World War II

"The world must know what happened, and never forget." - General Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Bristol Blenheim Mk IF of 17 Squadron, WR-W serial L1359 at RAF Upwood, 1940

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The stern catapult of the Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto with a Reggiane Re2000 fighter prepared for launch with the battleship Roma in the background. September 30, 1942.

The catapulted Re2000s were used similarly to the Hurricanes embarked on British CAM ships, requiring either to moor or land on land.

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The characteristic profile of a Savoia Marchetti S.M. 79 "Sparviero", nicknamed by the British as the "Damned Hunchback". It was the true workhorse of the Regia Aeronautica, deployed on all fronts and covering all kind of roles.

#ww2 #aircraft

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14 August 1942. Spitfires Mk Vb of 453 Squadron RAAF at Drem in East Lothian, Scotland.

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Inside a Handley Page works at Radlett, Hertfordshire where Handley Page Hampdens are being assembled, 28th April 1939.

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Hurricane Mk.IId (Z2326), originally built as a Mk.IIa, during trials with the A&AEE from Boscombe Down in early 1942. Vickers 40mm cannons without cowlings.

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Red army soldiers stand in formation, 1943

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Red Army soldiers pose with captured German equipment (I think in 1942, I could be wrong with the date)

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German soldiers captured by the US 2nd Armoured Division as it makes its advance towards Lemgo, Germany - April 1945

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ПАРТИЗАНЫ, МСТИТЕ БЕЗ ПОЩАДЫ!

PARTISANS, TAKE REVENGE WITHOUT MERCY!

Soviet propaganda poster made during World War II

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US troops move down a small, snow covered dirt track - Ardennes, Belgium, Dec 1944. CREDIT : LIFE Magazine

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Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle Lahti l-39. Lahti l-39 in the Finnish war.

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Nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder," the De Havilland Mosquito WWII aircraft was a blistering fast, versatile fighter-bomber made almost entirely of wood! 🎥 FULL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/bQrl9Z6attE #british #dehavilland #wwiihistory #royalairforce #aviation

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Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4 at Siverskaya Airfield, Leningrad Oblast in 1943. 🎥GERMAN AIRCRAFT VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/WWIIGermany

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning formation in 1943

🎥 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/3YUXy3dYzwc

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The US Navy Iowa Class battleship USS Wisconsin (commissioned in 1944) is tied up outboard of the hulk of USS Oklahoma (commissioned in 1916), at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii, on 11 November 1944.

This is a great example of how battleship development has evolved in 30 years.