World War II
>>4801856They tried. the jew won
>>4801897Dirty Partisans!
Pretty certain this one has been AI/digitally upscaled. However, the quality is unusual so I'm posting it with this warning, despite the fact that upscales piss me the fuck off.
>>4805049I'm reasonably certain this one is not an upscale. The pixelation/artifacts visible in the sky background I believe are lossy JPEG artifacts and otherwise the result of whatever scanning process was employed.
early infrared night vision sights on a German machine gun
Italian troops with German paratroopers
Soviet troops surrendering during the Winter War
German troops in the infamous Stalingrad tractor factory
Aftermath of the American landing at Tarawa
>>4807783Grim to think about the events that lead them laying on the sand face down. Each had a childhood, hopes and dreams and now nothing. Just absolute nothing.
>>4807779Wonder if they went straight to a gulag upon repatriation.
Fighting near Smolensk
Note the Soviet SMG.
Fallschirmjaeger take a break near Anzio
SS division Totenkopf medics treat one of their wounded
An officer kneels over a fallen soldier in Stalingrad. Probably did not appreciate having this photo taken. One of the more emotional photos in my collection.
Japanese troops fighting in China.
American troops surrender at the fall of Corregidor, 1942
Marines taking a rare Japanese prisoner
A Japanese machine gun nest on Iwo Jima prior to the battle
If I remember right this is a photo of Japanese sailors saluting as their ship sinks
Japanese troops celebrating at the Great Wall of China.
Also for anyone interested, here is some really cool high quality original color footage from the Eastern Front. It's all long form raw footage and not the usual propaganda film. I don't think I've ever seen Axis footage this high quality. https://youtu.be/RYpc35zDAy4
Threads that aren't for celeb simps almost seem pointless on this board anymore but I'll donate a few here anyway...
>>4808835Thanks for the link.
>>4809278Appreciated, keep it up!
Finnish troops displaying their custom painted death's head WWI-era Stahlhelms.
Aerial of Omaha Beach, ~8am
absolutely based thread
>>4811082Ricecels mogged
>>4811748A modern nuke strike would make the bombs dropped on Japan look like toys. Those bombs were 15 and 22 Kilotons. Today a Russian SS(ICBM) for example, is 800 Kilotons.
>>4811748You would burn like paper too if one of those sparked up ten miles away. Wood was and still is the predominant building material around the world. Most of the brick and mortar structures fell as well.>>4812101Tsar Bomba was the most powerful bomb to ever be detonated in history at 58 kilotons. Still huge, but far from 800. Everything is fun in theory but keep in mind Russians lie.
>>4813167Go back to k tranny
>>4813167Lol. I didn't say anything about the most powerful bomb detonated (over 60 years ago btw). I was talking about current payload capacity. If you think modern nukes are only 58 kilotons you're a brainlet.
>>4813211Mad and put in place by facts>>4813309And I said, everything is fun in theory but keep in mind Russians lie.
>>4813167>Tsar Bomba was the most powerful bomb to ever be detonated in history at 58 kilotonsMegatons, not kilotons.
>>4814561still smaller than 800
>>4813167Absolute brainlet. Leave.
>>4814592Last word freak.
>>4817914B17 crew is one of the coolest outfits of the war
Stalingrad to Berlin, they earned every inch.
An American soldier [80th Infantry Division] advances cautiously down a street in Argentan, Orne, August 1944. The city is 80% destroyed
Valognes in ruins, photo taken on June 24, 1944. A jeep nicknamed Always Ruth from the 298th Engineer Combat Bn of the 1st US Army in the foreground
Medics assist an injured man lying in a stretcher. Medical personnel of the 79th ID (US)
LST -21 (USCG crew) Force G, Group A, June 6, 1944. It transports elements of the 56th Independent Inf. Brigade attached to the 50th (Northumbrian) Inf. Div. on Jig Green Gold Beach in Arromanches
>>4823421I hate urban combat. Even though not a lot going on in the photo, I can feel the tension. I would be very scared going down that road like he is.
>>4823424One of my relatives was an officer onboard an LST like this. He said they would sometimes transport torpedoes which had a very pure type of alcohol inside their guidance systems. They had a problem with sailors breaking into the torpedoes to steal the booze out of them for drinking purposes. Even in the middle of a war, you can't keep a dedicated alcoholic away from what matters most.
>>4805049Don't be so sure it was up-scaled. The Speed Graphic used 120 or 220 roll film and could shoot up to 1/1000th of a second exposures. The wind speed on top of Suribachi nearly shredded the second flag, hence the blur. But I share your hate for upscaling. And I'll add AI shitfuckery to the hate.
>>4808777Gulag? More likely the NKVD would have shot them out of hand.
>>4809278Those dead eyes.That man has seen far too much shit.
>>4813167You are brainless. The yield of the Tsar Bomba was estimated at 50 MEGATONS, not kilotons, you pimple. It shattered windows in Finland.
>>4817914>>4821611Sweetheart, that is a B26. But yeah, the kit is nice. Meantime what the fuck do the ducks signify.
>>4808802what's up with the helmet?
>>4826108Not an expert however my guess is : the French staff ordered development of a metal helmet that could protect soldiers from the shrapnel of exploding artillery shells. Since soldiers in trenches were also vulnerable to shrapnel exploding above their heads, a deflector crest was added along the helmet's axis
>>4827512Or taken prisoner. But since only 5 percent of the German prisoners ever came home from that battle, yeah pretty much dead.
>>4809279"There, there, Marjorie... my good friend, Aaron Goldberg, who evaded the draft will take good care of you while I fight for his people in Germany."
>>4824021I love urban combat. You can just sit in a window and take out scared soldiers tensely coming down the road.
>>4824805Yeah... you... hangnail!
>>4828648There's always this guy isn't there?
>>4824798The guy in fore of this pic has not so much dead eyes but "crazy eyes".
>>4813649KEK. Except you didn't state any "facts".
Utah Beach. A medical station. LIFE photo by Bob Landry from June 8, 1944. In the foreground a soldier from the 1st Engineer Special Brigade (blue circle arc to the rim of the helmet)
An old woman walks past the ruins of the church in Roncey, Manche. The destroyed German armored vehicles are Marder III M of 1.Panzerjäger-Abteilung 243, 243.ID
In the foreground the LCI(L)-299 disembarks the Canadians of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarrian Highlanders of the 3rd Cdn ID on June 6, 1944 after 11:40 a.m., Juno Beach, Nan White
Two sailors from the 2nd NBB (Naval Beach Bn) of the 1st ESB escort, one at the front, the other at the rear, a group of eight German prisoners on Utah Beach
>>4808793>>4827512>>4828551>tfw Lebensraum becomes burial space.
>Hans Rudel>far left of picMost badass mother-fucker to have ever walked the earth.
>>4831895Rudel was a hacker, nobody can fly so many missions and only lose an leg
>>4831916get gud
>>4831916It wasn't just about his war time heroics which was herculean, after the war he did things like mountaineering and scuba diving. He wasn't about to let not having most of one leg slow him down. He was the epitome of an ironman.
>>4828649yeah tell us more about the ARMA clan you're in
>>4813309>>4824805So what you're saying is something 1/100th the size can destroy an entire city which makes it a huge waste of rare resources for no reason other than propaganda to go any larger, yeah that sure makes me brainless for knowing that>>4828970Still mad and getting more rustled, mmm that tastes good
>>4805046degenerate, psychologically enslaved Judaized Allies vs. higher ideal striving Axis freedom fighters.
>>4821651>every inchi guess
>>4812101I fell asleep during Oppenheimer but am I right in thinking that every time a nuke goes off we run the risk of burning up the atmosphere? and if so does bigger bombs = higher risk?
>>4808798most powerful one in thread
>>4809278There needs to be a worksafe version of the board.
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June 5, 1944 in the evening, Greenham Common aerodrome, the men of the 2-502nd PIR (101st US Air. Div.) intended to be dropped on the DZ A St Martin de Varreville, surround General Eisenhower
A Churchill tank of 7th Royal Tank Regiment, 31st Tank Brigade, supporting infantry of 8th Royal Scots during Operation 'Epsom', West of Caen, 28 June 1944
French refugees flee the fighting towards Montebourg. Next to it, a destroyed Marder I, German tank destroyer, conversion of a French Lorraine 37L tankette from 1940 with a 7.5 cm Pa.K gun. 40
>>4835210would you stop
Been reading Otto Carius' memoir about his time as a tank ace and the information about the Tigers is fascinating. They were pretty well loved by the tankers compared to all of the previous tanks as the crews were well protected even from T34s and the aiming system was top notch. There is a lot of discourse today about how overengineered and unreliable they were but according to Carius their reliability was not a big issue in combat. The biggest weak points they had was that shrapnel could get into the cooling vents and puncture the radiator and that the batteries were so overworked that they may not start a stalled engine (23L gasoline V12) if they were not fully charged up. The only ways to start it if the batteries were out was to get out and hand crank the engine (not something you wanted to do in combat) or have another tank give you a push. Tanks worked in teams and could usually give a push or a tow even in bad situations. They were strictly forbidden to allow the Tigers to be captured intact and had explosive charges mounted inside to destroy a disabled tank, which the author replaced with bottles of schnapps. Pictured are early Tigers. They had cupolas that stood out on top of the tank with hatches that opened upwards, later improved models had lower cupolas with sideways opening hatches./autism
>>4840038thanks for your autism. here another Tiger story:The Tiger tank of Vimoutiers"On August 21, 1944, the Falaise pocket was closed at Montormel, a promontory overlooking Trun. Thus ends the encirclement of the German army, putting an end to the Battle of Normandy.Part of the German troops escaped the pressure of the Allies and retreated towards the Seine. Many German troops are immobilized in the plain of Caen. A few armored units from outside will attempt unsuccessfully to open a breach in the encirclement. The 12th Panzers Division participated in this counterattack. One of his tanks, a Tiger I, broke down just outside Vimoutiers on the road to Gacé. Its crew scuttled it to render it unusable. Pushed back by Allied bulldozers into the ditch to clear the road, the Tiger was abandoned for around thirty years. Its cannon, which points through the thickets, signals its presence until that day in 1973 when the road was blocked. Scrap dealers who became owners of the tank proceeded to dismantle it. The turret is already lying on the road. This work was interrupted the same day by a veteran of the 2nd arm. Div. (French) residing in the area.Purchased by the city in 1975, the tank was classified as a Historic Monument on December 2 of the same year, underwent a summary restoration and is located in its current configuration, on the Gacé coast, near a picnic area. The Tiger I of Vimoutiers is one of the last two examples listed in France and one of six known worldwide. Its rarity, its history, its power, its innovative design give it a place as a renowned historical and technical witness throughout the world."
>>4834968nigmins will never give us what we all need. this board could be so great if the gay ass celeb spam got moved to it's own board
>I told ya we shouldn't be letting women park these things!
Excellent thread!
>>4840147Seriously. All that's necessary is a blue board called /whr/ with a rule against celeb-specific threads.
>>4841779How can we make this happen?
>>4841971I guess we can't because we've been talking about it for years and nothing happens. Sad part is, I didn't mind a "few" celeb threads back in the day but now it's like 85 percent and many threads are of plain, fat or ugly nobodies.
>>4842199Can't we send a message to the administration or the mods from here?Or make meta threads?
>>4828946The second guy in line here looks like he's just about had e fucking nuff.
>>4842210The mods read all the threads. They must not think it's a problem or just don't give a shit. Hell, for all we know they start and/or contribute to the celeb threads.
Unfortunately it's their board now, and their internet in general. celeb trash are what the washed masses want, and ww2 is old hat.
GI'S of the 318th Inf. of the 80th US ID are resting in the ruins of Argentan, rue Aristide Briand, sitting at the foot of a destroyed German Panther of the 9. Pz-Div., August 21, 1944
Sherman No. 21 of the 27th Armored Regiment ''The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment'' of the Canadian army, rue des Ursulines in Falaise, August 17, 1944
GI's of the 90th US ID ('TO') [from '9' for 359th Inf.) kill time by listening to a record on a phonograph provided by a sailor. Photo taken by Harold A. Barclay during the crossing to Utah Beach on LCI(L)-326
Men of No. 47 Commando RM, 50th (Northumbrian) Inf. Div. of the British Army coming ashore from LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) at Gold Beach near La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur, Normandy, 6 June 1944
>>4842726Fucking saved. Never seen that one before.
>>4809281That lads from 12th SS panzer Div. Hope he made it out.
>>4828940Pretty sure thats a Panzer IV D, not a P III. The return bogies at the top of the track are evenly spaced. And the track wheels at the bottom have a pronounced central hub. P III had a much more conventional looking recesed hub.
>>4831916I think he turned off all his realism settings. Sinking battle ships with one bomb etc, definately not allowed on the ladder.
>>4801856WWII is so fucking boring. The resulting cold war that shaped the world & created the emergency conditions we all still live in to this present day is 1000x more interesting and relevant than what fucking idiot farmers blew up what other idiot farmers on any given day. All those lives were wasted, but they were wasted the day they were born.
>>4843727That dude on the right is going Fuck me, i madeit all through this fucking war and an the last one to survive 7 battalions and after all that I get 8 minutes to relax and listen to one record brought here by twenty unlikely strokes of luck, and get to sit right up close for it. And finally, this music comes on… and my god I fucking hate this song.
>>4843778Sorry this is not a dick pulling thread for 12 year olds.Thanks for the bump tho. >not OP>>4843779No one here gives a shit about your commentary btw.
>>4844431I give a fuck about his comment nigger, so much I reported him to the IRS for avoiding his faggot tax and you for being a runaway slave.
>>4844609ywnbaw.
>>4844967Thank Jesus.
This is a picture of my grandad (right) with I believe his co pilot in front of his B-17. Leo Francis Duggan was his name. I've attempted to find out information on his bomber by using the numbers, but never could come up with anything. The last time I spoke with him was in 2014, we had a lengthy conversation about his time in the USAAF but his recollection of details were non existent due to dementia. He passed in 2015 at the age of 92. He retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel. If anyone could find out more about his bomb group or anything for that matter I'd greatly appreciate it.
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>>4808777Yes, the POWs returned by the Finns were immediately transported to a camp (ironically enough it was one of several built originally for Finnish POWs) where they were then interrogated to determine the reasons of their surrender. In the end a few hundred got executed for various supposed crimes, a few hundred were freed as they could prove that they were unable to resist being captured due to frostbite, wounds, sickness, etc, and the rest got up to eight years in the gulag.
German supply column under air attack in the Eastern front.
Hungarian troops cleaning their weapons.
Finnish troops pose with a downed Soviet Yak 9 fighter.
Workers at Boeing's Seattle factory pose with "5 Grand", the 5000th B-17 Flying Fortress bomber to be manufactured there since the attack on Pearl Harbor. All the workers signed their names on the bomber.
Crew of USS Missouri recovering an Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane. USS Missouri, like other Iowa-class battleships, carried three floatplanes that could be launched from two aircraft catapults on the stern of the ship, and recovered with a crane.
Canadian troops cleaning a 6 Pounder AT gun.
Japanese-American troops resting somewhere in Europe.
Hungarian Schwarzlose machine gun on an AA mount somewhere on the Eastern front.
Burning Hellcat fighter attempts to land on USS Cowpens.
German POWs carry a wounded man past a burning M4 Sherman tank in Italy.
Captured sailors of German battleship Scharnhorst disembark from an Royal Navy ship. Scharnhorst was sunk in the Battle of the North Cape, with only 36 men surviving out of a crew of 1,968.
Kurt Lisso, the treasurer for the city of Leipzig, committed suicide with a cyanide pill together with his wife and daughter at the Leipzig city hall as American troops were approaching the city. Mayor of Leipzig, Alfred Freyberg, likewise committed suicide at the city hall with his wife and daughter, as did the former mayor, Walter Dönicke.
>>4842723LOL! Someone should have shown Monty how to wear a beret. Looks like an idiot.
>>4812392no way he landed that in a carrier...
>>4840214>kek
Messerschmitt Bf 109 that crash-landed in Windsor Great Park.
Hungarian heavy AA gun & crew.
Paratroopers from the 82nd US Airborne, 508thPIR, transported by the 314th TCG and destined for DZ 'N' Picauville for 02:08 and 2:14, on the RAF base at Salty (Leicestershire), before D-Day
Omaha. June 6, 1944, midday, at Ruquet (St-Laurent-sur-Mer), when the two reinforcement regiments landed there, the 18th IR of the 1st US ID and the 115th IR of the 29th US ID
Two B-26 Marauders dropped their bombs on Torigni-sur-Vire on June 7 or 12, 1944. In the background the Martin B-26B 55-MA Marauder registered 296200 RJ M of the 454th BS of the 323rd BG
>>4842721Can you read? It's TNT not C4, dumbass.
>>4804378how do I understand that signI don't know germanbut I think it says "we are partisans and have shot a german soldier"
>>4805053so much for "banzai" eh boys?
god i wish they'd won the war
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>>4835210I don't wanna brag, but I'm one of the veterans in that picture. I still have the carpal tunnel to prove it.
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>>48077764. Fallschirmdivision. The unit was formed in November of 1943 from elements of the battered 2. Fallschirmdivision as well as pro-fascist members of the 184th "Nembo" and 185th "Folgore" paratrooper divisions. They surrendered to the Allies at Bologna on May 2nd, 1945.
>>4850136It would be nice to have some context on some of these pics.
>>4850560I believe the photo you're replying to is from the invasion of the Netherlands, more specifically the battle for The Hague, where the Germans suffered significant losses of Ju-52 transport aircraft in a failed attempt at capturing the city & surrounding airfields by airborne assault. The photo's probably taken a bit later on, when German ground forces have reached the area.
