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    "[10200x2350] Drawing of the layout of the armament (main, secondary and AA) of the Italian battleship Giulio Cesare after her rebuild."
     
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    "B-24 Liberator “Assembly Ship” paint schemes. These war weary, stripped down bombers were used to lead and organize formations and returned to base once the attacking bombers were on the way to Germany."
     
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    "USS New Mexico's 14-inch projectiles on starboard deck forward while being replenished at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands 30 Jun 1944 prior to the invasion of Guam. [4,535x5,742]"
     
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    "The battleship USS Wisconsin in floating drydock AFDB-1 at Guam on 5 April 1952 [4096 x 3066]."

    Perspective 2.
     
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    "Flight Lieutenant Wilfred Arthur draped in a German flag on 30 November 1941, when he shot down four enemy aircraft to win the DFC. He later led combat formations at squadron and wing level, becoming at 24 the youngest group captain in the history of the RAAF."
     
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    "Vickers Medium Mk II. The Vickers Mediums equipped the Royal Tank Corps from 1923 to 1938. Some were used for training in the UK and Egypt in the early years of the Second World War."
     
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    "The battlecruiser HMS Hood, c. 1931-32. As a result of the Naval Arms Limitation treaties, she was the largest warship in the world for 20 years. [5876 x 2848]"
     
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    "A Panzer II crew removing the small calibre barrel for cleaning purposes. This is the Panzer-Abteilung z.b.V.40 unit in Raatevaara, Finland. 27th June 1941."
     
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    How does the driver see?
     
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    No blitzkrieg in Finland as you can see.
     
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    I think that's a pop-up hatch under the MG?
     
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    There are small vision slits for him.
     
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    "[1450 x 962]Italian battleship Conte di Cavour after her rebuild, late 1930's."
     
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    "KV-8 flamethrower tank"
     
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    "[2048x1365] The French battleship Lorraine bombarding the Atlantic pocket of Pointe du Grave, April 15-16th 1945."
     
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    "Evolution of the British Battlecruiser - the 5 ships built by John Brown on the Clyde [800 x 895]."
     
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    "County, but heavily armoured. Type "A" cruiser, Surrey class heavy cruisers, taken from "Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946". [3448x1024]"
     
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    "USS New York (BB-34) underway, sometime between 1944 and 1945. Note: she is painted in camouflage Measure 31A, Design 8b. [2048x1585]"
     

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