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The Turkish Brigade (code name North Star, Turkish: Şimal Yıldızı or Kutup Yıldızı) was a Turkish Army Infantry Brigade that served with the United Nations Command during the Korean War between 1950 and 1953. Attached to the U.S. 25th Infantry Division, the Turkish Brigade fought in several actions and was awarded Unit Citations from Korea and the United States after fighting in the Kunuri Battle. The Turkish Brigade developed a reputation for its fighting ability, stubborn defense, commitment to mission, and bravery.
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Panoramic view of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The photograph looks southwesterly from the hills behind the harbor. Large column of smoke in lower right center is from the burning USS Arizona. 7 Dec 1941
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The CO's of the two destroyers together when their ships reached harbour in Plymouth, 15 June 1944.
The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Ashanti and the Polish destroyer ORP Piorun returned to port after a succesful patrol during which they intercepted seven large enemy minesweepers off the Channel Islands. Three of the German minesweepers were sunk, a fourth probably sunk and two of remaining three were left burning fiercely.
The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Ashanti and the Polish destroyer ORP Piorun returned to port after a succesful patrol during which they intercepted seven large enemy minesweepers off the Channel Islands. Three of the German minesweepers were sunk, a fourth probably sunk and two of remaining three were left burning fiercely.
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Panther D being maintained by a mobile works crane mounted on an Sd. Kfz. 9/1 half-track FAMO tractor - probably doing engine removal. Photograph is original colour taken of Agfacolor film, not a colourisation. Photograph is credited to Wolff & Tritschler. USSR 1943-44
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Battle of the Ancre. Army Service Corpsman serving hot drinks to the wounded from a Soyer stove in Hamel, Somme.
November 1916.
Alexis Benoît Soyer (4 February 1810 – 5 August 1858) was a French chef who became the most celebrated cook in Victorian England. His stove, or adaptions of it, remained in British military service as late as Gulf War One
(Photo source - © IWM Q 4547)
Brooke, John Warwick (Lieutenant) (Photographer)
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November 1916.
Alexis Benoît Soyer (4 February 1810 – 5 August 1858) was a French chef who became the most celebrated cook in Victorian England. His stove, or adaptions of it, remained in British military service as late as Gulf War One
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Brooke, John Warwick (Lieutenant) (Photographer)
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An American nurse vaccinates U.S. troops, Queensland, Australia, 1942.
Before World War II, soldiers died more often of disease than of battle injuries. The ratio of disease-to-battle casualties was approximately 5-to-1 in the Spanish-American War.
Improved sanitation reduced disease casualties in World War I, but it could not protect troops from the 1918 influenza pandemic. During the outbreak, flu accounted for [roughly half of US military casualties in Europe.
As the Second World War raged in Europe, the US military recognized that infectious disease was as formidable an enemy as any other they would meet on the battlefield. So they forged a new partnership with industry and academia to develop vaccines for the troops. Vaccines were attractive to the military for the simple reason that they reduced the overall number of sick days for troops more effectively than most therapeutic measures.
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Before World War II, soldiers died more often of disease than of battle injuries. The ratio of disease-to-battle casualties was approximately 5-to-1 in the Spanish-American War.
Improved sanitation reduced disease casualties in World War I, but it could not protect troops from the 1918 influenza pandemic. During the outbreak, flu accounted for [roughly half of US military casualties in Europe.
As the Second World War raged in Europe, the US military recognized that infectious disease was as formidable an enemy as any other they would meet on the battlefield. So they forged a new partnership with industry and academia to develop vaccines for the troops. Vaccines were attractive to the military for the simple reason that they reduced the overall number of sick days for troops more effectively than most therapeutic measures.
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A Soviet artillery section manning a 76-mm regimental gun M1943 are about to open fire near the town of Ragnit, Germany (now Neman in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia). January 1945
On January 19, 1945, Ragnit was captured without a fight by the 3rd Belorussian Front of the Red Army in the course of the East Prussian Offensive. According to the 1945 Potsdam Agreement, the town became a part of Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian SFSR. It was renamed Neman in 1946.
Most of the local inhabitants who had not fled during the Soviet conquest of East Prussia were subsequently expelled to the western parts of Germany.
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On January 19, 1945, Ragnit was captured without a fight by the 3rd Belorussian Front of the Red Army in the course of the East Prussian Offensive. According to the 1945 Potsdam Agreement, the town became a part of Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian SFSR. It was renamed Neman in 1946.
Most of the local inhabitants who had not fled during the Soviet conquest of East Prussia were subsequently expelled to the western parts of Germany.
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Irena Hiller pseudonym "Jagoda", a beautiful liaison officer from the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.
She fought against Germany for freedom. Against the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler, and her father's name was Adolf Hiller.
History can be perverse.
She was a shooter of the Home Army, in the Uprising she fought in the "Róg" Group, where she was a liaison officer at Bank Polski. She fought in the Old Town and Śródmieście.
Irena died in 1992.
She fought against Germany for freedom. Against the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler, and her father's name was Adolf Hiller.
History can be perverse.
She was a shooter of the Home Army, in the Uprising she fought in the "Róg" Group, where she was a liaison officer at Bank Polski. She fought in the Old Town and Śródmieście.
Irena died in 1992.
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