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WWII weekend, Jefferson Barracks. St. Louis, Mo. German reenactor kick starting his four-stroke motorcycle.
Another excellent 1940s weekend attended by Re-enactors and promanaders, Helped by beautiful sunny weather.
WWII Memorial. Washington D.C. Photo by John Lishamer Photography (www.johnlishamer.com) All Rights Reserved. Nikon F3. Nikkor 24mm f2.8 ais. Fuji Neopan 400 @1600 (expired). Rodinal.
WWII Memorial. Washington D.C.
Photo by John Lishamer Photography (www.johnlishamer.com) All Rights Reserved.
Nikon F3. Nikkor 24mm f2.8 ais. Fuji Neopan 400 @1600 (expired). Rodinal.
WWII weekend, Jefferson Barracks. St. Louis, Mo. US reenactors returning from the "battle" in an M3 halftrack.
With Dunstanbrough castle in the background
North sea coastal defences .In 1940 a network of defences was hastily built all over the British Isles to prevent an anticipated German invasion. The most common of these defences were called “pillboxes”, squat concrete forts that were sited at road junctions, canals and other strategic points.
With the passage of time it is estimated that less than 6,000 of a total of 28,000 pillboxes built still survive. They remain as permanent monuments and a silent tribute to the courage and tenacity of the British people during the dark days of 1940 when Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany.
This site attempts to show some of what still remains today.
Click here to visit the old site
UK WWII Defence Locations
It is by no accident that the majority of defence structures are located where they are. With the emergency evacuation of the BEF from the beaches of Dunkirk there was an obvious and urgent need to build defences against the threat of Nazi Invasion.
The result was the construction of Stop – Lines, consisting of man made objects located to enhance the natural ‘lay of the land’.
The basic concept was detailed in a Southern Command memo dated 22nd June 1940 (public Records Office WO 199/1800) covering the construction of GHQ Zones, which stated:
“The immediate object is to divide England into several small fields surrounded by a hedge of anti-tank obstacles which is strong defensively, using natural accidents of the ground where possible. Should Armoured Fighting Vehicles attack or airborne attacks break into the enclosures the policy will be to close the gate by blocking the crossing over the obstacles and to let the ‘dogs’ in the shape of armoured formations, or other troops, to round up the cattle”
This indicates that the stop-lines were constructed to block the progress of German armoured columns, setting them up for a counter attack by our defending forces. A Stop-Line would be a continuous anti-tank obstacle, natural if possible, covered by Pillboxes and other prepared positions.
On 25th June 1940, General Paget, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Home Forces submitted General Ironside`s anti-invasion plan to the War Cabinet in the form of Home Forces Operation Instruction No.3.
SECTION 13 of the Instruction stated: “The general plan of defence is a combination of mobile columns and static defences by means of strong-points and stops. As static defence only provides limited protection of the most vulnerable points, it must be supplemented by the action of mobile columns. However mobile such columns may be they cannot be expected to operate immediately over the whole area in which it is possible for the enemy to attempt invasion by sea or air. It is therefore necessary to adopt measures for confining his actions until such time as mobile columns can arrive to deal with him. This will be done by means of stops and strong-points prepared for all round defence at aerodromes which are necessary to prevent the enemy obtaining air superiority, at the main centres of communications and distributed in depth over a wide area covering London and the centres of production and supply. This system of stops and strong-points will prevent the enemy from running riot and tearing the guts out of the country as had happend in France and Belgium.”
The Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "Sentimental Journey" rolling in to the Commemorative Air Force Museum after landing at Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona.
Pentax 6x7
165mm f2.8
Fomapan 100
Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Hobe Sound, FL
The remains of a water treatment facility at the site of Camp Murphy. The United States Army Signal Corps built this top-secret radar training school in 1942. Not much remains of the 1,000 buildings used to house and train over 6,000 officers and soldiers.
The 165mm is just as much fun to shoot as the 105mm. Heavier, of course, but at 5 1/2+ lbs anyway, who's counting a few extra ounces.
Here is a view of the cowl and transition back to the cockpit. This was the hardest part, including the attachment to the wing.
Brickshelf gallery here.
Photograph of an unidentified man and woman holding each other kissing, while standing on a beach with a house in the background at an unidentified location [either in North Carolina or Baltimore, Maryland] during World War II. The couple was having a day out with Jacqueline E. Taylor of Morganton, N.C. [printed in 1944].
From Jacqueline E. Taylor Papers, WWII 154, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
American Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Division at the Siegfried Line (Westwall) near the Hürtgenwald. (Roetgen, Germany, Sep 1944)
The 3rd Armored Division was the first Western Allied force to cross the Siegfried Line into Germany on the 12th of September 1944. 3rd Armored Division's 2nd Battalion 33rd Armored Regiment and 36th Armored Infantry Regiment named "Task Force Lovelady", lead by Lt. Colonel William B. Lovelady, facing little resistance crossed the boarder and advanced to the town of Roetgen. The village of Roetgen was the first German town to fall to the Allies allowing for the Divisions advance continuing to Stolberg and onto the city of Aachen.
The "Dragon's Teeth" near Roetgen were built to prevent the enemy's further advance into Germany with the location chosen using the natural valley. The defenses across the Grölisbach valley ran for approximately 100m, with a gate and steel beams able to be deployed to block the road. Two Regelbau 105d-type, six-man MG-34 bunkers built within the hills overlooked the defensive wall. However during the 3rd Armored Division's advance, these bunkers were found to be abandoned.
The Siegfried Line was constructed by Organization Todt from 1936 to 1939, stretching for over 640km and consisting of more than 22,000 bunkers. The defensive line was abandoned in 1940, however in 1944 with war approaching Germany the neglected defenses where quickly put back into action.
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US Army Signal Corps, US National Archives, (Public Domain).
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On April 22nd, I had the opportunity to participate in a sunrise shoot at the CAF WWII Heritage Days in Peachtree City, GA. Alas, the sun never showed up, but the clouds still made for a good show.
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Dans la revue Historica N°35 des Editions Heimdal, 1993 une autre vue de cette scène.Photo LIFE de Bob Landry
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Cette scène se passe le 7 juin en fin d'après-midi après la dernière contre-attaque allemande au lieu-dit la Vallée de Misère.
Localisation au Nord-ouest du bourg de Sainte Mère Eglise, voir ici :
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Deux GI's armés et trois soldats allemands assis avec à gauche un M4 Sherman et à droite un M2 Half Track Car, au sol plusieurs jerrycans, au premier plan à droite un emballage de cartouche de Lucky Strike.
Les GI's doivent appartenir au 8th RCT, 4th US ID et (ou) 746th Tank Bn venus en renfort de la 82nd US AB.
Pour les trois allemands : un officier blessé au visage et deux Grenadieren complétement épuisés.
Alexandre Renaud, le pharmacien et maire de Sainte Mère précise dans son livre :
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que le plus jeune à 19 ans et s'appelle Ludwig Dresher.
Dans la revue Historica N°35 des Editions Heimdal, 1993 une autre vue de cette scène.
Went to a WWII reenactment this weekend and purchased a few things for my collection.
Here's a full view of my collection so far.
Postcard of a scene of members of the public and U.S. military service individuals standing around outside of the USO Club in Rockingham, NC, during World War II. The club was located in the Rockingham Community Building. The postcard was sent with a message from David Matthews of Los Angeles, California, to his young son Raymond Matthews, in September 1944. David worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios during WWII, and was filming around the Rockingham, NC, area at the time for an unidentified film (1944).
From Rockingham USO Club Postcards, WWII 216, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
For the contest at the WWII Lego Group.
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Note: I apologize Newright for doing the same poster as you, it was an accident...
WWII Military Vehicles...Compressor Truck, this particular vehicle was salvaged from Belgium where it was probably used in the Battle of the Bulge. This unit contained a very large air compressor and multiple heavy duty tools including: chain saw, Jack hammer, drills and more. Very useful as a portable tool bed for war time maintenance.
Official U.S. Navy glass recognition training slide of an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Mitsubishi J2M Raiden fighter airplane, nicknamed “Jack 11,” taken on December 20, 1944 (Slide No. M 4184) [Slide produced by: Three Dimension Company, Chicago, Illinois].
From U.S. Navy Recognition Training Slides, WWII 143, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.