Part of the problem dealing with the German invasion was that Stalin had purged close to half of the officer corps of the Red Army. Some of the ones lucky enough to be in the Gulag were hastily"Rehabilitated".
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Part of the problem dealing with the German invasion was that Stalin had purged close to half of the officer corps of the Red Army. Some of the ones lucky enough to be in the Gulag were hastily"Rehabilitated".
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On 15 of Dec 1944 UC-64 Norseman airplane disappeared over The English Channel.Among its passengers was Capt.Glen Miller ,band leader,composer and trombonist.
He was supposed to conduct his band for BBC-broadcasted "AEF Christmas Show" on 25 of Dec.This is one of the last photos of him (middle).
He was supposed to conduct his band for BBC-broadcasted "AEF Christmas Show" on 25 of Dec.This is one of the last photos of him (middle).
I can't believe that I drew myself into these kind of discussions here on this thread. I think there should be a thread where all kind of dark sides and skeletons in the closet can be discussed. Especially with numerous quotes from the wikipedia.
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Thanks to his own (Stalin's) paranoia, the Red Army took horrendous casualties during the first six months of Operation Barbarossa simply because the Red Army had close to zero competent - as opposed to politically reliable - combat commanders.
Once Stalin got a clue and left the generals to do the generaling (something Hitler never did, and the Allies won the war because of it), the Red Army became a much, much more dangerous antagonist to the Axis invading armies.
Could have been one of our as easily
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/chicoutimi-submarine-fire
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On the subject: Military themed pictures & less so, officers who could probably give good lectures.
It is Xmas, remember we live in relative comfort, and have for a long time. Others not as much.
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Couldn’t watch the entire video. My imagination got the best of me. What an awful way to die.
On the subject: Military themed pictures & less so, officers who could probably give good lectures.
It is Xmas, remember we live in relative comfort, and have for a long time. Others not as much.
Field Marshall Edmund Allenby ,
U.S. Army M4 Sherman tanks of Company A, 741st Tank Battalion and other equipment loaded in an LCT, ready for the invasion of France, circa late May/early June 1944 in southern England. Both have extended air intakes for operations in water.
Even less know that many Red Finns emigrated to Canada after 1920 and settled in N.Ontario.Some Finnish and Ukrainian Canadians headed to International Brigades and joined Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion.
There was enough of them to form "Ilkka" MG Company.
Titanium Goose #06927, the most unique of the Blackbird fleet, was the only two-seat A-12 trainer ever built. The first five A-12 aircraft, this being the fourth, were initially flown with J75 engines, because the A-12 airframe was ready for testing, the J58 was bogged down with developmental problems. These less powerful J75 engines would allow the aircraft to reach a maximum Mach 2, and 60,000 feet. Once the J58 was available, all of the A-12 aircraft were upgraded, allowing them to reach a maximum of Mach 3.35 and 95,000 feet, except this one. Our Titanium Goose kept the J75 engines through her total time of service, retiring with 1076.4 hours in the air, spanning 614 individual flights, over double that of any other A-12. Once retired, she spent years in storage at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, until August 2003, when she was put on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. She was the last A-12 to be put on display to the public.
http://supersonic-youth.tumblr.com/post/97095093454/projecthabu-titanium-goose-06927-the
Reminds me of "The Bridge At Toko-Ri" with William Holden and Mickey Rooney and that beautiful blond Grace Kelly.
So that's how A-12 looks like without paint...Left "in-white" on purpose or paint had such a short life when exposed to elements?I imagine paint doesn't last very long since paint repairs are mentioned with maintenance of every stealth and stealth-like aircraft.
