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    Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery

    [img] 1,222 graves: 986 British, 2 New Zealanders, 1 Canadian, 1 Australian, 232 German. Shortly after the Landings, fighting took place...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 28, 2010, 4 replies, in forum: Tilly-Sur-Seulles
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    Secqueville-En-Bessin War Cemetery

    [img] 117 graves: 98 British, 18 German, 1 Allied soldier unknown. Secqueville-En-Bessin was a junction between British and Canadian...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 28, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Secqueville-En-Bessin
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    Saint-Manvieu-Norrey War Cemetery

    [img] 2,183 graves: 1,623 British, 3 Canadian, 1 Australian, 556 German. From mid-June 1944 until the liberation of Caen on 9th July,...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 28, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Saint-Manvieu-Norrey
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    Saint-Desir-de-Lisieux War Cemetery

    [img] 598 graves: 569 British, 16 Canadian, 6 Australian, 1 New Zealander, 5 South African, 1 American The entrance is side-ways on and...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 28, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Saint-Desir-de-Lisieux
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    Ryes - Bazenville Cemetery

    [img] 979 graves: 630 British, 21 Canadian, 1 Australian, 1 Polish, 326 German The village of Ryes is situated a few kilometres from the...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 28, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Ryes-Bazenville War Cemetery
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    British War Cemetery Ranville

    [img] 2,562 graves: 2,151 British, 76 Canadian, 1 Australian, 1 Belgian, 322 German, 2 unknown Near the site of the historic Pegasus...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 28, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Ranville War Cemetery
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    Hottot Les Bagues

    [img] 1,137 graves: 965 British, 34 Canadian, 3 Australian, 2 New Zealanders, 1 South African, 132 German. The soldiers who lie in this...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 28, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Hottot Les Bagues
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    Fontenay-le-Pesnel

    [IMG] 520 graves: 457 British, 4 Canadian, 59 German In the cemetery at Fontenay-le-Pesnel are buried the soldiers involved in clashes west...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 28, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery
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    Douvres-La-Delivrande Cemetery

    [IMG] 1,123 graves: 927 British, 11 Canadian, 3 Australian, Polish, 180 German, 1 unknown Three kilometres from the Landing Beach Juno, the...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 28, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Douvres-La-Delivrande
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    Aerial Weapons Used During WWII

    At the beginning of World War II, aircraft design had far outstripped the design of aircraft weapons. During the Battle of Britain, the famous...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 27, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: Allied Aviation Of WWII
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    A Soldiers View on the Bombing of Cassino Monastery

    In battles spanning the months from late 1943 to May 1944, Italian locals and British, Polish, American and German servicemen witnessed the...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 26, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: The War In Italy
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    Major-General Richard Heidrich

    The stubborn and blunt mannered Major-General Richard Heidrich was a hero even before his most famous battle at Cassino. Born in 1896, he served...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 26, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: The War In Italy
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    German Human Torpedo

    The Marder (Marten) suffered from two main disadvantages. First, underwater mobility was extremely poor and constantly required the pilot’s full...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 26, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: Germany at Sea!
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    British and German Account of Hand to Hand Fighting in Arnhem

    Lieutenant Joseph Hardy of the Border Regiment landed outside Arnhem. His actions under fire and, as the recommendation for his MC stated, ‘his...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 25, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: Operation Market Garden
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    Camouflaged German Anti-Aircraft Gun

    A camouflaged German anti-aircraft gun waits for the second Allied airlift into Holland, after plans for the drops have fallen into their hands....
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 25, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: German Heavy Weapons
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    German 88mm in the Antitank Role

    A German 88mm gun in the antitank role. Originally designed as an anti-aircraft gun, it was also used as an anti-tank gun from early in the War,...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 23, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: German Heavy Weapons
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    Building a Caisson for Mulberry Harbour

    The figures of the construction workers give an indication of the size of these concrete caissons which formed the outer breakwater for each of...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 23, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: Normandy Landing Beaches
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    A Legal Diamond Thief

    Lieutenant colonel Montague R. Chidson was one of the most experienced and productive officers in the Continental service of MI-6, Great Britain’s...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 23, 2010, 4 replies, in forum: A Soldier's Story
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    Operation Tonga

    General Sir Richard Nelson Gale GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (1896 – 1982) In World War II he served with 1st Parachute Brigade and then the 6th Airborne...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 23, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Pegasus Bridge
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    E-Boat Alley

    For Maurice Tither VRD, a Sub-Lieutenant telegraphist on HMS Shearwater, a corvette in E-Boat Alley, (Channel and east coast of UK), Christmas...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 22, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Britain at Sea!
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