Picture of the day

[CV32]

I see where you're coming from. I took that pic to be Cuba, from the dense vegetation. Turkey doesn't have a lot of areas which look like that.

The pic in post #25,127 is indeed of Cuba.

 

[fat tony]

So that was a pic of Communist partisans during the Milan General Uprising. It is hard to find concrete facts on operations during this uprising - maybe it is on Italian language sites? We do know there were a lot of bombing attacks during this civil war.

Huh the stupid AI search engine gives you the false impression that the Italian Civil War is the same as the Anni di piombo, 1960 - 1980. What bull####!

 

[shredder]

Spoils of war. (#OTD in 1916, France. #WW1

Nice Gew98 with a trench magazine! That would be worth a few bucks on the collector's market today.....

 

[Donny Fenn1]

Nice Gew98 with a trench magazine! That would be worth a few bucks on the collector's market today.....

there's one on guunpoost right now, don't know if it's legit....

 

[Dosing]

And just cuz, Cornwallis in 44, with a steam traction engine in the pic.

 

[I Dont Care About You]

And just cuz, Cornwallis in 44, with a steam traction engine in the pic.View attachment 840876

I want to say that I went through the barracks in the middle background in '89. Its kinda hard to tell but I do remember our barracks backed on to the sea.

 

[fat tony]

I want to say that I went through the barracks in the middle background in '89. Its kinda hard to tell but I do remember our barracks backed on to the sea.

Still angry about the civvy lockup bull#### and the scummy dry cleaner.

Daimler scout car of 1st King's Dragoon Guards at the town hall in Naples, 1 October 1943
At 09:30

Lol. This reminds me of a Scene from 'Catch 22', 1970.

Interesting. The popular narrative is that the Naples uprising was a spontaneous, citizen uprising. This is apparently not true. Considerable planning and preparation went into it. Lots of Allied support was rendered.

 

[ipscgraz]

At 4:31 AM, an unauthorized photo taken of Stalin inside of the Kremlin shows the very moment he was informed that Germany had began their invasion of the Soviet Union. June 22, 1941.

 

[Dosing]

I want to say that I went through the barracks in the middle background in '89. Its kinda hard to tell but I do remember our barracks backed on to the sea.

There were two 34 blocks down by the beach, next to Champlain Hall (Mess), dont recall the numbers but one was the meningitis block as we called it, which was closed up after a cadet came down with meningitis there, and stayed closed the better part of a decade.

 

[Dosing]

 

[fat tony]

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

That's quite the critter. Surprised World of Tanks hasn't offered one. Gotta think the crews trained mightily on the art of Not Being Seen.

More info here: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/cold...ank-dinfanterie-90mm-cati-90/#google_vignette

 

[*lawrence]

80 years ago today, Cpl. Ruth Oakley of the US 7th Army is photographed with a captured German StG 44 assault rifle in the French city of Château-Salins (Salzburgen).

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

How'd he get away with the goatee and 'stache?

 

[Pete04]

and side burns?

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Feels kinda "reenactor-y".

 

[ArmedGinger]

Feels kinda "reenactor-y".

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Ruth M Oakley

Birth
17 Nov 1923

Death
5 Mar 1993 (aged 69)

Burial
Calverton National Cemetery
Calverton, Suffolk County, New York, USA

Plot
1, 0, 1612

 

[*lawrence]

"Dire times. #OTD in 1940, Birling Gap, near Eastbourne. #WW2"

 

[ArmedGinger]

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Imagine the load on the suspension of the bottommost row.