Photos The Cold War

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Greek Civil War. Kastoria. 1949. Greek Royal Mountain Raiders in action during the Battle of Hill Lesits in the north of Greece

 

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Aden Emergency. 14 October 1963 – 30 November 1967. A foot patrol by British soldiers from 1st Battalion, The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, moves warily through a bazaar in Tawahi. [IWM ADN 65-524-22]

 

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25 July 1951. A Vought F7U-1 Cutlass multirole fighter launches for the first time off the USS Midway (CV-41).

 

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1956 Hungary this Soviet soldier with an SKS Carbine is on guard during the revolt in the fall of that year.

 

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A unique shot of a grinning Russian aviator in the tail gunner's position of a Russian Tupolev Tu-16 "Badger" bomber whilst another airman in the blister looks as though he's photographing the photographer!

The picture was taken in 1970 from a Royal Navy FG1 Phantom fleet defence fighter of 892 NAS from HMS Ark Royal (R09) which intercepted the Russian intruder 150 miles out from the British car...rier.

Even today, some 50 years later, Russian Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" long-range strategic bombers frequently skirt British air-space to test our defences.

To counter this RAF Typhoon interceptors are swiftly dispatched to shepherd them away...it's an ongoing game of cat and mouse!

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1 March 1967. The Australian-built Daring class destroyer HMAS Vampire (D11) lowers the Royal Navy White Ensign for the last time and raises the new Australian White Ensign for the first time while alongside in Singapore.

 

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USS Missouri being towed, 1984 / Source Bettmann Archive
The USS Missouri being towed through the Puget Sound from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Washington, on its way to Long Beach, California.
The Seattle skyline can be seen in the background.

 

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Heavily armed British ground crew pose in front of a SEPECAT Jaguar Gr.1 attack aircraft parked in front of its hardened aircraft shelter at RAF Bruggen (West Germany) in August 1977. The troops are armed with 9X19mm Sterling L2A3 (Mark 4) submachine guns and 7.62×51mm L1A1 SLRs. They are wearing Avon Service Respirator No. 6 (S6) gas masks, steel Mark V helmets and Mark III NBC suits. (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Eyes behind masks came out terrific.

 

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The first Armored Conference was held at Fort Knox in May 1946.

Twenty-four Soldiers unload from an M44 armored utility vehicle (personnel carrier) during demonstrations at the 1946 Armored Conference at Fort Knox. The 27-crew vehicle was built in limited numbers and this model was ultimately rejected by the Army

 

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Damage Sustained to HMS London after the Amethyst incident, 1949

In the spring of 1949 the frigateAmethyst became trapped by advancing Communist Chinese forces up the Yangtze River. London sailed up the river as a show of strength in an attempt to help free the frigate. The Communist forces were not intimidated and took the cruiser under fire. London returned fire with her 8-inch and 4-inch guns, firing several hundred rounds, but was hit several times. Her two forward 8-inch turrets and "X" turret aft were damaged and rendered inoperable, and her bridge sustained several hits. London retreated down river and returned to Hong Kong for repairs

 

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SENIOR AIRMAN Chris Nichols, 35th Munitions Squadron, Misawa, AB, Japan, shoulders a massive torque wrench used to assemble GBU-12 bombs during this combat ammunition production exercise.Published in "AIRMAN" Magazine July 1996.

 

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Soviet Naval Infantry exercise, 1965

 

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Soviet Naval Infantry exercise, 1965

Looks highly effective....

When did we get the first Cybermen?

 

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Soviet Naval Infantry exercise, 1965

Looks like characters from a 50's sci-fi movie!

 

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A Soviet army observer and his U.S. Army escort watch M1 Abrams main battle tanks on maneuvers during the Confident Enterprise phase of REFORGER '83. Ulrichstein, West Germany, Sep 1983

A Soviet observer and an American soldier sharing a friendly conversation somewhere in Western Germany, 1986

 

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Finnish conscripts taking cover during an exercise, 1968

Finnish conscripts during a urban combat exercise, 1989

 

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US Army infantrymen armed with M16A1 rifles (two equipped with M203 grenade launchers) unload from an M113 armored personnel carrier during a training exercise.

Cadillac Gage V-100 of the United States Air Force Security Forces at Osan Air Base, South Korea during the early 1980s.

 

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An M48A2C Patton tank of the Bundeswehr during NATO exercise Reforger 85. March 1985.

 

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Fletcher-class destroyer USS Remey (DD-688). Underway replenishment in heavy seas alongside USS Lake Champlain (CV-39). Atlantic Ocean, April 1962.