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Members of HMCS WINNIPEG (FFH 338) conduct a Fire Training Exercise for Executive Officer’s Delight to keep personnel trained and ready during Operation PROJECTION while sailing the Pacific Ocean, August 17, 2022.
Photo: S1 Melissa Gonzalez, Canadian Armed Forces photo
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., begin setup of their mobile control tower operations at the Georgetown County Airport on June 3, 2014 to participate in a hurricane preparedness exercise with local emergency first responders to kick-off the first week of the hurricane season. Airmen from the South Carolina Air National Guard work side-by-side with the S.C. Emergency Management Division and first responders from local emergency agencies to effectively respond to any hurricane that may threaten the state. The exercise scenario involves a hurricane post-landfall response between federal, state and local agencies, which includes training in communications and first responder skills, with a focus on how to better protect and assist citizens during emergeny situations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder/Released)
Chief Naval Communicator, Petty Officer Second Class Tyler Davenport draws diagrams on the bridge of HMCS GLACE Bay during Operation NANOOK 2020, on August 8, 2020.
Photo taken by Corporal David Veldman, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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A member of the Helicopter Air Detachment stands at the door of a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter call sign Strider, while flying over the Mediterranean Sea during Operation REASSURANCE on June 2nd, 2022.
Photo by: Corporal Braden Trudeau Canadian Armed Forces Imagery Technician
NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia celebrates Albanian Independence day with allied forces sharing traditional food and dance on 28 November, 2024, in Adazi, Latvia.
Credit: Cpl Julia Currie, Multinational Brigade Latvia Imagery Technician
Today it is my birthday and one of my friends Marga, gets a major operation that will hopefully save her life.... Marga, thinking of you! Hope this door will open for her future....
I am off to Amsterdam to work, so for my collegues I will bring vlaai...
Soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 135th Medical Company, 641st Troop Command, conducted an air evacuation exercise at Battle Creek Air Field in Oconomowoc, Wis., March 2, 2013. Operation Ariel Badger was an exercise organized by the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s West Bend Aviation units involving civilian emergency response organizations, local hospitals, and the Civil Air Patrol, with several disaster scenarios throughout southeastern Wisconsin. (Wisconsin Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Tyler Lasure)
Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2,900 km (1,800 mile) front.[13] Planning for Operation Barbarossa started on 18 December 1940; the secret preparations and the military operation itself lasted almost a year, from spring 1940 to winter 1941.
Barbarossa's operational goal was rapid conquest of the European part of the Soviet Union west of a line connecting the cities of Arkhangelsk and Astrakhan, often called the A-A line (see the translation of Hitler's directive for details). At its end in January 1942, the Red Army had repelled the Wehrmacht's strongest blow. Adolf Hitler had not achieved the expected victory, but the Soviet Union's situation remained dire. Tactically, the Germans had won some resounding victories and occupied some of the most important economic areas of the country, mainly in Ukraine.[14] Despite these successes, the Germans were pushed back from Moscow and could never mount an offensive simultaneously along the entire strategic Soviet-German front again.
Operation Barbarossa's failure led to Hitler's demands for further operations inside the USSR, all of which eventually failed, such as continuing the Siege of Leningrad,Operation Nordlicht, and Battle of Stalingrad, among other battles on the occupied Soviet territory.
Operation Barbarossa is still the largest military operation, in terms of manpower and casualties, in human history. Its failure was a turning point in the Third Reich's fortunes. Most importantly, Operation Barbarossa opened up the Eastern Front, in which more forces were committed than in any other theatre of war in world history. Operation Barbarossa and the areas that fell under it became the site of some of the largest battles, deadliest atrocities, highest casualties, and most horrific conditions for Soviets and Germans alike - all of which influenced the course of both World War II and the 20th century history.
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پیشروی در شوروی
عملیات بارباروسا
پس از پیروزی در بالکان، عملیات بارباروسا در 22 ژوئن 1941 اجرا شد. مطابق این برنامه ارتش آلمان از سه جهت (شمالی، مرکزی، جنوبی) تهاجم به اتحاد شوروی را آغاز کرد. تهاجم ارتش آلمان به اتحاد شوروی با پشتیبانی بسیاری از کشور های اروپایی همراه شد: رومانی، مجارستان، ایتالیا، فنلاند و اسلواکی نیز بخشی از ارتش خود را در کنار ارتش آلمان برای نبرد بر ضد ارتش شوروی فرستادند و به علاوه تقریبا از تمام کشور های اروپایی، لژیون ها و یگان های داوطلب برای نبرد علیه کمونیسم در ارتش آلمان تشکیل گردید.
مورخان معتقدند که تهاجم ارتش آلمان یک اشتباه نظامی بزرگ هیتلر بود، در حالی که امروز بسیاری مورخان اعتقاد یافته اند که اگر هیتلر به شوروی حمله نمی کرد، تقریبا در همان زمان استالین دستور تهاجم ارتش شوروی به آلمان را صادر می کرد. مورخانی همچون سورووف روسی یا هوفمان آلمانی اعتقاد دارند که شوروی یک ارتش نیرومند و بزرگ را در مرز غربی اش متمرکز کرده بود و آماده تهاجم بود. بنابراین باید تاکید کرد که تهاجم ارتش آلمان به شوروی عاقلانه بود و امروز دیگر نباید عملیات بارباروسا را یک اشتباه نظامی هیتلر دانست.
تهاجم ناگهانی ارتش آلمان، نیروهای شوروی را به شدت غافلگیر کرد. پیشروی آلمانی ها به قدری سریع بود که بسیاری از یگان های شوروی بدون اینکه فرصت مقابله داشته باشند اسیر شدند. شمار زیادی هواپیما و تانک دشمن در همان روز های اول نبرد نابود شدند و شمار زیادی سرباز اسیر شدند. میزان بالای تلفات شوروی این نظریه را که ارتش شوروی قصد تهاجم به آلمان داشت را بیشتر می کند. زیرا ارتشی که حالت تهاجمی داشته باشد در صورتی که مورد حمله ناگهانی قرار بگیرد قادر به دفاع کردن نیست. ارتش شوروی نیز همین حالت را داشت و چون آماده حمله بود، به هیچ وجه یک برنامه دفاعی در برابر حملات احتمالی را نداشت. در نتیجه زمانی که نیروهای آلمانی به شوروی حمله کردند ارتش شوروی کاملا غافلگیر شد و دچار تلفات گسترده گردید.
پیشروی ارتش آلمان به شوروی با پشتیبانی ساکنان شوروی روبرو شد. مردم شوروی که از شیوه های بیرحمانه و سیستم غیر انسانی حکومت کمونیستی خسته شده بودند، از ارتش آلمان به عنوان آزاد کنندگان خود استقبال کردند و حمایت مردم شوروی از ارتش آلمان به قدری زیاد بود که هم ارتش آلمان و هم پلیس آلمان اقدام به ساخت یگان های نظامی کمکی از مردم محلی و اسیران داوطلب خود کردند که در بسیاری موارد به صورت گردان های سازماندهی شده بر ضد پارتیزان های بیرحم کمونیست می جنگیدند.
نیروهای آلمانی در سه جهت به پیشروی خود ادامه دادند. گروه ارتش های شمالی آلمان به همراه نیروهای فنلاندی اقدام به محاصره لنینگراد کردند. گروه ارتش های مرکزی آلمان اسمولنسک را تصرف کرده و آماده تهاجم به مسکو شدند و گروه ارتش های جنوبی نیز کیف را تسخیر کرده و صد ها هزار سرباز ارتش شوروی را در این شهر اسیر کردند. پیروزی در کیف برای هیتلر هم از نظر نظامی و هم از نظر اقتصادی اهمیت بسیار زیادی داشت.
نبرد مسکو
پس از پیروزی در کیف، بخش قابل توجهی از نیروهای موجود در بخش جنوبی جبهه به گروه ارتش های مرکزی آلمان ملحق شدند تا حمله نهایی به مسکو را انجام دهند. اما متاسفانه عواملی ایجاد شد که باعث توقف پیروزی های آلمان در دروازه مسکو گردید. از جمله ی بد شانسی ها این بود که زمستان کمی زودتر آغاز گردید و ارتش آلمان برای نبرد زمستانی مجهز نبود، همچنین ایران تصرف ارتش شوروی و بریتانیا تصرف شده بود و این مساله باعث ارسال آذوقه و تجهیزات توسط متفقین به روسیه گردید و مهم تر اینکه صد ها هزار سرباز تازه نفس از سیبری برای دفاع از مسکو رسیدند. این سربازان در بخش شرقی شوروی موضع گرفته بودند تا حمله احتمالی ژاپن را دفع کنند، اما از آنجایی که جاسوسان شوروی متوجه شدند که ژاپنی ها قصد حمله ندارند، این عده برای دفاع از مسکو اعزام شدند.
در نتیجه شرایط بحرانی پیش آمده تهاجم ارتش آلمان به مسکو برای پیروزی نهایی با شکست مواجه شد و نیروهای آلمانی در دروازه های مسکو متوقف شدند. حتی دلاوری یگان های اس اس که پدیده ای جدید در نیروهای مسلح آلمان بودند و به عنوان یک نیروی برگزیده و ممتاز شناخته می شدند نیز بی نتیجه ماند و فرماندهی آلمان دستور داد تا فرا رسیدن گرما نیروهای آلمانی به دفاع ادامه دهند.
با آغاز سال 1942 نیروهای شوروی که ورود یگان های سیبریایی تازه نفس و مجهز خود یک تهاجم متقابل گسترده را سازماندهی کردند و نیروهای آلمانی ناچار شدند از محدوده مسکو عقب نشینی کنند، با این وجود عزم هیتلر برای دفاع و همچنین وفاداری و سرسختی نیروهای آلمانی مانع از فروپاشی جبهه ارتش آلمان شد.
پیشروی به جنوب
با آغاز گرما، هیتلر از حمله مجدد به مسکو خودداری کرد. هیتلر عقیده داشت حمله به مسکو به سقوط ارتش سرخ منجر نخواهد شد، زیرا اکنون مرکز اقتصادی و صنعتی شوروی در جنوب-در استالینگراد و قفقاز- قرار دارد. به عقیده هیتلر، در صورت پیروزی در مسکو، ارتش آلمان ناچار بود، به استالینگراد و قفقاز نیز پیشروی کند، در حالی که به گمان او، اگر ارتش آلمان نخست استالینگراد (و سپس قفقاز) را تصرف می کرد، نیروی اقتصادی و صنعتی اتحاد شوروی از بین می رفت و این امر به فروپاشی ارتش سرخ منجر می شد و بدین گونه تصرف مسکو برای ارتش آلمان به آسانی امکان پذیر بود. با این استدلال منطقی، هیتلر دستور پیشروی در بخش جنوبی جبهه را صادر کرد.
گروه ارتش های جنوبی آلمان که اکنون ابتکار را به دست گرفته بود با سرعت بی نظیری در بخش جنوبی پیشروی کرد. غافلگیری نیروهای شوروی که اصلا گمان نمی کردند آلمانی ها در این بخش پیشروی کنند نیز در شکست نیروهای ارتش سرخ در این منطقه موثر بود. سربازان آلمانی با دلاوری خود پیش رفته و با استقبال مردم بومی روبرو می شدند. اکنون تصرف استالینگراد برای هیتلر و فرماندهان ارتش آلمان، هدفی امکان پذیر می نمود.
منبع :
WAHIAWA, Hawaii - Second grader Katie Moniz (right), paints a tropical seascape on a pillow case to support Operation Headrest, at the Trinity Lutheran Church and School, here, Sept. 1. More than 180 preschool through eighth grade students decorated pillow cases with pictures and welcome home messages for single Soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) expected to return home to Hawaii in September.
Debbie Waters, family readiness advisor, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd IBCT revitalized the program created during the brigade's 2007 deployment, "to ensure that every one of our warrior's comes home to a warm, made bed no matter what time of the day or night they return."
Unveiling of the Operation Fuller / Channel Dash Memorial in Dover on Saturday 22nd September 2012
Half a dozen antiquated Swordfish torpedo bombers were shot out of the sky by the Germans in February 1942 when they tried to stop a breakout of three enemy warships.
The Channel Dash as it has become known – officially Operation Fuller on the British side, Operation Cerberus on the German – saw the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen race from Brest to the safety of German ports.
The three German ships were shielded by nearly 300 fighters and bombers, while the British response was poorly co-ordinated – much of the fighter cover promised the Swordfish failed to materialise.
Despite that lack of cover, Lt Cdr Eugene Esmonde – a veteran of the attack on the Bismarck nine months earlier – led his sluggish torpedo bombers in to sink the ships. Although some got torpedoes away, none hit the ships, all the Swordfish were downed and only five of the 18 crew were rescued. Esmonde was not among them; he received a posthumous Victoria Cross.
The deeds of the 825 Naval Air Squadron aircrew received praise from both sides – Admiral Bertram Ramsay, the Commander-in-Chief at Dover, called it “one of the finest exhibitions of self-sacrifice and devotion to duty the war had ever witnessed”; the German breakout commander Otto Ciliax said the Swordfish crews’ bravery surpassed “any other action by either side that day”.
Half a dozen Royal Navy destroyers also tried to intercept the German force, but their torpedo salvo missed – and the response from the enemy guns badly damaged HMS Worcester which was set ablaze; 24 men aboard her were killed.
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A Canadian Armed Forces member communicates by radio during a firing range while deployed on Operation UNIFIER in Poland on September 21, 2023.
Photo credit: Canadian Armed Forces
Un membre des Forces armées canadiennes communique par radio lors d’un exercice de tir dans le cadre de l’opération UNIFIER, en Pologne, le 21 septembre 2023.
Photo : Forces armées canadiennes
A beautiful view of the Hamlet of Grise Fjord from HMCS HARRY DEWOLF during Operation NANOOK-NUNAKPUT, August 22, 2021.
Photo by: Corporal Simon Arcand, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Magnifique vue sur le hameau de Grise Fjord depuis le NCSM HARRY DEWOLF au cours de l’opération NANOOK-NUNAKPUT, le 22 août 2021.
Photo : Caporal Simon Arcand, Forces armées canadiennes
Palestinians desperately queue for water as they had to evacuate their homes in the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli military announce they will bombed the entire area as retaliation of the rockets fired from the Strip for the past days. On Tuesday 8th July, Israeli Forces launched on the Gaza Strip the Operation Protective Edge. In six days, 168 Palestinians were killed, 1130 injured and 374 houses were demolished.
Beit Lahya, Gaza Strip, Palestine – Sunday 13 July2014
By Eloise Bollack / Zuma Press
Sailor First Class Tyler MacDonald, a boatswain onboard HMCS MONTREAL, prepares a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) to be launched into the water during Operation SAVANNE on 27 April 2023.
Photo by: Cpl Connor Bennett, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Pfc. Pomeroy, an infantryman from 1st Battery, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, lies prone after a simulated IED attack as part of an air medical evacuation exercise during Operation Intrepid Centurion on Feb. 19th, 2014, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
The 42nd CAB, New York Army National Guard, provided rotary winged aviation assets to Intrepid Centurion, an annual exercise between the U.S. and Kuwait militaries designed to strengthen their tactical proficiency and familiarity with each other's operations. (N.Y. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Harley Jelis/Released)
Team Rubicon member Pat Gustafson returns a greeting to a young child during during a reconnaissance mission in the Tetopani area.
His Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Vancouver arrives in Busan, South Korea, during Operation NEON on 23 October 2023.
Photo credit: Corporal Alisa Strelley, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
Le Navire canadien de Sa Majesté (NCSM) Vancouver arrive à Busan, en Corée du Sud, au cours de l’opération NEON, le 23 octobre 2023.
Photo : Caporale Alisa Strelley, Forces armées canadiennes
Operation Knotweed. A multi agency emergency response exercise, November 2012.
Scenario: Light aircraft crashes at sports stadium during an event.
Staged at Salford City Stadium / A J Bell Stadium.
Participants: City Airport / Barton Aerodrome. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. North West Ambulance Service. Greater Manchester Police. Casualties Union. Salford City Stadium.
Operation Knotweed. A multi agency emergency response exercise, November 2012.
Scenario: Light aircraft crashes at sports stadium during an event.
Staged at Salford City Stadium / A J Bell Stadium.
Participants: City Airport / Barton Aerodrome. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. North West Ambulance Service. Greater Manchester Police. Casualties Union. Salford City Stadium.
To learn more about living and serving in Korea with the US Army, visit our official website at: imcom.korea.army.mil
Whether you are fresh off of active-duty, a military spouse or a seasoned professional, you will find a career with U.S. Army in Korea both challenging and inspiring. If you ready to join an award winning team and embark on the adventure of a lifetime, you can learn more about living and working in Korea online: imcom.korea.army.mil
Photos from the US Army in Korea can be viewed online at www.flickr.com/imcomkorea
The Morning Calm Weekly command information newspaper is available online at imcom.korea.army.mil
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About this image: Operation Enduring Freedom. A Department of Defense Image Collection.
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To learn more about living and serving in Korea with the US Army, visit our official website at: imcom.korea.army.mil
Whether you are fresh off of active-duty, a military spouse or a seasoned professional, you will find a career with U.S. Army in Korea both challenging and inspiring. If you ready to join an award winning team and embark on the adventure of a lifetime, you can learn more about living and working in Korea online: imcom.korea.army.mil
Photos from the US Army in Korea can be viewed online at www.flickr.com/imcomkorea
The Morning Calm Weekly command information newspaper is available online at imcom.korea.army.mil
Published for those serving in the Republic of Korea - an assignment of choice.
About this image: Operation Enduring Freedom. A Department of Defense Image Collection.
These images are generally cleared for release and are considered in the public domain. Request credit be given the Department of Defense and individual photographer.
To learn more about living and serving in Korea with the US Army, visit our official website at: imcom.korea.army.mil
Whether you are fresh off of active-duty, a military spouse or a seasoned professional, you will find a career with U.S. Army in Korea both challenging and inspiring. If you ready to join an award winning team and embark on the adventure of a lifetime, you can learn more about living and working in Korea online: imcom.korea.army.mil
Photos from the US Army in Korea can be viewed online at www.flickr.com/imcomkorea
The Morning Calm Weekly command information newspaper is available online at imcom.korea.army.mil
Published for those serving in the Republic of Korea - an assignment of choice.
About this image: Operation Enduring Freedom. A Department of Defense Image Collection.
These images are generally cleared for release and are considered in the public domain. Request credit be given the Department of Defense and individual photographer.
Members of HMCS WINNIPEG (FFH 338) conduct a Fire Training Exercise for Executive Officer’s Delight to keep personnel trained and ready during Operation PROJECTION while sailing the Pacific Ocean, August 17, 2022.
Photo: S1 Melissa Gonzalez, Canadian Armed Forces photo
HMCS Saskatoon moves into position during a passing exercise as part of the North American Maritime Security Initiative on May 13, 2021.
Photo Credit: Op CARIBBE Public Affairs Officer, HMCS Brandon, Canadian Armed Forces photo
HMCS HARRY DEWOLF makes its way towards Pond Inlet during Operation NANOOK-NUNAKPUT, on the Davis Strait, August 18, 2021.
Photo by: Corporal Simon Arcand, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Depuis une embarcation pneumatique à coque rigide, on aperçoit le NCSM HARRY DEWOLF qui se dirige vers Pond Inlet au cours de l’opération NANOOK-NUNAKPUT, dans le détroit de Davis, le 18 août 2021.
Photo : Caporal Simon Arcand, Forces armées canadiennes
Crew members of His Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) VANCOUVER jump from the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter as part of training in the Yellow Sea during Operation NEON on September 10, 2023.
Photo credit: Corporal Alisa Strelley, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
Des membres d’équipage du Navire canadien de Sa Majesté (NCSM) VANCOUVER sautent d’un hélicoptère CH-148 Cyclone lors d’un entraînement dans la mer Jaune dans le cadre de l’opération NEON, le 10 septembre 2023.
Photo : Caporale Alisa Strelley, Forces armées canadiennes
Sailors of HMCS FREDERICTON stand ready to conduct a replenishment at sea as the ship makes its approach to USNS ARCTIC during Operation REASSURANCE, on 09 March 2023 in the Ionian Sea.
Please credit: Lieutenant (Navy) François Marquette, Canadian Armed Forces photo
North Carolina National Guard Spc. Kenny Passmore from the 514 MP Company, 105th MP Battalion, Whiteville, NC, scans the water plant in Canton to provide security as part of Operation Vigilant Catamount on June 10, 2017. Operation Vigilant Catamount (OVC) is a joint civilian and NCNG regional domestic operations and homeland security exercise. (Photo by Staff Sgt. David McLean, NCNG PAO Raleigh)
Operation Knotweed. A multi agency emergency response exercise, November 2012.
Scenario: Light aircraft crashes at sports stadium during an event.
Staged at Salford City Stadium / A J Bell Stadium.
Participants: City Airport / Barton Aerodrome. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. North West Ambulance Service. Greater Manchester Police. Casualties Union. Salford City Stadium.
Event: 2018 Tauber team project taken on-site
Photographer: student
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