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    Ordnance QF 25-pdr

    The gun that was to become one of the most famous of all British artillery pieces had its origins in operational analysis after World War I that...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 27, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: Allied Heavy Weapons
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    The Attack On Pearl Harbor

    "The rise and fall of the empire depends upon this battle," signalled Yamamoto to his attack fleet before the strike at Pearl Harbor. But even at...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 21, 2010, 11 replies, in forum: United States at Sea!
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    A Canadian PIAT Anti-Tank Crew

    A PIAT anti-tank team at Lembeck, Germany, 29 March 1945. On the sergeant's battledress can be seen the battalion's distinctive gold-yellow...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 19, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Heavy Weapons
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    Georgy Zhukov

    Georgy Zhukov, who would become one of the finest leaders of the Soviet Army, had modest beginnings. Born near Moscow of peasant stock like many...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 11, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: History of Russia during World War II
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    The Enigma Machine and Lucy

    The Enigma was a highly sophisticated mechanical encryption device that had a keyboard and looked superficially like a typewriter. The German...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 11, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: War on the Eastern Front
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    Rifleman Ganju Lama

    Rifleman Ganju Lama MM, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Burma - 23rd June 1944 "...the enemy put down an intense artillery barrage lasting an hour on our...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 7, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: British WWII Medals and Awards
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    The Ship Builders

    For every British ship's company afloat in 1944 as many men again were busy in the docks at home. Despite blackout raids and other hindrances,...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 7, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Merchant Navy During WWII
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    The Mulberry Harbours

    To enable the forces already on the Normandy coast on D-Day to be reinforced and kept supplied with utmost speed it was necessary that two...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 3, 2010, 10 replies, in forum: Normandy Landing Beaches
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    Sappers Removing The German Booby Traps

    Germans retreating through Northern Italy, late in 1944, made increasingly desperate attempts to delay the Allied advance with mines and...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 3, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: The War In Italy
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    Karl Arndt

    Born at Gross-Kauen in Silesia on 10 March 1892, Karl Arndt began his military career as a private in 1908. He fought in the 1914-18 war in...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 1, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Who Was Who Of Germany In WWII
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    Last Shots Fired In Channel Duel

    Cross channel shelling of the Dover area by the Germans began on August 12th 1940 and, with the capture of the French ports, ceased in September...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 1, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: History of Britain during World War II
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    Reinforcements Sent In By Gliders

    “The largest airborne operation ever conceived or executed,” in the words of Winston Churchill, “achieved a further all-important forward bound in...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 1, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Operation Market Garden
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    The ATS Handle The Front Line Mail

    Over a thousand A.T.S performed valuable sorting work at the home postal centres through which mail for overseas passed, it spoke well of their...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 1, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Women at War
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    Purple Heart

    Instituted: 1932 The Purple Heart is retroactive to April 5, 1917; however, awards for qualifying prior have been made.Criteria: Awarded to any...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 30, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: American WWII Medals and Awards
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    The Rise and Fall of Hitler's V-1 Rockets

    "Except possibly for a few last shots, the Battle of London is over," declared Mr. Duncan Sandys, M.P. Chairman of the War Cabinet Committee on...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 29, 2010, 8 replies, in forum: German Heavy Weapons
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    Flamethrowers in Normandy

    When Britain’s fortunes were at its lowest ebb in 1940, when the Army had returned almost weapon less from Dunkirk and the full fury of Hitler’s...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 29, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Motorised Weapons
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    Behind Enemy Lines

    A Lancaster bomber pilot from London, Squadron Leader E. Sprawson, D.F.C., wearing patched blue overalls and a dirty scarf told a Reuter...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 27, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: A Soldier's Story
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    Veteran Lancaster Bomber

    “S” For Sugar, veteran Lancaster of Bomber Command, completed her 100th operation from her British base in 1944, R.A.F maintenance staff seen here...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 27, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Bomber Planes
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    Dogs Of War

    Loaned for the purpose by patriotic owners, dogs were being trained in England for a number of important war duties, including the guarding of...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 26, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: War44 General Forums
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    H.M.S. Grenville

    After a fast sea chase off the Anzio beach-head at midnight on Mar 24th 1944, the British destroyer, H.M.S. Grenville rammed and sank a German...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 26, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Britain at Sea!
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