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Allied Supreme Command in conference at their headquarters during World War Two. From L-R Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder (1890-1967), General Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) and General Bernard Montgomery.
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View of three British servicewomen from the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), a branch of the Royal Air Force, being escorted on a tour of the grounds of the Secretariat Building, New Delhi by a Jemadar of the British Indian Army in New Delhi, India in February 1945.
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Hungarian civilians photographed sitting on a dismantled German Pz.Kpfw. IV. tank. Among other broken armoured vehicles, on the right are Sd.Kfz.124 'Wespe' self propelled guns. 1946
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Captain Robert Maloney of the 55th Fighter Group, points to a hole in the wing of his P-51 Mustang caused by colliding with a German telegraph pole, while strafing a military train north of Ulm which was rushing equipment to the western front .
After that, he was able to return the plane to the Wormingford base in the UK.
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After that, he was able to return the plane to the Wormingford base in the UK.
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Expanding his sphere of influence, Hitler made a gift of this Mercedes sedan to the king of Nepal in 1939. One complication - there wasn't much for roads there.
Teenaged Cossack in Nazi service 1943
Teenaged Cossack in Nazi service 1943
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Heavy cruisers USS Astoria CA-34 followed by USS Indianapolis CA-35 photographed from USS Portland CA-33 during Task Force 12’s (TF12) attempt to locate the Japanese Carrier Group after the Pearl Harbor attack.
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A Sentry of the 1/4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment in a sap-head at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée, Pas-de-Calais, France, 28 January 1918.
Note a camouflaged periscope.
A 'Listening Post' also commonly referred to as a 'sap-head', was a shallow, narrow, often disguised position somewhat in advance of the front trench line - that is, in No Man's Land.
1/4th Battalion
August 1914 : in Blackburn. Part of East Lancashire Brigade in East Lancashire Division. Moved on mobilisation to Chesham Fold Camp (Bury) but sailed on 10 September 1914 from Southampton for Egypt.
26 May 1915 : formation became 126th Brigade, 42nd (East Lancashire) Division.
14 February 1918 : transferred to 198th Brigade in 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division, and absorbed 2/4th Bn. Renamed 4th Bn.
7 April 1918 : reduced to cadre strength.
16 August 1918 : transferred to 118th Brigade in 39th Division on Lines of Communication work.
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Photographer - Lt. John Warwick Brooke
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Note a camouflaged periscope.
A 'Listening Post' also commonly referred to as a 'sap-head', was a shallow, narrow, often disguised position somewhat in advance of the front trench line - that is, in No Man's Land.
1/4th Battalion
August 1914 : in Blackburn. Part of East Lancashire Brigade in East Lancashire Division. Moved on mobilisation to Chesham Fold Camp (Bury) but sailed on 10 September 1914 from Southampton for Egypt.
26 May 1915 : formation became 126th Brigade, 42nd (East Lancashire) Division.
14 February 1918 : transferred to 198th Brigade in 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division, and absorbed 2/4th Bn. Renamed 4th Bn.
7 April 1918 : reduced to cadre strength.
16 August 1918 : transferred to 118th Brigade in 39th Division on Lines of Communication work.
(Photos source - © IWM Q 6473 & IWM Q 7265)
Photographer - Lt. John Warwick Brooke
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U.S. 17th Airborne Paratroopers, their hair cut in Mohawk-style, are briefed for the next day's jump across the Rhine, Arras France, March 23, 1945.
The soldier in the right front has a German pistol holster on his belt, likely captured in Belgium.
Operation Varsity, the jump across the Rhine to support Montgomery's river crossing, included one British - the 6th plus Canadians - and one American airborne divisions - the 17th. the 6th had jumped into Normandy; the 17th had not made a combat jump but had fought very well as infantry during the Ardennes (Bulge) campaign.
The jump and the following glider assault took place in daylight (because of the misdrop of almost all units at Normandy), and landed on top of German units. It was successful, but suffered extremely high casualties.
With the success of Operation Varsity, the northern route into the industrial heart of Germany was now wide open.
The cost, however, had been high. The 6th Airborne had suffered 590 killed and another 710 wounded or missing. Several hundred of the missing later turned up to rejoin their units, however. The 17th Airborne had 430 killed, with 834 wounded and 81 missing.
Casualties among the glider pilots and the troop plane pilots and crews included 91 killed, 280 wounded and 414 missing in action. Eighty planes were shot down, and only 172 of the 1,305 gliders that landed in Germany were later deemed salvageable.
A total of 1,111 Allied soldiers had been killed during the day’s fighting. In comparison, the 101st Airborne Division had lost 182 killed and the 82nd Airborne 158 on D-Day. Operation Varsity, March 24, 1945, was the worst single day for Allied airborne troops.
The soldier in the right front has a German pistol holster on his belt, likely captured in Belgium.
Operation Varsity, the jump across the Rhine to support Montgomery's river crossing, included one British - the 6th plus Canadians - and one American airborne divisions - the 17th. the 6th had jumped into Normandy; the 17th had not made a combat jump but had fought very well as infantry during the Ardennes (Bulge) campaign.
The jump and the following glider assault took place in daylight (because of the misdrop of almost all units at Normandy), and landed on top of German units. It was successful, but suffered extremely high casualties.
With the success of Operation Varsity, the northern route into the industrial heart of Germany was now wide open.
The cost, however, had been high. The 6th Airborne had suffered 590 killed and another 710 wounded or missing. Several hundred of the missing later turned up to rejoin their units, however. The 17th Airborne had 430 killed, with 834 wounded and 81 missing.
Casualties among the glider pilots and the troop plane pilots and crews included 91 killed, 280 wounded and 414 missing in action. Eighty planes were shot down, and only 172 of the 1,305 gliders that landed in Germany were later deemed salvageable.
A total of 1,111 Allied soldiers had been killed during the day’s fighting. In comparison, the 101st Airborne Division had lost 182 killed and the 82nd Airborne 158 on D-Day. Operation Varsity, March 24, 1945, was the worst single day for Allied airborne troops.
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10th April, 1944, Leading ace of the Eighth Airforce, Pilot Captain Dominic Salvatore Gentile (1920-1951) of 336th Fighter Squadron, pictured in the cockpit of his North American P-51 Mustang fighter 'Shangri-La'at RAF Debden aerodrome England.
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Soldiers of the 1st Polish Armoured Division are being welcomed by cheering residents of the Dutch town of Gilze as they march down the Bisschop de Vetplein, late October 1944.
The people of Gilze told their liberators that they had been systematically robbed by the German's, who forced them to give up jewelry, money and civilian clothes.'
The Polish 1st Tank Division, commanded by Major General Stanisław Maczek played an important part in the liberation of the Netherlands.
After the Allied armies broke out from Normandy, the Polish 1st Armoured Division pursued the Germans along the coast of the English Channel. It liberated, among others, the towns of Saint-Omer, Ypres, Oostnieuwkerke, Roeselare, Tielt, Ruislede, and Ghent.
During Operation Pheasant a successful outflanking manoeuvre planned and performed by General Maczek allowed the liberation of the city of Breda without any civilian casualties (29 October 1944).
The Division spent the winter of 1944-1945 on the south bank of the river Rhine, guarding a sector around Moerdijk, Netherlands. In early 1945, it was transferred to the province of Overijssel and started to push with the Allies along the Dutch-German border, liberating the eastern parts of the provinces of Drenthe and Groningen including the towns of Emmen, Coevorden and Stadskanaal.
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Soldiers of the 1st Polish Armoured Division are being welcomed by cheering residents of the Dutch town of Gilze as they march down the Bisschop de Vetplein, late October 1944.
The people of Gilze told their liberators that they had been systematically robbed by the German's, who forced them to give up jewelry, money and civilian clothes.'
The Polish 1st Tank Division, commanded by Major General Stanisław Maczek played an important part in the liberation of the Netherlands.
After the Allied armies broke out from Normandy, the Polish 1st Armoured Division pursued the Germans along the coast of the English Channel. It liberated, among others, the towns of Saint-Omer, Ypres, Oostnieuwkerke, Roeselare, Tielt, Ruislede, and Ghent.
During Operation Pheasant a successful outflanking manoeuvre planned and performed by General Maczek allowed the liberation of the city of Breda without any civilian casualties (29 October 1944).
The Division spent the winter of 1944-1945 on the south bank of the river Rhine, guarding a sector around Moerdijk, Netherlands. In early 1945, it was transferred to the province of Overijssel and started to push with the Allies along the Dutch-German border, liberating the eastern parts of the provinces of Drenthe and Groningen including the towns of Emmen, Coevorden and Stadskanaal.
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First shot of WW2: Pre-dreadnought battleship Schleswig-Holstein attacks Polish positions in Westerplatte, from the harbour of Danzig, on the early morning of September 1st, 1939.
On August 25 1939, German Battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein enters the Harbour of Danzig. Under the pretext of making a courtesy call, she anchors just 150 meters from the Westerplatte WST. The Polish forces are immediately aware of the threat and put on alert. When the next day, Captain Gustav Kleikamp moves the ship to anchor just a little further upstream into the Port canal, Major Sucharski the commander in charge of the WST garrison puts his forces on an even higher alert.
On August 25 1939, German Battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein enters the Harbour of Danzig. Under the pretext of making a courtesy call, she anchors just 150 meters from the Westerplatte WST. The Polish forces are immediately aware of the threat and put on alert. When the next day, Captain Gustav Kleikamp moves the ship to anchor just a little further upstream into the Port canal, Major Sucharski the commander in charge of the WST garrison puts his forces on an even higher alert.
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I would say the first shots were actually fired were during the Gleiwitz incident - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleiwitz_incident
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