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<blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1736973" data-attributes="member: 3144"><img src="https://scontent-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10904463_654635007999628_1847170395938182839_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Four US soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division look up at Allied bombers heading to bomb German positions outside of Saint-Lô, France, at the start of Operation Cobra on the 25th of July 1944.Operation Cobra was the codename of an decisive offensive launched by the 1st US Army seven weeks after the D-Day landings during WWII. The intention was to take advantage of the German preoccupation with the British and Canadian activity around the town of Caen further to the east, and create a corridor that would allow the First Army to push through into Brittany.Having been delayed several times due to poor weather, the Operation commenced on the 25th of July with a heavy allied aerial bombardment, which reduced the city of Saint-Lô to ruins.By the 27th of July, much of the German resistance had collapsed, and the Operation concluded a week after it began on the 31st of July.(Nb. &quot;The G.I in the middle is wearing the M23 Cartridge Belt that could carry ten M1 Garand clips, one in each pocket. He is also carrying the M43 Pattern Entrenching Tool Cover and Shovel which was actually the first M43 Pattern item that reached troops prior to D-Day in huge numbers. The G.I. on the left is wearing HBT's at least over his M37 Wool Shirt. His HBT Trousers are the 2nd Type with added Cargo Pockets.&quot;)(Colourised and Researched by Benjamin Thomas from Australia)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="emilioteles, post: 1736973, member: 3144"] [IMG]https://scontent-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10904463_654635007999628_1847170395938182839_o.jpg[/IMG] Four US soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division look up at Allied bombers heading to bomb German positions outside of Saint-Lô, France, at the start of Operation Cobra on the 25th of July 1944. Operation Cobra was the codename of an decisive offensive launched by the 1st US Army seven weeks after the D-Day landings during WWII. The intention was to take advantage of the German preoccupation with the British and Canadian activity around the town of Caen further to the east, and create a corridor that would allow the First Army to push through into Brittany. Having been delayed several times due to poor weather, the Operation commenced on the 25th of July with a heavy allied aerial bombardment, which reduced the city of Saint-Lô to ruins. By the 27th of July, much of the German resistance had collapsed, and the Operation concluded a week after it began on the 31st of July. (Nb. "The G.I in the middle is wearing the M23 Cartridge Belt that could carry ten M1 Garand clips, one in each pocket. He is also carrying the M43 Pattern Entrenching Tool Cover and Shovel which was actually the first M43 Pattern item that reached troops prior to D-Day in huge numbers. The G.I. on the left is wearing HBT's at least over his M37 Wool Shirt. His HBT Trousers are the 2nd Type with added Cargo Pockets.") (Colourised and Researched by Benjamin Thomas from Australia) [/QUOTE]

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Guerra desarrollada entre Argentina y el Reino Unido en 1982