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"Blitzmadels an die Front"??? My Milsurp Brethren are polluting their little minds with Frederika die Grosse! That is actually a Luftwaffe Gehimewaffe: combat robot with frontally-mounted radar housings.

@ Bellero: Any indication of who, what, where, when, why (the 5 Ws) in your photos? If I had to guess, I would say:

Top: Italy, Hermann Goering Panzer Parachute Division, somebody's twisted idea of "Mussolini Mule", turning a real one into a Blitzmaul with forward AT armament (Panzrfaust) and an MP-40 "tail gun".

Middle one looks Finnish. "Is good for killing Russians, is good enough for Suomens Armeija!"

Bottom looks like somebody's kid had a ride-around toy A7V and Daddy decided to militarise the thing.

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I hope that petrty airplane had a really good cabin heater. It would be very COOL flying around with those big fans on th front!

Almost TOO pretty to clutter up with Brownings and bomb racks, though.
 
bellero said:
Caption this pictures. lol!

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Alas just a still from a movie. The reality was a bit more prosaic :p:

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smellie said:
"Blitzmadels an die Front"??? My Milsurp Brethren are polluting their little minds with Frederika die Grosse! That is actually a Luftwaffe Gehimewaffe: combat robot with frontally-mounted radar housings.

@ Bellero: Any indication of who, what, where, when, why (the 5 Ws) in your photos? If I had to guess, I would say:

Top: Italy, Hermann Goering Panzer Parachute Division, somebody's twisted idea of "Mussolini Mule", turning a real one into a Blitzmaul with forward AT armament (Panzrfaust) and an MP-40 "tail gun".

Middle one looks Finnish. "Is good for killing Russians, is good enough for Suomens Armeija!"

Bottom looks like somebody's kid had a ride-around toy A7V and Daddy decided to militarise the thing.

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I hope that petrty airplane had a really good cabin heater. It would be very COOL flying around with those big fans on th front!

Almost TOO pretty to clutter up with Brownings and bomb racks, though.
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Sorry, I have no background story on any of these pics. I just stumbled upon them on the interwebs and was hoping Knowledgable‏ people like you could shed some light.
 
purple said:
It appears that the inspector may be checking for the synchronization of pectoral muscles.
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Your all wrong. Thats the poster for the movie "Nazi Dykes from Hell", part of Adolf Hilters private #### collection discovered in his Berlin bunker by the Soviets in May of 1945 and recently re-released on a boxed DVD set.
 
Ganderite said:
I recall Bob Hoover doing a low level slow roll at Abbotsford airshow in a P-38. Not that big a deal, normally, but both engines were feathered.

A beautiful airplane. Lochead planes tend to be pretty.
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When he was doing airshows in his Shrike Commander his grand finallie was a 2 engine out 8 point roll down the show line. I was extremely lucky to get a full airshow practice with him (minus the 8 point roll) quite a few years back at Trenton. He was certainly the smoothest pilot that I ever flew with.
 
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Pyramid of German helmets near Grand Central Terminal: black-and-white photoprint, ca. 1918: View of the employees of the New York Central Railroad, assembled in Victory Way, showing the pyramid of captured German helmets, with Grand Central Terminal in the background. Two cannons are shown at the left and right.

Any history buffs know what figure lies at the top of the pyramid? Some commenters have speculated that it may be Nike the Goddess of Victory.

Beyond a well-framed shot, I find this photograph interesting for the symbolism, sociological impact and historical significance. Many people may find the sight of so many ‘enemy’ helmets too macabre with each helmet representing a dead or captured soldier. And how does such a public display affect the psyche of citizens? To be located near Grand Central Terminal means it would have been seen by a lot of people.

The cannons in the foreground, the numerous flags, the eagles atop the pillars; the symbolism in this shot is very powerful.
 
Very interesting indeed. Evocative of something the Romans would have done, assuming one replaces the helmets with the skulls that once wore them.

Would the Yanks have thought to do such a thing after WW2? Hard to say, but the "vibe" of that war was very different than the First war. Seems to me that WW1 was seen as a war to defend civilization from the brutish Hun, fought with manly vigour and a sense of fairness. WW2 was more a campaign to destroy than fight, gloves off, screw the Marquess of Queensbury stuff - more an awful job that needed doing than an opportunity for fame and valor.

I'm likely WAY off base with this analysis - it's early and I'm tired - but the wars "felt" different from each other somehow, and I can't picture that pile of helmets outside GCT a week after VE Day. Can you guys?

Neat picture - thanks for that.
 
Courtesy of the Axis History Forum:

PIAT anti-tank gunners of The Regina Rifle Regiment who knocked out a German PzKpfW V Panther tank thirty yards from Battalion Headquarters, Bretteville-l’Orgeuilleuse, France, 8 June 1944. (L-R): Riflemen Joe E. Lapointe and Gil A. Carnie, Lance-Corporal Clarence V. Hewitt. Lapointe was awarded the Military Medal for this action
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Dark Alley Dan said:
Very interesting indeed. Evocative of something the Romans would have done, assuming one replaces the helmets with the skulls that once wore them.

Would the Yanks have thought to do such a thing after WW2? Hard to say, but the "vibe" of that war was very different than the First war. Seems to me that WW1 was seen as a war to defend civilization from the brutish Hun, fought with manly vigour and a sense of fairness. WW2 was more a campaign to destroy than fight, gloves off, screw the Marquess of Queensbury stuff - more an awful job that needed doing than an opportunity for fame and valor.

I'm likely WAY off base with this analysis - it's early and I'm tired - but the wars "felt" different from each other somehow, and I can't picture that pile of helmets outside GCT a week after VE Day. Can you guys?

Neat picture - thanks for that.
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The U.S. only fought WWI for a year. I expect that contributed to the celebration. I doubt that France, Britain, or Canada would celebrate quite so heartily at the loss of their own men.

The USA learned this lesson well at the end of WWII. The American sacrifice was much greater and therefore the victory much more solemn.

This may sound insensitive, but I don't mean it to be. It's just a question of the psychology of exhaustion.
 
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