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 | These are the locations where German WWII submarines were sunk by enemy action (destroyer, mines, etc.). World War II info.
Informations are from uboat.net. Thx. |  | 08/18/2005 | 1,081 | 
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 | These are the locations where german submarines were sunk by enemy action in World War II (destroyer,mines, etc.).
There will be subsequent files numbered from U-51 - U-100, U-101 - U-150 and so on.
All information is from "uboat.net" or "ubootwaffe.net". | | 08/17/2005 | 1,001 |
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 | This base is a bit special as it's an inland port, 60 miles from the coast.
Admiral Dönitz decided during the summer of 1941 to also a build a protective bunker in Bordeaux. Construction began in September 1941.
The bunker was 245m wide, 162m long and 19 m high. Above the pens the roof was 5.6m thick and 3.6m thick above the rear servicing area. The first U-boat to use... |  | 08/17/2005 | 723 |
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 | The "Batterie Benerville" was fitted with four 15cm Guns (3 in the bunkers and 1 in the open field). The range of the guns was 15,000 m and they were able to hit the allied landing zones. | | 08/17/2005 | 836 |
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 | Vertical aerial view of "Battleship Row", beside Ford Island, on 10 December 1941, three days after the Japanese raid.
Ships seen are (from left to right): USS Arizona, burned out and sunk, with oil streaming from her bunkers; USS Tennessee with USS West Virginia sunk alongside; and USS Maryland with USS Oklahoma capsized alongside. | | 08/17/2005 | 1,361 |
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 | Vertical aerial view of "Battleship Row", beside Ford Island, soon after USS Arizona was hit by bombs and her forward magazines exploded. Photographed from a Japanese aircraft.
Ships seen are (from left to right): USS Nevada; USS Arizona (burning intensely) with USS Vestal moored outboard; USS Tennessee with USS West Virginia moored outboard; and USS Maryland with USS Oklahoma caps... | | 08/17/2005 | 1,050 |
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 | Vertical aerial view of "Battleship Row", beside Ford Island, during the early part of the horizontal bombing attack on the ships moored there. Photographed from a Japanese aircraft.
Ships seen are (from left to right): USS Nevada ; USS Arizona with USS Vestal moored outboard; USS Tennessee with USS West Virginia moored outboard; USS Maryland with USS Oklahoma moored outboard; and ... | | 08/17/2005 | 936 |
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 | In this house on 8 May 1945 the surrender of Germany was signed by general field marshal Keithel. With the surrender of the German armed forces in Berlin-Karlshorst the WW2 in Europe was ended. |  | 08/17/2005 | 448 |
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 | Vertical aerial photograph of Ford Island, taken 10 November 1941, with five battleships tied up along "Battleship Row" at the top of the image. USS Lexington (CV-2), a seaplane tender and a light cruiser are moored on the island's other (northwestern) side.
Approximately 21 PBY patrol planes are parked at the Naval Air Station's seaplane base, in the upper right.
The bright diago... | | 08/17/2005 | 1,294 |
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 | Vertical aerial photograph from 17,200 feet altitude, looking directly down on East Loch and on the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island. Taken on 3 May 1940, after the conclusion of Fleet Problem XXI, and just prior to the 7 May receipt of word that the Fleet was to be retained in Hawaiian waters.
There are eight battleships and the carrier Yorktown (CV-5) tied up along the island's sout... | | 08/17/2005 | 723 |
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 | At the beach near Cap Breton in Aquitane, France, you can see the remains of Bunkers which should protect occupied France for the landing of the allied Forces. These Bunkers are now, 60 years later, washed out by the sea of the Dunes where they originally where placed. They were never used, because the D-Day invasion occured some 300 miles away in the north of France.
These bunkers... | | 08/15/2005 | 1,784 |
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 | Utah Beach, where the D-Day took place to free Europe |  | 08/15/2005 | 561 |
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 | A german military facility built 1938 to produce subterrenian weapons. In WWII the German military started to produce the nerve gas Taubun. For further information click the placemarks. | | 08/15/2005 | 299 |
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 | Aerial reconnaissance pictures of the air raid against Holzwickede, Germany on March 23rd 1945. It's assumed that the pictures were shot on March 26th.
Target was the train station of Holzwickede. | | 08/13/2005 | 358 |
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 | This picture displays the air raid against the train station of Holzwickede, Germany, in the year 1944. Holzwic. | | 08/13/2005 | 253 |
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 | March 1945, Graz (Austria), only four bombers of the 461st Bombardment Group attacked the Central Station. Three were damaged by flak, but the target was hit. | | 08/13/2005 | 332 |
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 | March 1945, Strasshof (Austria),
The train station was bombed with 100lb bombs. Four bombers were hit by flak, two went down. | | 08/13/2005 | 284 |
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 | March 1945, Wels was selected as secondary target. | | 08/13/2005 | 244 |
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 | The picture of a bomb raid during WWII shows heavy hits around the Central Station. | | 08/13/2005 | 253 |
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 | The picture was made February 14th 1945 and shows the hits in the factory sites of Moosbierbaum, Austria, and the unavailing attempt to cover the target with artificial fog. | | 08/13/2005 | 249 |
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 | On March 1st 1945 the distillation site of the hydrogenating factory near Moosbierbaum, Austria, was attacked by 461st Bombardment Group.
Although only a 33% success was assessed the factory never reached operational status again. | | 08/13/2005 | 204 |
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 | On January 20th 1945 a train station of Linz, Austria, was bombed.
To hit the moving material there, 100lb bombs were used. Heavy flak fire hit 21 of 25 bombers, two of them exploded in the formation. | | 08/13/2005 | 266 |
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 | Linz (Austria), February 25th 1945. Target was the Verschubanlage in the south. Very effective artificial fog covered the target. | | 08/13/2005 | 269 |
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 | February 21st 1945, Knittelfeld (Austria), train station.
After three runs the target was hit with 49% success. | | 08/13/2005 | 584 |
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 | The bombs dropped on February 21st 1945 missed its target, the Suedbahnhof (Southern Central Station). The quay near Ausstellungsstrasse were hit.
The bombers overrun the initialpoint Michelbach and raninto the flak at Moosbierbaum. The second part of the formation didn't trust the curse correction of the leading first formation and left formation. The first section had the corre... | | 08/13/2005 | 328 |
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