Here are a few links to galleries of photographs in the webshots photo service with tons of pictures of what some of the famous battlegrounds and fortifications look like now. For those of us who don't live close enough to visit easily. Feel free to add your own I will add more as I stumble across them. Eight albums of WWI and WWII sights in France Four albums of Eighth Air Corps in England and English fortifications
Here is a link to some German historical pictures and equipment. This person is really into German optics. Seventeen albums of German militaria especially optics Hundreds of pictures of WWII military equipment well after the war in museums and other locations. Armored fighting vehicles Another person into optics and German militaria. Optics [ 21. August 2005, 08:25 AM: Message edited by: bigiceman ]
Color photographs of WWII in this person's albums. WWII in color Hundreds of black and white pictures. Person says they live in Belguim so this could be someone we know in the forums. Blaci and white militaria pictures Many albums of pictures of small arms, edged weapons and other militaria. Militaria [ 21. August 2005, 08:22 AM: Message edited by: bigiceman ]
Nice find, Ice. Lots of great pics there. Like to do something similar myself a) if I could afford it and b) if I could guarantee being left in peace long enough to get on with it!
This is a link to some recent pictures of some WWII fliers including Pappy Boyington. http://community.webshots.com/album/53597705MMHcbD This is an album with pictures of a working B-17 at a Florida airshow this year. This person also has pictures of a lot of other warbirds from the show in other albums. http://community.webshots.com/album/323252343zxEWfy Another airshow fly-in http://community.webshots.com/album/43630624QRDIXl Vintage pictures of WWII warbirds as well as current pictures of restored birds. Also some other WWII pictures that may or may not be copies of public domain shots. http://community.webshots.com/album/108787303YLwpps