Gambut, Libya, Feb 43

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[Miragedriver]

A senior Wehrmacht NCO rests a Maschinengewehr 34 (MG.34) on the shoulder of a Spiess (Hauptfeldwebel) who is holding a Soviet SVT-40 rifle, somewhere on the Ostfront (Eastern Front) c.1942

"From official German field regulations, firing over No2s shoulder was a quick expedient to engage low flying enemy aircraft. Otherwise it´s not mentioned anywhere, but one can assume that it was also applied in other situations, when quick engaging targets was required and no other rest for the gunner available. (....LMG team in wheat field, engaging Russian Cavalry few hundred metres away and such)." (

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(Nb. this MG 34 tripod and sling are absent which suggests that it could have been removed from a Sonderkraftfahrzeug (APV)


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[Miragedriver]

Generalleutnant Kurt von Briesen (Kommandeur 30. Infanterie-Division) witnessing his troops parading in the Avenue Foch, Paris on the 14th of June 1940.

Days earlier the Infantry-Division had been approaching Paris from the north, with the intention of by-passing the city and continuing the pursuit of the French troops who had retreated to the south.

When Briesen heard the news that Paris was declared as an "Open City", he decided to send a small patrol to the city to confirm the rumor.
On their return, the patrol reported that there was no resistance and that all French military had left.

With that, Briesen decided to change the intended route of his troops and head directly for the city of Paris.

When Briesen arrived at the Champs-Élysées, he ordered the 30. Infantry-Division to march through the Champs-Élysées accompanied by a full military band with him on horseback, saluting them as they passed.

The incident received widespread press coverage, and was often misunderstood as a German forces victory parade after French Army surrender.



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[Miragedriver]

“Here lies an unknown English Lieutenant killed in air combat” – Western Desert, Egypt, (1941)

Jewish women and children arriving at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, Poland, (1944)

World War II propaganda posters in Port Washington, New York, (1942)

Operation Overlord, (June 1944)

A German soldier after being captured by American troops near Nicosia, (1943)

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[Kristian]

P-47's

Kingfisher

B-17

A-20

P-61

From United States or British Empire the air planes???

 

[Jeff Head]

From United States or British Empire the air planes???

All of those are World War II US military aircraft.

Now, most of them were also used by allied nations during and after the war. The P-47 for example, was used by twenty-two other countries. Almost 16,000 P-47s were built.

The Vought OS2U Kingfisher was used by nine other countries.

The A-20 Havoc was used by eight other countries.

Many people do not know it, but the B-17 was ultimately used by twenty-three other countries. Almost 13,000 of them were built.

The Northrup P-61 Black Widow on the other hand, was only used by the US. About 700 of those were built.

 

[Miragedriver]

From United States or British Empire the air planes???

The aircraft show in the post above were American. Next post I will try to find some British or German aircraft.

 

[Jeff Head]

The aircraft show in the post above were American. Next post I will try to find some British or German aircraft.

Yes...but except for the Black Widow (P-61) they were widely used by many countries, during, and especially after the war. See my post above.