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Items related to World War II (1939-1945) |
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 | An old airfield near Cerignola and home of the 456th Heavy bombardment group in World War II. |  | 11/28/2005 | 229 | 
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 | Flak towers (German: Flakturm) were large AA gun blockhouses used by the Luftwaffe to prevent overflights of key areas in certain cities in World War II. They also served as air-raid shelters for tens of thousands of people and to coordinate air defence. With concrete walls up to 3.5m thick these towers were considered to be invulnerable to attack with the usual ordnance carried by Allied bombe... |  | 11/23/2005 | 569 |
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 | The shallow wreck site of the Liberty ship , the Richard Montgomery.
Contained over seven thousand tons of explosives, the Richard Montgomery, grounded and sank on the 20th August 1944, off Sheerness Middle Sand in about 33ft of water at low tide.
Although part of the cargo was salvaged, 3,173 tonnes were left aboard; enough, that if the ship were to blow up, it would be the ... |  | 11/22/2005 | 557 |
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 | Mission 107,108,110-114,116-122 of the 320th BG. The targets are all on the mainland of Italy and France. | | 11/21/2005 | 499 |
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 | Mission 99,100,102,103,105 & 106 of the 320th BG. The targets are all on the mainland of Italy and France. | | 11/17/2005 | 234 |
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 | Mission 89,91,93-96 & 98 of the 320th BG. The targets are all on the mainland of Italy. | | 11/17/2005 | 362 |
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 | the "camp des loges" was the place of the general staff of the american army in europe after the second world war. |  | 11/16/2005 | 211 |
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 | Mission 69-74 & 78-82 of the 320th BG. The targets are all on the mainland of Italy. | | 11/15/2005 | 325 |
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 | Mission 57,59,61,62,65,66 & 67 of the 320th BG. The targets are all on the mainland of Italy. | | 11/14/2005 | 304 |
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 | Second month of operations for this Bombardement Group. Strike pictures from Austria, Italy, France, Romania. | | 11/13/2005 | 310 |
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 | While the XXIV Corps prepared to resume its offensive against the Shuri defenses, the Marine conquest of the Motobu Peninsula facilitated the 77th Division's assault on Ie Shima, a small island three and one-half miles off the western end of the peninsula. The division's 305th and 306th Infantry landed on 16 April, followed almost immediately by the 307th, which had been held in reserve, when r... |  | 11/09/2005 | 458 |
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 | The landing and capture of the inland of Okinawa. | | 11/09/2005 | 296 |
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 | First phase in the capture of Okinawa. | | 11/09/2005 | 201 |
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 | Majdanek is the site of a Nazi concentration and extermination camp, roughly four kilometers away from the center of the Polish city Lublin. Unlike many other Nazi concentration and extermination camps, Majdanek is not hidden away in some remote forest or obscured from view by natural barriers, nor was it surrounded by a "security zone". It was established in October 1941, at Heinrich... | | 11/08/2005 | 1,350 |
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 | 100th Bomb Group
13th Combat Wing
3rd Air Division
8th AF | | 11/06/2005 | 636 |
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 | Possible location of the 454th and 455th Bomb Group base during WWII. | | 11/05/2005 | 211 |
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 | The view of Offenbach near Frankfurt, Germany from inside a B-17 at 20,000 ft. The main bombing target was the marshalling yards at the railroad. | | 11/01/2005 | 1,855 |
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 | The Ludendorff Bridge was a railroad bridge across the Rhine in Germany, connecting the cities of Remagen and Erpel.
The bridge is famous for its capture by Allied forces in the Second World War. The bridge was an important strategic point in WWII because it was the only remaining bridge which led over the Rhine River into Germany and Berlin.
he bridge had been bui... | | 11/01/2005 | 890 |
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 | Aerial pictures of some missions flown by the 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Fleet USAAF | | 11/01/2005 | 279 |
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 | Aerial pictures of some missions flown by the 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Fleet USAAF | | 11/01/2005 | 279 |
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 | Aerial pictures of some missions flown by the 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Fleet USAAF | | 11/01/2005 | 231 |
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 | 243 Lancasters and 1 Mosquito of No 5 Group, with 8 Pathfinder Mosquitos, attacked the barracks and the town of Nordhausen, which was severely damaged. 1 Lancaster lost. | | 10/30/2005 | 348 |
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 | Attack on Dülmen by 130 aircraft - 106 Halifaxes, 12 Lancasters, 12 Mosquitos - of Nos 4 and 8 Groups. No aircraft lost. This was an area attack and the town was soon burning after a concentrated raid in clear weather conditions. No other details are available. |  | 10/30/2005 | 247 |
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 | 20 Lancasters of No 617 Squadron attacked the Arberger railway bridge just outside Bremen. 2 piers of the bridge were destroyed. 1 Lancaster lost. | | 10/30/2005 | 778 |
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 | 133 Lancasters and 6 Mosquitos of Nos 1 and 8 Groups attacked the Deutsche Vacuum oil refinery at Bremen .This appeared to be an accurate raid in clear weather conditions. No aircraft lost. | | 10/30/2005 | 580 |
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