May
7
Happy VE Day y’all!!!
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Posts tagged WWII
Mar
12
US News Review - Unmanned Machines Mean Unarmed Men.
ca. 1940s
Jan
24
“On January 11, 1944, Major James Howard, alone, flew his P-51 Mustang into thirty six German fighters that were attacking a formation of American B-17 bombers. For more than a hour, Howard defended the heavy bombers against the swarm of fighters, repeatedly attacking the enemy airplanes and shooting down as many as six. The leader of the bombers reported that, “For sheer determination and guts, it was the greatest exhibition I’ve ever seen.” Howard received the Medal of Honor for his action that day.” #WW2 #History #MOH #Aviation #Mustang
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p51
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Jul
27
French Resistance Fighter with a Thompson
Jun
11
I Dreamt of Flying, a beautiful video of hand-drawn illustrations about RAF bombers.
Jun
6
American troops of the 1st Infantry Division leaving the port of Weymouth, England en route to Omaha Beach in Normandy - June 1944
Photo by Robert Capa
On 6 June 1944, the Allied forces opened up a second front in Normandy to liberate France from the German occupation. 90,000 Allied troops landed on the Omaha Beach, codename for Coleville-Sur-Mer. Many were killed by German troops but the Allies managed to defeat the Germans, thus liberating France in the coming months.
Robert Capa, a war correspondent and photographer for LIFE magazine, landed with the 16th Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division on Omaha Beach to photograph the landing. For 90 minutes during the first wave of landings, Capa used four rolls of 35mm film which were to be rushed back to London to make the deadline for the next issue of LIFE. Unfortunately, all but 11 images were destroyed. Four of the images are shown here.
Photos by Robert Capa / Magnum Photos
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May
18
Goering’s Luger
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