Aircraft of World War II

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johnbr — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:24:37 -0500

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Description: During French campaign only sparse Polish fighters could fight against Germans. But they shot 50 Luftwaffe aircraft

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johnbr — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:15:32 -0500

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Description: 14Three hundred fascist insurgents were killed in this explosion in Madrid, Spain, under the five-story Casa Blanca building, on March 19, 1938. Government loyalists tunneled 600 yards over a six-month period to lay the land mine that caused the explosion. (AP Photo) #

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johnbr — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:12:54 -0500

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Description: 13In Spain, loyalist soldiers teach target practice to women who are learning to defend the city of Barcelona against fascist rebel troops of general Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War, on June 2, 1937. (AP Photo) #

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johnbr — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:05:11 -0500

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Description: Chinese General Chiang Kai-shek, right, head of the Nanking government at Canton, with General Lung Yun, chairman of the Yunan provincial government in Nanking, on June 27, 1936. (AP Photo) #

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johnbr — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:43:35 -0400

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Description: 20With nothing but devastation confronting him, this Chinese waterboy still carried on after four days and nights of aerial bombardment at the hands of Japanese warplanes, in Chongqing, China, on Aug. 10, 1940. (AP Photo) #

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johnbr — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:25:21 -0400

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Description: Entering their fourth year of war against Japan, Chinese military forces were strengthening their air force, producing their own armaments, and training their officers in the methods of modern war. Here, Chinese cadets in full battle dress, they favor the German type of steel helmet, on parade somewhere in China, on July 11, 1940. (AP Photo)

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johnbr — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:02:48 -0400

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Description: General Sun Li-jen is best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War, His achievements earned him the laudatory nickname "Rommel of the East" in ww2 he participated in the Battle of Shanghai, Battle of Kunlun Pass and in the Burma Theatre Sun Li-jen was born in Jinnu, Lujiang, Chaohu, Anhui, with ancestry in Shucheng County. During the May Fourth Movement, he was part of the Scouts in the march at Tiananmen Square. In the same year (1919) he married Gong Xitao (龔夕濤) and was admitted in 1920 to Tsinghua University to study civil engineering. Sun played basketball at Tsinghua, becoming a star. He led the Chinese team to a gold medal at the 1921 Far Eastern Championship Games. [1] With a Boxer Rebellion Indemnity Scholarship, he transferred to Purdue University in the United States to complete his senior year in 1923, where he graduated in 1924. But in the United States, ideological zeal motivated him to dramatically change vocations and pursue a military career instead. China was in the middle of civil war, and Soviet and Japanese invaders seemed poised to devour China. Sun decided that he could better serve his divided nation as a soldier rather than an engineer. He applied to the Virginia Military Institute, also in the United States, lying about his age by four years so that he would appear young enough to meet the school's admissions requirements. He graduated from VMI in 1927 and joined Nationalist Army Finance Department army by Minister Sung. During the Second Sino-Japanese War and the latter war against the Chinese Communists in the Chinese Civil War in Northwest China, Sun Li-jen became a highly effective field officer and valued military general to KMT. [edit] Second Sino-Japanese War Sun Liren and Allied Commander Mountbatten.Sun was a colonel and led his troops, a Tax Police Regiment, fighting Japanese during the Battle of Shanghai in 1937. He was badly wounded by mine fragments. After recovery from his injury, Sun led his troops back to the front line. Later, the Nationalist government formed National Salt Gabelle Brigade with 8 regiments. These are KMT best trained and equipped troops. Four of the regiments later became New 38th Division with Sun as the Commandering General. His training center was located in Duyun in the province of Guizhou. After two years training, Sun's New 38th Division was part of the forces Chiang Kai-shek sent into Burma to protect the Burma Road under General Du Yuming. Sun led Chinese forces to the relief of 7,000 British forces trapped by the Japanese in the Battle of Yenangyaung. Although unable to stop the Japanese from cutting the Burma Road, Sun gained the respect of General William Slim, the Commander of the British 14th Army for his competence. Sun and his division retreated into India and became a part of 'X Force', the Chinese forces under the command of Joseph Stilwell, the American commander of all American and Chinese forces deployed in the "China Burma India Theater". Sun's division spearheaded Stilwell's 1943 drive to reconquer North Burma and re-establish the land route to China by the Ledo Road

random wwII pics

rochie — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:22:12 -0500

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random wwII pics

rochie — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:22:12 -0500

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random wwII pics

rochie — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:22:12 -0500

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random wwII pics

rochie — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:22:11 -0500

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random wwII pics

rochie — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:22:11 -0500

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9th Armored Division & Red Army Linkup

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:16:35 -0500

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Description: All photos in this series: Members of the U.S. 9th Armored Division meet up with units of the Red Army near Linz, Austria on May 2, 1945. Photographer: Arnold E. Samuelson Photos now in the collection of the USHMM

9th Armored Division & Red Army Linkup

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:16:34 -0500

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9th Armored Division & Red Army Linkup

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:16:32 -0500

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9th Armored Division & Red Army Linkup

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:16:31 -0500

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9th Armored Division & Red Army Linkup

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:16:30 -0500

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9th Armored Division & Red Army Linkup

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:16:28 -0500

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Chinese wounded

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:16:27 -0500

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Description: Shown here are wounded Chinese soldiers at a makeshift first aid station in Tengchung, China.

9th Armored Division & Red Army Linkup

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:16:27 -0500

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107 mm (4.2 in) M2 Mortar

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:16:26 -0500

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Description: Shown here is a Chinese instructor showing Chinese soldiers how to operate the 107 mm (4.2 in) M2 mortar under the watchful eye of an American instructor at Ramgarh on the China-Burma border, August 1944.

Bulgarian troops.

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:16:26 -0500

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Norwegian troops

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:16:25 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Norwegian troops undergoing training somewhere in England in 1940, armed with a 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers Mk.1 machine-gun.

Chinese Wounded

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:16:25 -0500

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Description: Shown here are wounded Chinese soldiers at Tengchung receiving makeshift first-aid .