Photos From Korea to the Falkland Islands - colourised images of conflicts after World War II.

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Navy Seals in Vietnam

 

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MACV-SOG​

 

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MACV-SOG​

(Same Picture from another angle)

 

[uktabber]

That's a rare photos gents......that's helo is the elusive USAF only model

UH-1P Huey​

 

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A group of British SBS during the Falklands War.

 

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Men of the 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment with South Korean soldiers during the hand-over of the 'Lozenge' position to the 4th ROK Infantry Division.

Picture by Colonel Brian Edwards and found via IWM archives.

 

[NebrHogger]

As well as I know the first 3 or 4 pics are French in Algeria - the rest were captioned as Rhodesia. It was a "special interest" site, so believe what you will. (I just go there for the articles! )

 

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Despatchers of the Royal Army Service Corps load a Land Rover of the 1st Guards Brigade into a Blackburn Beverley heavy-load transport, probably of No. 47 Squadron RAF during Exercise Starlight, near RAF El Adem, Libya, March 1960.

Exercise Starlight was a major air-transport exercise in that year, in the United Kingdom of Libya was a British defacto protectorate, initially jointly administered by the UK and France after occupation in WW2, in 1951 it became a British protected state.
The British provided military and economic assistance to the Kingdom of Libya from its independence in 1951 until the coup in 1969, helping to maintain stability and security in the region. This included the presence of British troops and support for the Libyan government under King Idris. In 1969 Colonel Gadhafi took power in a military coup.

 

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Two Guardia Civil agents patrolling wheat fields in Castilla la Vieja, Spain in 1963. Photograph taken by Evelyn Hofer.

Credit: BlauColorizations

 

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Soviet sappers with a dog after clearing a road in the Jalalabad Mountains, Northeast Afghanistan. Photo taken by Viktor Khabarov between 1986 and 1989, during the last phase of the Soviet-Afghan war.

The main target of the mujahideen mines were the roads on which Soviet convoys moved. The task of the sapper dogs was crucial in reducing the effect of these mines. The mine most used by the Afghan insurgents was the Italian made anti-tank mine TS-11.5, which was very difficult to find with metal detectors, so it was decided to use trained dogs for signaling so that later a team of sappers could deactivate it. The sappers' role was one of the most dangerous and they often suffered heavy casualties.
Despite the effectiveness of these dogs, the mujahideen quickly adapted, they started wrapping the fuse with paper to make their detection more difficult, placing boards on top, and sprinkling them with dirt. After the passage of several vehicles, the paper peeled off, causing the contacts to touch and causing the mine to explode.

Credit: BlauColorizations

 

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Guardia Civil agents patrolling roads on foot armed with “Naranjero” submachineguns ( spanish copy of the Erma EMP ) .
Photograph by Dmitri Kessel. Spain, 1949.

 

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Explorer and former SAS officer Ranulph Fiennes Fiennes spent the last two years of his army career seconded to the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces. At the time Oman was a defacto British protectorate and experiencing a growing communist insurgency supported from neighbouring South Yemen.
After familiarisation, he commanded the Reconnaissance Platoon of the Muscat Regiment, seeing extensive active service in the Dhofar War. He led several raids deep into rebel-held territory on the Djebel Dhofar, and was decorated for bravery by the Sultanate.
After eight years' service Fiennes relinquished his commission on 27 July 1971.

 

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Second Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Vickers MG team resting in a combat area.
Korea - March 7, 1951

 

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The Polish Navy patrol boat ORP Czajka at anchor, 1953.

 

[TIGREDELAIRE]

And I swear, those two boys ruled an entire town in their time, those times when authority was respected.

 

[uktabber]

Those hats mate...I do not understand them at all, what a weird contraption for head gear!

 

[TIGREDELAIRE]

Those hats mate...I do not understand them at all, what a weird contraption for head gear!

It's traditional for them; the Civil Guard has always used them.
I don't see the practical use of it, just like you, but I would love to have a bicorne hat in my collection.

 

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A trio of No 228 OCU Javelin and T3 in a neat box-four circa 1961.

 

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Four Avro Vulcan B2 Bombers from No. 44 Squadron soaring over the English Countryside, December 1982.

 

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Dutch Centurion Mk3, 1961.