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"the foreground is a 2,000lb bomb waiting to be loaded. February, 1944."

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"British heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire, brand new in 1930 [2496 x 1305]."

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"Heavy cruiser Norfolk. Probably the most famous of her class, she took part in both the destruction of Bismarck and Scharnhorst. [1300x789]"

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"USS West Virginia off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, 2 July 1944, following reconstruction. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. 19-N-68376. [5626x4144]"

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"AAA Guns-HMS Repulse & HMS Prince Of Wales-December 1941- [1449x1953]."

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"USS West Virginia off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, 2 July 1944, following reconstruction. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. 19-N-68376. [5626x4144]"
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Great looking ship and camo scheme!

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"B-17E Flying Fortress of the 97th BG, 342nd Bomb Squadron – crew prepares for mission August 1942."

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"RAF pilots discover danger of eating American K-rations just before flight."

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"[2806X1518] Spanish battleship Alfonso XIII makes an unscheduled port call to San Juan meeting request of Puerto Rican authorities amid her highly successful tour to Americas. 16 August 1920."

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"Imperial Japanese Army medium-sized Tank Type 97 “Chi-ha”."

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The view from the top turret on a B-24.

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This has to be in a Top Ten List !

Whatta' View ! Best seat in the house to watch the World go by.

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"The U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer, USS Johnston (DD-557) off the coast of Seattle, Washington. 27 October, 1943 [5669x4255]"

Her wreck was located this week!

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"Boeing XF8B-1 the largest single engine fighter."

Yon wee beastie...

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"Blueprint for a Type VIID U-boat. The VIID's were minelayer subs- note the racks of mines just aft of the sail. Of five Type VIID boats built only one, U-218, survived the war. [2048x836]"

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"[3710x2365] The Italian armoured cruiser Pisa."

Fast and ... lean.

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"[2806X1518] Spanish battleship Alfonso XIII makes an unscheduled port call to San Juan meeting request of Puerto Rican authorities amid her highly successful tour to Americas. 16 August 1920."
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At 16,000 tons, this class were the smallest dreadnoughts, and also the unluckiest, all three being lost to accidents:
Espana - ran aground
Jaime I - internal explosion
Alfonso XIII (renamed Espana) - sunk by "friendly" mine during Spanish Civil War

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Jochen Peiper meets Michael Wittman and his crew Ostfront January 1944.

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"British Comet tanks passing through the German city of Halle (1947)."

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"[1765X1305] Vice admiral Sir David Richard Beatty and his staff are onboard HMS Lion, flagship of Battlecruiser Fleet. Ca. fall 1916, Scapa Flow."

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"The 5000th Lockheed P-38 Lighting built, finished in 1944 and temporarily painted like this to commemorate the occasion."

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