some interesting WWII photos..and some humorous...

even our present queen, did her bit..WWII



white summer tunic..





During the WW2 Russian Army was using a “Fire Hedgehog” - the set of 88 Tommy-gun alike machine guns loaded into a plane. It was used at low attitude flights to effectively saw off hundreds of enemy soldiers. When the pilot got above some Nazi crowd the pilot of started fire, then the doors in the plane’s bottom were opened and this Fire Hedgehog was coming into play, eighty something non-stop firing machine guns could really look like the Hedgehog from Hell.

 

German Wehrmacht troops burn Kosovo Serb villages near Kosovska Mitrovica 1941




Quisling Cetnik leader Kosta Pecanac converses with German officer and Kosovo Albanian collaborator Dazafer Deva. Pecanac was killed upon capture by Mihailovic's Cetniks in 1944 for treason.




Chetnik flag




Group photo




American Colonel McDowell with Draza Mihailovic and his Muslim Cetnik commanders



Himmler inspecting SS division "Prince Eugene" before their operations against the Cetniks in Kraljevo




Cetniks marching




German supply train derailed by Serbs




Chetniks that died fighting the Germans in Kraljevo









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Haha! Those are some of the most hilarious military photos I've seen! Who thought that they had a sense of humor? It's good that they had cameras back then so we can laugh at these pictures.

 

1941: A hospital in ruins after a heavy bombing raid on London.

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Hi Ray where did you found the nice X-wing-fighter Ground crew member at the right wing....? Good pics!

Regards

Ulrich

 

All these pics would make for a great captioning contest :lol: :lol:

 

the star wars one? ulrich..

 

Yep Ray exactly this!

Ulrich

 

it could have been strange military, or just one I bumped into ulrich.?

 

I´ll take the bumped into! And now i know your taste on.....)

Regards

Ulrich

 

henley the scrounger ha! ha!..

 

tokyo Rose...






john garand..

 

The infamous Todesstiege, or Stairway of Death. Prisoners were forced to carry quarried blocks of stone up these 195 narrow uneven steps, and on up to the upper level.


GIs at the Berchtesgaden Postamt (post office) in May 1945 -This side of the train station building is still the main post office - the only change to the mosaic has been the removal of the swastika from the flag.

 

goering pictured, and his trophies..

 

Always a pleasure to see these