world war two

  1. 534sep09-03

    534sep09-03

  2. Chazman

    Photos American troops inspect the Maginot line in 1944

  3. colin traveller

    Photos USS Lexington Found after 76 years

    I can't see anything with relevance of the recent finding by Paul Allen ... in this section
  4. ww2 stuka formation

    ww2 stuka formation

  5. Lancaster Bomber Formation WW2

    Lancaster Bomber Formation WW2

  6. HMS Prince of Wales, Singapore 1941

    HMS Prince of Wales, Singapore 1941

  7. In Memorial

    In Memorial

    With Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster heading north for Arctic waters, a small party from the ship's company visited the site at Loch Ewe to remember the sailors who made “the worst journey in the world” 75 years ago.
  8. HMS Formidable

    HMS Formidable

    Aerial image of HMS Formidable, an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II.
  9. NebrHogger

    Photos Unusual German aircraft

    A very odd experimental type. I saved the pics but will have to look for the article again.
  10. Soviet Matilda tank upside down

    Soviet Matilda tank upside down

  11. 1944

    1944

    1944. Crew of the American tank M4A2 Sherman with the Japanese light tank "Type 94", fixed on the hull as a trophy. Namur Island. A box of oak planks over the armor is the result of the Marines' acquaintance of the fourth division with the action of Japanese hand-held magnetic mines.
  12. BravoZulu

    Photos WW2 German Forces

    This wartime photograph from the Library of Congress shows a wretched lineup of derelict Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters destroyed during the North Africa Campaign. Once the pride of the German Luftwaffe during World War Two, their ruined hulks like abandoned and thoroughly wrecked on a desolate...
  13. French POW of the colonial units

    French POW of the colonial units

  14. BravoZulu

    Photos Colour and Colourised Photos of WW2 & earlier conflicts

    On half a wing and a prayer. The day before the amphibious assault on Iwo Jima, the starving and doomed Japanese garrison on Chichijima, the next island in the archipelago, came under attack by carrier-based aircraft of the United States Navy. The island was used as the primary site for Japanese...
  15. BravoZulu

    Photos WW2 US Forces

    A U.S. Army Air Forces Martin B-26G-11-MA Marauder (s/n 43-34565) from the 497th Bombardment Squadron, 344th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force, enveloped in flames and hurtling earthward after enemy flak scored a direct hit on left engine while aircraft was attacking front line enemy...
  16. BravoZulu

    Photos WW2 British & Commonwealth Forces

    A shot-down Hawker Typhoon IB of 245 squadron RAF. The fuselage shows extensive flak damage and some blackening from fire. The aircraft still bears its invasion stripes from the D-Day landings and in the foreground is a 3 and a quarter inch (60 pound) rocket. On 2 August 1943, Hampden torpedo...
  17. F6F-3

    F6F-3

    Crash landing of F6F-3, Number 30 of Fighting Squadron Two (VF-2), USS Enterprise, into the carrier’s port side 20mm gun gallery, 10 November 1943 whilst en route to attack Makin Island. Lieutenant Walter L. Chewning, Jr., USNR, the Catapult Officer, is climbing up the plane’s side to assist the...
  18. F6F-3

    F6F-3

    A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat after crashing on a U.S. Essex-class carrier off Peleliu in 1944. The plane had been shot up over Peleliu, taking out the hydraulics. With the shot up ailerons and a large hole in the right wing, the pilot managed a landing. However, he struck a gun turret and...
  19. Disabled Panther -  August 1944

    Disabled Panther - August 1944

  20. YMCA Canteen WW2

    YMCA Canteen WW2

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