Favourite WW2 Photo

Groan!

 

heres my favorite its a german paratrooper or fallschirmjager in Italy I believe.

 

I thought that was a Panzergrenadier during the Battle of the Bulge

 

Yes, that photo was one of a series taken of 1. SS-Panzer-Division troops on 18 Dec 1944 as they came upon abandoned American vehicles from Combat Command A of the 7th Armored Divison near Poteau, Belgium. A full account of this "photo op" is provided in ATB's Battle of the Bulge - Then and Now.

 

It is, I built a 1/9 resin cast model of him a year or so ago.

 

owe sorry I though it was either Italy, Bulge, or eastern front it got the three desperate situations mixed up.

 

I believe this is the Battle of Tarawa. I like it because it shows the destruction of war, and how bad it really is.

 

A survivor from the Pearl Harbor attack (Houston James) in 1941 embracing an injured Marine who lost limbs due to trying to defuse a bomb in Iraq in 2003.

 

It does convey the message of what war finally is about..



Regards,
TBA

 

This is off topic, but for some reason my dad bought this old canue and named it the Tirpitz. He used it fish in the lake. He then painted it John Deer green which made it hidious so his girlfriend named it the Turdpit. He didn't seem to find it as funny as we did!

 

how come no one posted the victory kiss? i thought it's the perfect complement to the graveyard crosses to explain what war is about:



Edith Shain died last June 23, 2010. Rest in peace.
"Lots of women claimed to be her, but (photgrapher) Eisenstaedt believed Edith Shain. She immediately knew it was her when the photo printed the following week in Life magazine; however, she didn't come forward for over 30 years, fearing it would be inappropriate. "Now that I'm 60," she wrote in a letter to Eisenstaedt in the late '70s, "it's fun to admit that I'm the nurse in your famous shot."

She came to enjoy her place in history, and visited Times Square several times to commemorate the day. She told Eisenstaedt she had just left the Doctors' Hospital that day to be a part of the celebration when the sailor, a stranger, grabbed her by the waist and kissed her. She wasn't surprised — "at that time in my life everyone was kissing me."

 

Is that a grenade next to the cat?

 

Uncat Record

~A

 

With the anniversary coming up (and with May 16th being my birthday)
The crews of the Dambusters Raid. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/04/28/article-1381486-0233F112000005DC-274_634x491.jpg

 

Here's one that didn't make it into my book. It's Blowtorch Willy by Lt. Bill Bauerschmidt's grave on Peleliu. I think it says a lot.

 

My virgin post in this forum
Plenty of stuff here to add to my archive.

I don't know if it isn't staged, but the source I got it from said 'fallen Berlin'. It just has such awesome composition and emotion. If anyone can tell me anything about it, would be much appreciated.

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Then this one, just coz of the look on this guys face. It's a still from a documentary. The guy was an American pow captured on d-day. He was in a pan shot over a queue of prisoners, and I just had to pause and screenshot. NOT a happy chappy.

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those tanks are maus , ratte and monster tanks those tanks are only test if their are maked fully nazi germany take world fully this is hoten ho it's like american yb 49 i dont understand why americans copy horten ho this is dora's ammo this is dora

 

I want to salute them all. They are all great photos. But obviously wouldn't be practical.

Did salute the photo Mr. Mace posted. Seeing this man mourning a fallen comrade is like a knife straight to the heart.

 

Well said, Clementine. Well said! I second that.

 

hey i found this look this cute nazi sergeant