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Interesting pic of the Panther tank
I'm wondering what the situation was there
Did the Panther and all other vehicles in the convoy (there appears to be other vehicles too) get damaged in an air attack and the crew decide to leave on foot due to not being able to fix damage
Or, was the convoy stranded for lack of fuel and the crews decided to leg it cross country rather than wait for the Russians to arrive
Is the Panther an Ausf D, I see it has the pistol port at back of turret, and twin exhaust pipes
 
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The sharp edge of combat.
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Filipino guerilla leader shows US Army Pvt. how she used her long knife to silently kill Japanese soldier.

She reminds me of a librarian I knew.
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Betting the Jap was half the height of the Yank. :)

Grizz
 
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A Japanese military unit, consisting of ex-sumo wrestlers, engages in drills and training exercises as a prelude to induction into the home defense forces. Kantō region, Honshu, Japan. 1942

Those Arisaka rifles look like BB guns in their hands.

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Merry christmas.
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Christmas Truce of 1914
During World War I, on and around Christmas Day 1914, the sounds of rifles firing and shells exploding faded in a number of places along the Western Front in favor of holiday celebrations in the trenches and gestures of goodwill between enemies.

Did you know? On December 7, 1914, Pope Benedict XV suggested a temporary hiatus of the war for the celebration of Christmas. The warring countries refused to create any official cease-fire, but on Christmas the soldiers in the trenches declared their own unofficial truce.

Starting on Christmas Eve, many German and British troops sang Christmas carols to each other across the lines, and at certain points the Allied soldiers even heard brass bands joining the Germans in their joyous singing.

At the first light of dawn on Christmas Day, some German soldiers emerged from their trenches and approached the Allied lines across no-man’s-land, calling out “Merry Christmas” in their enemies’ native tongues. At first, the Allied soldiers feared it was a trick, but seeing the Germans unarmed they climbed out of their trenches and shook hands with the enemy soldiers. The men exchanged presents of cigarettes and plum puddings and sang carols and songs. There was even a documented case of soldiers from opposing sides playing a good-natured game of soccer.

Some soldiers used this short-lived ceasefire for a more somber task: the retrieval of the bodies of fellow combatants who had fallen within the no-man’s land between the lines.

The so-called Christmas Truce of 1914 came only five months after the outbreak of war in Europe and was one of the last examples of the outdated notion of chivalry between enemies in warfare. It was never repeated—future attempts at holiday ceasefires were quashed by officers’ threats of disciplinary action—but it served as heartening proof, however brief, that beneath the brutal clash of weapons, the soldiers’ essential humanity endured.
 
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diopter said:
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A Japanese military unit, consisting of ex-sumo wrestlers, engages in drills and training exercises as a prelude to induction into the home defense forces. Kantō region, Honshu, Japan. 1942

Those Arisaka rifles look like BB guns in their hands.

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A couple of them are in dire need of haircuts, but obviously their Sgt-Maj isn't up to telling them.;)
 
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Hebel 1894. I got a chance to look at one up close & personal. They are massive. I am not sure but in that era they might have been black powder only. Break action with two locking lugs. The one I examined had been bead blasted by the looks of it (of course just the exterior) & had been beaten around a bit like it had been in a trench raid /war or two. Made to last a 'thousand years'.
 
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