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    The MG34 Machine Gun

    The MG34 machine gun, commonly known in the West as the Spandau, was the section automatic weapon with which the German forces entered World War...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 17, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: German Light Weapons
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    The Molotov Cocktail

    Named in the West after the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov, this weapon is now more widely known as a petrol bomb. It consisted of a...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 17, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Russian Light Weapons
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    The Fight For The Grain Elevator At Stalingrad

    Andrey Khozyaynov, a sailor serving in the Naval Infantry Brigade, who was the only survivor of the battle for the Grain Elevator, lived to write...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 14, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: War on the Eastern Front
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    Andrey Yeremenko

    Andrei Yeremenko (Eremenko) first saw action as a cavalry NCO in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I. He joined the Red Army in 1918. In 1939...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 11, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: History of Russia during World War II
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    Russian Woman Welder During WWII

    A Russian girl welds steel girders to construct a 'Czech hedgehog' anti-tank obstacle. The Soviet Union mobilized not only women but even boys who...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 11, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Women at War
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    Friedrich von Paulus

    Friedrich von Paulus was born in Breitenau, Melsungen District, on 23 September 1890. His family was not aristocratic and the title 'von' was only...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 11, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Who Was Who Of Germany In WWII
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    Georgy Zhukov

    Georgy Zhukov, who would become one of the finest leaders of the Soviet Army, had modest beginnings. Born near Moscow of peasant stock like many...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 11, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: History of Russia during World War II
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    The Enigma Machine and Lucy

    The Enigma was a highly sophisticated mechanical encryption device that had a keyboard and looked superficially like a typewriter. The German...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 11, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: War on the Eastern Front
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    Russian Woman Sniper

    A Young Soviet woman learning to shoot using a Mosin-Nagant rifle with a Model PE telescope. Young women and girls figured prominently among the...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 10, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Women at War
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    Soviet BA-32-3 Armoured Cars

    A column of Soviet BA-32-3 armoured cars, armed with a 45-mm gun, on the move in Finland. Columns like these were easily ambushed by highly mobile...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 10, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Russian Motorised Weapons
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    German Siege Mortar

    One of the Wehrmacht’s heavies was this huge siege mortar captured by the Russians; it was believed to have been either a 240-mm: or 305-mm piece....
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 25, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: German Heavy Weapons
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    German Battleship Scharnhorst

    After a 12-hour chase in the Arctic gloom the 26,000 ton German Battle Ship Scharnhorst, enticed from her lair in Altenfjord, Northern Norway, by...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 22, 2010, 7 replies, in forum: Germany at Sea!
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    Russian Anti-Aircraft Battery

    This Russian anti-aircraft battery, commanded by Senior Lieut. N. Sosynov, had shot down five enemy aircraft. Accurate marksmanship of such men as...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 19, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Russian Heavy Artillary
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    USS Sterlet

    USS Sterlet (SS-392) is only one of the many submarines that gave great service during World War II. Most of the older boats that were available...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 18, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: US Submarines
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    The Luftwaffe in Russia

    The Luftwaffe in Russia was said to be so deficient in fighter planes in 1943 that bomber formations operated with little fighter escort; the...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 17, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Axis Aviation Of WWII
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    Heinkel He 111

    [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] Heinkel He 111 Role Medium bomber Manufacturer Heinkel Flugzeugwerke Designed by Siegfried and...
    Thread by: Spitfire XIV-E, Sep 15, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Axis Bomber Planes
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    Petlyakov Pe-2

    Petlyakov Pe-2 [ATTACH][ATTACH] Role Bomber Manufacturer Petlyakov Designed by Vladimir Petlyakov First flight 22 December 1939...
    Thread by: Spitfire XIV-E, Sep 15, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Bomber Planes
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    Soviet Armoured Train

    The White Devil, that is what the Germans called a Soviet armoured train which operated in the central sector of the front before Moscow, and with...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 10, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: Russian Motorised Weapons
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    Russian War Trophies

    Russian War Trophies, including these aircraft or the Luftwaffe brought down in Russia, are being shown to the Soviet people at an exhibition' in...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 1, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: History of Russia during World War II
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    Doomed Convoy

    Convoy PQ17 had become the bait in a trial of strength between the Allied and German Navies. A serious error of judgement resulted in a huge...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 22, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Merchant Navy During WWII
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