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  1. OpanaPointer

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    "USS Santa Fe (CL-60) pulls alongside USS Franklin (CV-13) as it lists towards its starboard side after suffering two direct hits from a pair of armour piercing bombs, dropped by a lone Japanese plane. Near Okinawa. 19th March, 1945. [1080x810]"
     
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    "StuG III G with winter tracks."
     
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    "WWII. Cornwall, UK. A de Havilland Mosquito Mk XVIII ‘Tsetse’ of No. 248 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command, armed with the deadly Molins QF 6 pdr cannon. She was used in the anti-shipping role, in particular U-boats. (2048 x 1463) RAF"
     
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    "384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron B-17G Bombers in Flight Heading Towards Target."
     
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    "Red Hawk, an Oglala warrior, sitting on a horse that is drinking from a small pond in the Badlands of North Dakota (circa 1905). [1280 x 1118] [Colorized]"
     
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    "USS Midway CV-41 mans the rails as she arrives in Pearl Harbor 8/23/1991. Photo by PH1 Galen Walker, Natl Archives. [2840x1880]"
     
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    "Visualising the bombing campaign of the western allies in WW2. Each point represents a bombing raid led by the allies. The points are coloured according to the army and I've increased the point transparency to so that hotspots really stand out. [OC]"
     
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    "M18 GMC Hellcat"
     
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    Beautiful Photo - never seen this.

    Hello to all on this forum.
    Just joined from Malta, and am interested in all the aspects of WWII, more so that my home country was at the center of the Mediterranean theatre.
    Have come across what looks like a steel pillar post, that is securely attached to the rock in one of the most bombed areas of the Maltese Archipelago - Manoel Island, and wonder what this may have served.
    Manoel Island is a smallish outcrop of land in Marsamxett Harbour , creating creeks on either side, where warships used to moor and re-fuel.
    The Quarantine facility on Manoel Island - The Lazzaretto, was in the early years of World War II -1941 - converted to house the 10th Submarine Flotilla -that was originally formed during the 1st World War. In January 1915 this flotilla was based on the Humber but by January 1917 it had relocated to the Tees, and during the 2nd World War it was formed at Malta, and comprised Royal Navy and Polish Naval Force submarines assigned to the British Mediterranean Fleet based on the island.

    The attached photo is in the approaches / counterscarps on the old Fort Manoel that overlooks the Lazzaretto complex.
    A few meters away from the location of the above photo there are two Hexagonally shaped HAA positions overlooking the Sliema Creek.
    Can anyone throw some light as to what the original purpose of this pillar was.
    Could it be the ground-mounted central pivot-shaft of anti-aircraft gun or searchlight installation?

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    "Luftwaffe captured De Havilland Mosquito."

    Did Goering get a woody?
     
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    Our good friends at Wikipedia credit her with 1255 as a CL and 1426 as a CLG.

    Friedman's cruiser book gives the Cleveland class 1255 rising to 1308 in 1945, presumably reflecting the increase in AA weapons and other equipment. He shows O City (CLG-5) with 1132, probably ship's complement without flag and staff.
     
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    USS Oglala drinking from the waters of Pearl Harbor.
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    A torpedo hit St. Louis that day, and the ~40 year old Oglala sank. When asked what happened, the chief Bosun shrugged and said "I guess the old gal died of fright.
     
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    "B-17 Flying Fortress “Aluminum Overcast”."
     
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    At first I was wondering how they attached it.
     
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    "Tiger Tank vs Battleship Yamato turret."
     
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    "Learning to fly in formation, 1942. RAF cadets practice basic skills."
     
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    "25 February 1945. A pair of Republic P-47D Thunderbolts from the USAAF's 346th Fighter Squadron over Italy. (1816 x 1354)"
     
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