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Posted: 1/16/2018 1:10:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CSW223:
Those look like broken guns...the children are sitting with...any information on that pic...had the allies gone through? ETA looks like the STG 44’s are missing their shoulder stocks I think these kids were collecting scrap metal to sell. This was very common in the first years after the war. |
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Posted: 1/16/2018 4:26:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m:
Sadly no further informations. I think these kids were collecting scrap metal to sell. This was very common in the first years after the war. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m:
Originally Posted By CSW223:
Those look like broken guns...the children are sitting with...any information on that pic...had the allies gone through? ETA looks like the STG 44's are missing their shoulder stocks I think these kids were collecting scrap metal to sell. This was very common in the first years after the war. |
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Posted: 1/20/2018 4:15:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/20/2018 4:25:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
mas 38 submachine gun, http://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mas38-02.jpg |
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Posted: 1/20/2018 4:31:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/201300/1586-419361.JPG |
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Posted: 1/20/2018 7:28:11 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Men of 11th Airborne Division assemble at a pre-destined point shortly after their parachute landing at Appari Airstrip in Northern Luzon, Philippine
 A Grumman TBF-1 Avenger flies over fields bombed by U.S. 
Puerto Galera - On the island of Mindoro, about five hours from Manila by bus and boat popup shore battery. gun would raise above wall to fire and recoil would send it back down 
 West Coast Artillery Post - 10-inch Gun Firing Fifth Army, Anzio Area, Italy. 101st Ordnance Co. M. M. placing the tube 
loading a stug III from a converted ammo hauler 
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Posted: 1/20/2018 8:28:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Meadowmuffin:
A past roommate of mine in college, his father grew up in Czechoslovakia during the war. When the Americans were sweeping through the Germans abandoned a lot of equipment in their retreat. His dad found an abandoned recoilless cannon sitting in a field. He was about twelve at the time. So out of curiosity, he pulled the lanyard. The darned thing went off with a big boom. He and all his friends ran off screaming in terror. Luckily no one was injured so the story goes. |
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Posted: 1/20/2018 10:00:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
Actress Marjorie Main is hoisted by soldiers of the 96th “Deadeye” Division during welcome home celebration in Los Angeles.  |
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Posted: 1/20/2018 10:09:39 PM EDT
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We had 4 16" battleship guns defending the entrance to the Golden Gate. Two were in one battery in Marin County and two were in San Francisco City/County.
Here they are, postwar cutting up of the coastal guns 
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Posted: 1/20/2018 10:54:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/201300/armorrwwww-312153.JPG Concrete work on a Sherman https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/201300/sherman_tank_italy-312156.JPG Sherman in Italy https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/201300/394302_ad902d4e9661c56c78474ef41cd8794d-312157.JPG Fuck 
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/201300/394454_38c2dd38dfaa146bafea79e24b392578-312158.JPG M262, captured on March 31, 1945. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/201300/711-312164.JPG Testflight over the US |
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Posted: 1/30/2018 2:53:53 PM EDT
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Someone has to police the brass.
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Posted: 1/30/2018 7:58:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/30/2018 8:19:13 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
[#13]
 improvised helmet snow camo. not far off since they sometimes used bedsheets, tarps and curtains or parachutes wrapped around vehicles when they did not have white paint.  
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Posted: 1/31/2018 12:03:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude: improvised helmet snow camo. not far off since they sometimes used bedsheets, tarps and curtains or parachutes wrapped around vehicles when they did not have white paint. http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/757935-2/da6a419c655762dbdadd3cdd8a459799 
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Posted: 2/1/2018 9:38:15 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Riter]
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Lead ship of her class, the USS Essex:
Launching of US Wintle, DE25. One thing about DE is that they could turn tighter than a destroyer, making them extremely useful against submarines. 
Nazi magazine, Der Adler (the eagle): 
RN Admiral Tovey aboard the King George class battleship, King George V (10 x 14" guns): 
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Posted: 2/1/2018 9:49:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
This is the other ship, CV-6 Enterprise https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Forig10.deviantart.net%2Fac71%2Ff%2F2014%2F011%2F8%2F5%2Fuss_enterprise_cv_6_by_chewy1995-d71sw2b.jpg&f=1
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Posted: 2/1/2018 10:53:46 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Commurado:
Brave men right there. The best of all time actually. |
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Posted: 2/2/2018 2:29:14 PM EDT
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Blohm & Voss BV 141 reconnaissance aircraft.
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Posted: 2/2/2018 3:28:16 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gopher:
Blohm & Voss BV 141 reconnaissance aircraft. https://i.redd.it/qpm9z1qjssd01.jpg |
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Posted: 2/2/2018 5:59:52 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By luv_the_huskers:
Beautiful execution of a flawed design. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By luv_the_huskers:
Originally Posted By Gopher:
Blohm & Voss BV 141 reconnaissance aircraft. https://i.redd.it/qpm9z1qjssd01.jpg |
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Posted: 2/4/2018 8:53:56 PM EDT
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Vinegar Joe Stillwell:
Sharkmouth just isn't right here: 
Coolie and bomber: 
I think these are Chennault's bomber boys (ground crew and aircrew) 
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Posted: 2/5/2018 9:57:24 PM EDT
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A damaged U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-6 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), 1 February 1942. Withdrawing after launching an attack against Kwajalein, Enterprise was attacked by five Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" land-based bombers. Manning the flexible rear machine gun on an SBD-2 of bombing squadron VB-6, AMM Bruno Gaido attempted to help fight off the attackers. The wing of one of the disabled bombers severed the tail of Gaido's Dauntless, spreading burning gasoline across the deck before crashing into the ocean. For his heroism, Gaido was promoted and assigned duty as an aircrewman. Gaido was shot down with his pilot Ensign Frank W. O'Flaherty on 4 June 1942 and later picked up by the Japanese destroyer Makigumo. Circa 8-9 June both were murdered as they were tied to water-filled gasoline drums and dumped overboard. |
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Posted: 2/6/2018 12:14:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Derek45: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/SBD_with_severed_tail_on_USS_Enterprise_%28CV-6%29_1942.jpg A damaged U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-6 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), 1 February 1942. Withdrawing after launching an attack against Kwajalein, Enterprise was attacked by five Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" land-based bombers. Manning the flexible rear machine gun on an SBD-2 of bombing squadron VB-6, AMM Bruno Gaido attempted to help fight off the attackers. The wing of one of the disabled bombers severed the tail of Gaido's Dauntless, spreading burning gasoline across the deck before crashing into the ocean. For his heroism, Gaido was promoted and assigned duty as an aircrewman. Gaido was shot down with his pilot Ensign Frank W. O'Flaherty on 4 June 1942 and later picked up by the Japanese destroyer Makigumo. Circa 8-9 June both were murdered as they were tied to water-filled gasoline drums and dumped overboard. |
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Posted: 2/6/2018 4:45:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/6/2018 10:01:41 AM EDT
[Last Edit: bodybagger]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By navvet89:
Bastards, the japs deserved more A-bombs than they got. |
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Posted: 2/6/2018 10:23:02 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/7/2018 2:30:47 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/7/2018 3:00:48 AM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Vinegar Joe Stillwell: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbi-theater.com%2Fmenu%2Flife-cbi.jpg&f=1 Sharkmouth just isn't right here: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgndn.files.wordpress.com%2F2015%2F09%2F16.jpg&f=1 https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbi-theater.com%2Fyankcbi%2Fcover3.jpg&f=1 Coolie and bomber: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhistclo.com%2Fimagef%2Fdate%2F2012%2F09%2Fb25-chi43s.jpg&f=1 I think these are Chennault's bomber boys (ground crew and aircrew) https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgndn.files.wordpress.com%2F2015%2F09%2F12.jpg&f=1 here's some German sharkmouths 
This plane is not German - it's Swiss 
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Posted: 2/7/2018 1:04:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Colt_sporter:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/A5806F4C-AA82-49D9-8CCF-0D2BE128EB74-436305.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/9DE3A77C-137D-47EA-B753-C297F3075B62-436306.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/1485AF8B-3EA6-4261-9408-E9FA5A50AF49-436307.JPG |
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Posted: 2/7/2018 3:50:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/7/2018 4:08:13 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Bigger_Hammer]
[#31]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bodybagger:
Yep, why Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bodybagger:
Originally Posted By navvet89:
Bastards, the japs deserved more A-bombs than they got. Against the Communist Russians... The Japanese will always have the stain upon their nation of their "Bushido" behavior in WWII... The Koreans and Chinese still hold grudges against the Japanese for their treatment... The way the Japanese treated Prisoners (Allied and Civilian) is fully as terrible as the Nazis and in some cases worse... |
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Posted: 2/7/2018 10:34:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Javak]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By navvet89:
Bastards, the japs deserved more A-bombs than they got. |
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Posted: 2/7/2018 11:19:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bigger_Hammer: He was thinking of using them for the NEXT war... Against the Communist Russians... The Japanese will always have the stain upon their nation of their "Bushido" behavior in WWII... The Koreans and Chinese still hold grudges against the Japanese for their treatment... The way the Japanese treated Prisoners (Allied and Civilian) is fully as terrible as the Nazis and in some cases worse... |
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Posted: 2/8/2018 3:07:08 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Manic_Moran]
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
We had 4 16" battleship guns defending the entrance to the Golden Gate. Two were in one battery in Marin County and two were in San Francisco City/County.  Naval Fortress: San Francisco Artillery Corps Hmm. Link, just in case embed doesn’t work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--weWY58mR8 |
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Posted: 2/8/2018 4:33:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Joseph Enright, the skipper of the Archerfish who sank the Shinano. In his book, the Navy wanted to credit Enright with a much less tonnage. They didn't believe him when he claimed its size and thought he was exaggerating. For amusement value. 
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Posted: 2/8/2018 5:09:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
I'm going blind. 
Nationalist Chinese soldiers. After being removed as commander of the 100k strong Reichwehr, Hans von Seeckt went and trained the Chinese Army. https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinaww2.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F11%2Fhelme-1024x692.jpg&f=1 |
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Posted: 2/8/2018 5:51:41 AM EDT
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Lots of Germans trained other countries armies in the 20s. Ernst Rohm trained the Bolivian army. His collar insignia as head of the Sturm Abteilung are basically the same as Bolivian general officer's. 
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Posted: 2/8/2018 9:17:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Manic_Moran: Apparently the thought process he had was "I have absolutely not idea what the heck that is, but i'm pretty sure it's not ours, so let's sink it." For amusement value. https://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/undertheradar-thumbnails/2017/02/SMLPO-funny-navy-memes-DD-214.jpg?itok=_RoEepjx |
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Posted: 2/8/2018 10:42:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Javak:
It's not as if the krauts and wops were better at treating captured enemies, or civilians for that matter. |
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Posted: 2/8/2018 8:24:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Riter]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Manic_Moran: Apparently the thought process he had was “I have absolutely not idea what the heck that is, but i’m pretty sure it’s not ours, so let’s sink it.” For amusement value. https://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/undertheradar-thumbnails/2017/02/SMLPO-funny-navy-memes-DD-214.jpg?itok=_RoEepjx Shark mouths on German aircraft may be traced back to WW I: 
Here's the funniest sharkmouth I found: 
And here's the Royal Navy: 
A more modern application: 
I think this is even more modern and it may be the 23rd Fighter Wing (original Flying Tigers after it took over from the AVG) 
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Posted: 2/9/2018 12:52:34 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Riter]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Manic_Moran: My video on the subject may be of interest to you.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--weWY58mR8
Hmm. Link, just in case embed doesn’t work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--weWY58mR8 I also met John Martini (ret. Park Ranger) who wrote the book, Fortress Alcatraz. Alcatraz as you may know was a fort for most of its existence. If an enemy ship bypassed Fort Point, the batteries at Fort Mason, Fort Alcatraz and Angel Island were supposed to destroy it with its triangle of fire. Back in the late 1800s, the Army wanted to exhibit its awesome effectiveness and so tied up a barge loaded with explosives in the bay. The three forts commenced firing. They missed. Undaunted, a lt. rowed out, lit the fuse and rowed back. The barge blew. The public got their fireworks. I tell people if they want to see what Fort Sumter looked like, to visit Fort Point at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. Both Sumter and Point were built before the advent of rifled artillery. We didn't know until the Civil War how devastating rifled artillery was to masonry forts. After Battery Wagner (Morris Island, South Carolina and near Fort Sumter), the Army learned that having soft sand in front was superior to masonry because all you had to do to restore it was to shovel the sand back in place like the Confederates at Wagner did. Alcatraz still has its gun emplacements, but it's on part of the island that the NPS discourages visitors from because of the birds' nests. ETA: The coastal defense battery had a unique mascot: Judy, a mountain lion. It jumped up to lick the Inspector General who told the battery, "Get rid of that animal!" |
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Posted: 2/9/2018 6:49:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/10/2018 9:20:23 PM EDT
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Tube used as a bomb shelter: 
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Posted: 2/10/2018 10:17:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Hurtgen forest 
mounted coast guard beach patrol. 
6th war dog platoon |
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Posted: 2/10/2018 11:19:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GunLvrPHD:
Allied POWs had a death rate of 20 percent or more under the Japanese (75 percent for some Indian units), while the POW death rate under the Germans and Italians was below 2 percent. And the rate at which Germans died in soviet captivity isn't much better. That 20 percent death rate under Japanese is actually between 27 and 30 percent... for Americans, Brits and other europeans who were actually taken into custody. Japanese Navy was ordered to execute all prisoners taken at sea in March 1943. Those numbers aren't kept, we just get some anecdotal evidence. For asian prisoners of Japan, it's impossible to tell. IIRC only about 50 Chinese POWs were released by Japan at the end of the war. |
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Posted: 2/11/2018 1:09:50 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Miami_JBT]
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Cuban Navy during WWII
They conducted anti sub patrols and sunk U-176. It wasn't confirmed until after the war that the Cuban Navy bagged a U-Boat with a check of German Naval Records. 
CS-13 was the ship that sunk the Krauts. 
CS-13 under construction when she was USCG SC-35. 
Her Captain, Alferez de Fragata Mario Ramrez Delgado, Comandante del CS-13. 
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Posted: 2/11/2018 1:52:45 AM EDT
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Troops of 11th East African Division on the road to Kalewa, Burma, during the Chindwin River crossing. 
Soldiers of the British King's African Rifles on the Burmese front pose with a captured Japanese flag during WWII. 
A British King's African Rifles unit during WWII, equipped with the Mk.II Tommy helmet and SMLE No.4 No I rifles. |
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Posted: 2/11/2018 12:24:59 PM EDT
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I made a similar thread for World War One pics...
https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/-/5-2079675/?page=1  USS Lexington CV-16 
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Posted: 2/11/2018 8:05:32 PM EDT
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Soviets "liberate" Manchukuo/Manchuria from the Japanese.
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Posted: 2/13/2018 11:02:29 PM EDT
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Russian Lavochkin La-7. Looks like an FW-190 and a P-47 had a love child.
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