La Segunda Guerra Mundial en Color

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Battle for Arnhem, Operation Market Garden.
Operation Market being the Airborne landings.
Operation Garden being the overland advance of British 2nd Army.

Two British Airborne troopers dug in near Oosterbeek on 18th September 1944, showing the woodland fought in on the western side of the British perimeter.

By September 1944, Allied forces had successfully broken out of their Normandy beachhead and pursued shattered German forces across northern France and Belgium. Field Marshal Montgomery proposed a bold plan to head north through the Dutch Gelderland, bypassing the German Siegfried line defences and opening a route into the German industrial heartland of the Ruhr. Initially proposed as a British and Polish operation codenamed Comet, the plan was soon expanded to involve most of the First Allied Airborne Army in what would be the biggest airborne assault in history reinforced by a ground advance into the Netherlands, codenamed Market Garden.

Montgomery's plan involved dropping the U.S. 101st Airborne Division to capture key bridges around Eindhoven, the 82nd Airborne Division to secure key crossings around Nijmegen, and the British 1st Airborne Division, with the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade attached, to capture three bridges across the Rhine at Arnhem. The British Second Army, led by XXX Corps would advance up the "Airborne corridor", securing the Airborne Division's positions and crossing the Rhine within two days. If successful the plan would open the door to Germany and hopefully force an end to the war in Europe by the end of the year.

The fierce battle went on for 9 days with both sides making advances and retreats before an eventual full retreat by allied forces.
The Allies' failure to secure a bridge over the Lower Rhine spelled the end of Market Garden. While all other objectives had been achieved, the failure to secure the Arnhem road bridge over the Rhine meant that the operation failed in its ultimate objective. Field Marshal Montgomery claimed that the operation was 90% successful and the Allies did possess a deep salient into German occupied territory that was quickly reinforced, however the losses were catastrophic for the British airborne, something it would never recover from during the remainder of the war.

Allied Airborne Unit losses:

British 1st Airborne
8,969 - Total troops involved.
1,174 - Killed in action or died of wounds.
5,903 - Captured or missing.
1,892 - Safely withdrawn.

British Glider Pilot Regiment
1,262 - Total troops involved.
219 - Killed in action or died of wounds.
511 - Captured or missing.
532 - Safely withdrawn.

Polish Brigade
1,689 - Total troops involved.
92 - Killed in action or died of wounds.
111 - Captured or missing.
1,486 - Safely withdrawn.

German casualty figures are less complete than those of the Allies, and official figures have never been released. A signal possibly sent by II SS Panzer Corps on 27 September listed 3,300 casualties (1,300 killed and 2,000 injured) around Arnhem and Oosterbeek.

Photograph taken by Army Film and Photographic Unit
Smith D M (Sgt)
IWM

 

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The USS Franklin (CV-13) nicknamed "Big Ben" listing, with crew on deck, 19 March 1945, photo taken from the USS Santa Fe (CL-60) running along side in preparation to evacuate wounded crew.

Before dawn on 19 March 1945, Franklin, which had maneuvered to within 80 km (50 miles) of the Japanese mainland, closer than had any other U.S. carrier during the war, launched a fighter sweep against Honshū and later a strike against shipping in Kobe Harbour. The Franklin crew aboard had been called to battle stations 12 times within six hours that night and Gehres downgraded the alert status to Condition III, allowing his men free to eat or sleep, although gunnery crews remained at their stations. Suddenly, a single Japanese aircraft pierced the cloud cover and made a low level run on the ship to drop two semi-armour-piercing bombs. The damage analysis came to the conclusion that the bombs were 550 lb (250 kg), the Aichi B7A "Grace" had this capability (reports of the exact aircraft type are still inconclusive, also as to whether the plane was shot down or escaped). One bomb struck the flight deck centerline, penetrating to the hangar deck, effecting destruction and igniting fires through the second and third decks, and knocking out the Combat Information Center and air plot. The second hit aft, tearing through two decks.

At the time she was struck, Franklin had 31 armed and fueled aircraft warming up on her flight deck. The hangar deck contained 22 additional planes, of which 16 were fueled and five were armed. The forward gasoline system had been secured, but the aft system was operating. The explosion on the hangar deck ignited the fuel tanks on the aircraft, and gasoline vapour explosion devastated the deck. Only two crewmen survived the fire on the hangar deck. The explosion also jumbled aircraft together on the flight deck above, causing further fires and explosions, including the detonation of 12 "Tiny Tim" air-to-surface rockets.

Franklin lay dead in the water, took a 13° starboard list, lost all radio communications, and broiled under the heat from enveloping fires. Many of the crew were blown overboard, driven off by fire, killed or wounded, but the hundreds of officers and enlisted who voluntarily remained saved their ship. A recent count by Franklin historian and researcher Joseph A Springer brings total 19th March 1945 casualty figures to 807 killed and more than 487 wounded. Certainly, the casualty figures would have far exceeded this number, but for the work of many survivors. Among these were the Medal of Honor recipients Lieutenant Commander Joseph T. O'Callahan, the warship's Catholic chaplain, who administered the last rites, organized and directed firefighting and rescue parties, and led men below to wet down magazines that threatened to explode; and also Lieutenant JG Donald A. Gary, who discovered 300 men trapped in a blackened mess compartment and, finding an exit, returned repeatedly to lead groups to safety. Gary later organized and led fire-fighting parties to battle fires on the hangar deck and entered the No. 3 fireroom to raise steam in one boiler. The Santa Fe rescued crewmen from the sea and approached Franklin to take off the numerous wounded and nonessential personnel.

Franklin, like many other wartime ships, had been modified with additional armament, requiring larger crews and substantial ammunition stocks. Aircraft were both more numerous and heavier than originally planned for, and thus the flight deck had been strengthened. The aircraft carrier, therefore, displaced more than originally planned, her freeboard was reduced, and her stability characteristics had been altered. The enormous quantities of water poured aboard her to fight the fires further reduced freeboard (exacerbated, on her starboard side, by the list), and her stability was seriously impaired, such that her survival was in jeopardy. Franklin had suffered the most severe damage experienced by any U.S. fleet carrier that survived World War II.

USS Franklin was taken in tow by the heavy cruiser USS Pittsburgh until she was able to raise enough steam to reach a speed of 14 kts (26 km/h), and then she proceeded to Ulithi Atoll under her own power for emergency repairs. Next, she steamed to Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, where repairs permitted her to steam to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, via the Panama Canal, where she arrived on 28 April 1945.

She was eventually restored to active service after WWII had ended.
USS Franklin received four battle stars for her World War II service.

 

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SSG Willie Williams Jr
B Coy, 2nd Bn, Mech 2nd Inf, 1st Inf Division.
Vietnam 1967.
During his service in Vietnam his teeth got shot out and sustained damage to his left eye at the Battle of Ap Bau Bang II, for which in 2009 he was added to the Court of Valor at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Manchester Township, Pennsylvania.
He is a Purple Heart recipient.

The Battle of Ap Bau Bang II occurred during the night of 19–20 March 1967 during Operation Junction City, a search and destroy mission by American military forces in Tay Ninh Province of South Vietnam, to the west of the capital Saigon.

Forces from the 5th Cavalry Regiment were entrusted with the securing of Fire Support Base 20, around 1.5 km north of the village of Ap Bau Bang, and they had expected an attack, as their area was a known communist stronghold. During the evening of 19 March, the Viet Cong attacked the base with machine guns, mortars, rockets and small arms fire. The mortars fired from afar while a large number of infantrymen dressed in black charged from the foliage. Initially, they swarmed over the American armoured vehicles, but were dispersed by the vehicles shooting on one another, although some of the vehicles were destroyed. With the help of artillery and air strikes, as well as flares and aerial searchlights to spot their enemies, the Americans repelled the communists with ease. They claimed 227 communist killed and captured three, while losing only 3 and suffering 63 wounded.

To this day Willie is still trying to get the US Goverment to help fund his medical bills for ongoing treatment to his mouth and eye.

Willie in 2009 at the Court of Valor

 

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gt. Tommy Lyons just back from a week in the front lines near the town of Murrigen during the Battle of the Bulge

The photographer was a New Zealander by the name of George Silk, he took a batch of photos for 'Time Life' near Mürringen in Belgium, between 24th December 1944 and 1st January 1945, and a Medical Detachment from the 394th Infantry Regiment APO 449, U.S. Army, were in that vacinity around then. Here's the other photos from that set.
Coloured by Historic photo restored in color
Source " Life magazine "

 

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Què buenas fotos chicos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Queremos màs y màs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merchant

 

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Son todas solicitadas a Miguel....

Polish ace Jan Zumbach (left), 13 kills

French P-40, Algiers

B-24

Nakajima Ki-84 "Hayate"

Zero

Spit Mk IX, perro y Johnny Johnson (con las marcas de AVION AMIGO,para el desembarco en Normandia)

Teniente (más tarde el capitán de corbeta) Walter Lewis Chewning de Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a pasos del tanque de combustible en combustión de un Hellcat F6F-3 pilotado por alférez (más tarde el teniente) Byron Milton Johnson de Potter,efectua un rescate con éxito del piloto en 10 de noviembre 1943.

El personal de la Marina de EE.UU. liberando un PBY-5A aviones 'Catalina' de las aguas congeladas en las islas Aleutianas en Kodiak Bahía, territorio estadounidense de Alaska, en algún momento durante el período comprendido entre junio de 1942 y enero 1943

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Son todas solicitadas a Miguel....

Polish ace Jan Zumbach (left), 13 kills

French P-40, Algiers

B-24

Nakajima Ki-84 "Hayate"

Zero

Spit Mk IX, perro y Johnny Johnson (con las marcas de AVION AMIGO,para el desembarco en Normnadia)

Teniente (más tarde el capitán de corbeta) Walter Lewis Chewning de Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a pasos del tanque de combustible en combustión de un Hellcat F6F-3 pilotado por alférez (más tarde el teniente) Byron Milton Johnson de Potter,efectua un rescate con éxito del piloto en 10 de noviembre 1943.

El personal de la Marina de EE.UU. liberando un PBY-5A aviones 'Catalina' de las aguas congeladas en las islas Aleutianas en Kodiak Bahía, territorio estadounidense de Alaska, en algún momento durante el período comprendido entre junio de 1942 y enero 1943

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Excelentes fotos Señor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Muchas gracias por compartir, esperamos las pròximas!!

abrazo,

Merchant

 

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SHORT SHENTLAND

Este hidrocánoa de gran velocidad y alcance fue construido por SHORT en su planta de ROCHESTER en KENT.Fue desarrollado según el requerimiento R.14/40 del MINISTERIO del AIRE ingles,en el cual se pedía un gran radio de acción,ante lo cual SHORT dada su experiencia con sus hidrocánoas SUNDERLAND inicio los estudios técnicos del aparato,denominado SHETLAND, el primer avión diseñado con un sistema eléctrico de 110 V (según la fuente).El termino de la II GUERRA MUNDIAL impidió su construcción en serie.

 

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Garapan, saipán, Mariana Islas. 3 º de julio de 1944.

" Marine Infantrymen moverse rápido para tomar nuevas posiciones en la ciudad principal de garapan, saipán. Los edificios e instalaciones fueron japonés set afire apoyando la artillería y el 'Leatherneck' (Marines) entró en la ciudad a participar el enemigo en la calle luchando por primera vez en el teatro del Pacífico."

Garapan, en la costa oeste de saipán, fue capturado por la 2 ª división de infantería de Marina.

Alrededor de 2,100 japonesa original de la guarnición de 29,000 en saipán fueron tomados prisioneros. Las víctimas fueron aproximadamente 3,100 estadounidenses muertos, 300 desaparecidos, y 13,100 heridos.

(de la fotografía collection (Coll / 3948), Marine Corps Archivos & colecciones especiales)

 

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La destrucción de Berlin (y la incipiente reconstrucción) en todo su "esplendor".

 

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Tanque M-3 y formación de la tripulación con armas pequeñas, Ft. Knox, Ky. June 1942

 

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Faaa parece recién sacada!! manos

 

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Un fokker t. V bombardero bimotor mostrando la única camo tricolor esquema de color naranja brillante y marcas de identidad utilizado por la fuerza aérea holandesa en la aparición de ww2.

La Fuerza Aérea de los países bajos se utiliza un documento de identidad roundel muy similar a los franceses y británicos queridos con la consecuencia de que una vez que la guerra comenzó, varios misidentifications ocurrió que culminó en el derribo de un fokker t viii por un alemán he115 sobre el mar del norte en el 13 De septiembre de 1939., dado el incidente, los holandeses decidió cambiar sus marcas nacionales desde octubre de 1, de 1939 a un triángulo de naranja en un intento de evitar más casos de identificación.

De los 16 aviones entregado por que sólo 9 estaban listos para servicio operativo cuando la wehrmacht invadió en la 10 ª. Todos los 9 fueron puestos fuera de acción en los primeros 3 días de lucha (10 º-13 º de mayo, 1940). Éste en particular (Nº 858) le pegó fuego en aa nerlandés regresa de una misión de bombardeo y tuvo que hacer un aterrizaje de emergencia. Se fue a la espera de las reparaciones, cuando finalmente fue destruida por un bombardeo de la luftwaffe correr. Afortunadamente, la tripulación logró salir ileso en ambas cuentas.

 

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La tripulación de un británico m4a2 tanque sherman) llamado " (T146929 Akilla ' de ' Un ' Escuadrón, 1 er nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry, 8 º Brigada blindada después de haber destruido cinco tanques alemanes en un día, rauray en Normandía. 30 º de junio de 1944.

(l-R) Sargento Jorge Dring (s / nº556048) (murió jan. 2003)
Trooper hodkin
Trooper un. Denton
Trooper e. Bennett
L / CPL. S Gould

Domingo 25 de junio;
"...... Luego se fue en el escuadrón de c, de esto. La mitad de la escuadra fue a la izquierda (la granja) en el lado de la carretera rauray, y la otra mitad a la derecha. El asalto en pausa cuando dos sherman en la mano derecha se elabora arriba grupo, pero luego tanques de número 4 tropas en la mano izquierda grupo encargado a través de la parte posterior de la granja de cobertura y abrió el huerto en un frenesí de él y la máquina de fuego. Luego cruzó la carretera a una parcela donde posteriormente comprometida tanques alemanes (posiblemente pz ivs de 12 división panzer ss) en un bosque de unos 2 km al sur-Oriente."

' en 1600 horas un tanto la infantería británica y tanques lanzó en otra vez. Un Escuadrón Sherwood Rangers se mudó en apoyo de c escuadrón y comprometida un tigre yo a 60 m de gama en una sorpresa duelo. Después de un breve intercambio el alemán y su tripulación baled vehículo se convirtió en el primer tiger para ser capturada en Normandía. Para los próximos dos horas un escuadrón advanced a través de los campos de la limpieza de cada hedgerow a su vez. El Sherman luciérnagas en la unidad tomó una pesada carga de los tanques de enemigo."

" al final del día los alemanes habían perdido 13 pz ivs, un tigre y una pantera, en comparación a los dos sherman perdidos por los rangers de sherwood." (balagan. Info)

 

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La tripulación de la pandilla ', Un B-17 de la 324 ª, 91 ª Escuadrón de bomba bomba grupo, usaaf, posando con sus dos mascotas, viento y, en bassingbourn skippy, cambridgeshire, Inglaterra, 15 de junio de 1943.

Varios títulos de esta imagen record que la foto fue tomada después de que el motor de la aeronave para problemas obligado a abortar una misión a le mans y dar marcha atrás, antes de que el resto de los aviones también abortado y regresó.

La tripulación compuesto de (de izquierda a derecha): S / SGT. Marion J. Spagnola (Cincinatti, oh); T / SGT. Jack R. Carlson (Rockford, IL); S / SGT. Jack kevine, (este nasáu, NY); 2 º lt. f.n. dibble (Bronxville, NY); 1 st lt. r.f. brubaker (Clearwater, FL); 1 st lt. James m. Smith, piloto (Austin, TX); Sargento. Bernard De Roca (Nueva York, NY); 1 st lt. w.s. sooveli (Portland, CT); S / SGT. Edward l. Lawler (Camden, ak), Y T / SGT. Arthur l. Smith (Norwich, CT).

El avión se perdió en Alemania en una misión para schweinfurt sólo unos meses más tarde, el 17 de agosto de 1943 con una tripulación de diferentes pilotado por William Wheeler, aunque todos diez rescatado, sobrevivió y donde tomado prisionero.

 

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9 º de julio de 1944

Nosotros los médicos asistir a un herido gi tras la liberación de la aldea de la hayes-Du-Puits en normandía por los ee. uu. 79 ª división de infantería de la ocupación alemana en 9 de julio de 1944.

Esta fue la 79 ª división de la última batalla de Normandía, después de que fueron retirados de vuelta a Inglaterra.
Alrededor de la hayes puits había luchado du muy sangrienta batalla por montgardon, conocido como 'Hill 84'.
La división luchó por esta zona durante cinco días, a un costo de 1,500 bajas.
Cuando se añade a las víctimas que cayeron en la batalla de 'Hill 122' montre castre que fue justo al este de la ciudad, el número se elevó a 5,000 muertos o heridos.

Los heridos gi lleva una "Estación de etiqueta". Además, la aplicación bandaging, splinting tourniquets, la administración, y la inyección sulfar morfina, aidmen se suponía para llenar una emergencia médica, por cada víctima de etiquetas. Esto proporciona los registros de la identidad del paciente y el tratamiento inicial.

 

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