The Military Pictures Thread

[Niegs]

She looks a bit like Scar Jo.

[Niegs]

[Jock42]

I can feel that picture

Any context behind it?

[Niegs]

I can feel that picture

Any context behind it?

Date : 15 April 1945
Photographer: Capt. Jack H. Smith,
Source: Library and Archives Canada

Pte. N.J. Ingram, of the Perth Regiment (attached to the 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 5th Canadian Armoured Division) stops for a rest during the Ijsselmeer campaign, in which his regiment advanced 25 miles in three days from Arnhem to Harderwijk to cut off enemy troops in the western part of Holland during the liberation of the Netherlands. North of Arnhem, Netherlands, April 15, 1945.

[mat the expat]

She looks a bit like Scar Jo.

Very nice [/Borat]

[Enzedder]

Found my father's "Top Secret" debrief statement after he was released from a POW camp in 1945. In Ancestry of all fucking places.

Page 2 is more private so I left that one out. It tells the story of his capture, escape and recapture.

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[Niegs]

Found my father's "Top Secret" debrief statement after he was released from a POW camp in 1945. In Ancestry of all fucking places.

Page 2 is more private so I left that one out. It tells the story of his capture, escape and recapture.

Dad Debrief 1.png

Mongolians!?

Related, you might enjoy this podcast where two fellas share stories of individual escapes (mostly WW2, I think). They recently talked to a Kiwi family whose relative was one of The Great Escapers. https://shows.acast.com/for-you-the-war-is-over

[Sandstorm]

Found my father's "Top Secret" debrief statement after he was released from a POW camp in 1945. In Ancestry of all fucking places.

Page 2 is more private so I left that one out. It tells the story of his capture, escape and recapture.

Dad Debrief 1.png

[Jock42]

That's a great bit of family history

[Niegs]

So rare to see a colour 'in action' pic like this!

Original color
Panzerbefehlswagen III of brigade commander Colonel Richard Koll (1897-1963) and Phänomen Granit 25H ambulances of the Panzer Brigade Koll move along the road near Vyazma, Smolensk region, October 2, 1941.
A group of soviet POWs walks along the side of the road towards the column
©Helmut Ritgen

[Niegs]

Sturmtiger? Like something out of Super Mario.

[laurent]

Sturmtiger? Like something out of Super Mario.

A big rocket launcher. the brumbarr tiger (not more than 10 made)

[Niegs]

Real colour photos from Tarawa








More from the LIFE set: https://www.vintag.es/2015/08/rare-colo ... rican.html

[Niegs]

Saw this stunning photo of a US nurse in Vietnam. Found her story too..



https://lisamrussell.substack.com/p/mee ... nant-ginny

[Flockwitt]

That's great. So many memories that are going to be lost, it's the lucky ones that are consigneed to history, the rest simply vanishing.

[Niegs]

Japanese battleship Haruna with some futile camouflage?

[mat the expat]

^Pagoda Mask Central!^