Showing posts with label War History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War History. Show all posts
Battle of the Bulge - Photos
Friday, November 7, 2008
Battle of the Bulge - Chow is served to American soldiers on their way to Belgium on 13 Jan 1945.
Battle of the Bulge - American troops drag a heavily loaded ammunition sled through the snow, as they move for an attack on Herresbach, Belgium.
Battle of the Bulge - A Nazi soldier, heavily armed, carries ammunition boxes forward with companion in territory taken by their counter-offensive in this scene from captured German film. Belgium, December 1944.
Battle of the Bulge - American soldiers of the 289th Infantry Regiment march along the snow-covered road on their way to cut off the Saint Vith-Houffalize road in Belgium.
Battle of the Bulge - Snow and Ice make the going tough for U.S. Army vehicles on a road in Belgium. The snowstorm was responsible for the gasoline truck, at left, skidding off the road, and trucks going in the opposite direction are stalled as the result. 1st Infantry Division area, U.S. First Army. Sourbrodt, Belgium. 19 Jan 1945.
Battle of the bulge - American tank destroyers move forward during heavy fog to stem German spearhead near Werbomont, Belgium, 20 Dec 44. Werbomont, 103rd TD, 82nd Airborne Div.
Battle of the Bulge - 26th Infantry area near Butgenbach.
Battle of the Bulge - The 101st Airborne troops move out of Bastogne, after having been besieged there for ten days, to drive the enemy out of the surrounding district. Belgium 12/31/44
Battle of the Bulge - American soldiers of the 75th Division photographed in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge.
Battle of the Bulge - Official U.S. Army illustration: The "Front lines" (Phase lines) map (observe the Dark blue lines, including dashed lines) showing the swelling of the Bulge as the German offensive progressed East to West creating the nose-like bulge shape (salient) between the 16th and 26th of December, 1944.
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War History - Cannae
Friday, October 31, 2008
War History - Battle of Cannae
Battle of Cannae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Cannae - RomanEmpire.net
Battle of Cannae - unrv.com
War History - People in the Battle of Cannae
Hannibal
Hasdrubal
Lucius Aemilius Paulus
Gaius Terentius Varro
Maharbal
War History - Weapons in the Battle of Cannae
Pilum
Roman Sword
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September 1, 1939 - Photos from the War
Sunday, October 19, 2008
German battleship Schleswig-Holstein, shelling Westerplatte, 1 September 1939.
Marching Polish Infantry on September 1, 1939
Polish PZL.37 Łoś medium bomber
Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov signs the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Behind him stand (left) German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and (right) Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin
The map from the secret appendix to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact showing the new German-Soviet border. "Izvestia" issue from September 18, 1939
An official order of Adolf Hitler from 31.08.1939 for attack on Poland next day
Dispositions of opposing forces, 31 August 1939, and the German plan
Deployment of German and Polish divisions, September 1, 1939
Polish fighter P-11 camouflaged in battle airfield 31.08.1939
Polish destroyers in evacuation from Baltic Sea to British naval bases 31.08.1939
Wieluń destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing the 1st of September 1939
Motto painted on a German Ju-52 transport plane: "Whether figures, gasoline, bombs or bread, we bring Poland death."
Polish anti-tank artillery (cavalry unit) 1939
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