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Items related to World War II (1939-1945) |
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 | In this file, you will find all sunken ships with the information (some with pictures) about these ships. Also a small overview of his live in the german navy. Special thanks for information to u-boat.net. |  | 03/17/2006 | 597 | 
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 | The building contract was placed on 16 November 1935 with the Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as New Construction "F" later named Bismarck and the keel was laid on 1 July 1936. | | 03/16/2006 | 553 |
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 | This ditch was build in 1935(?) and had a length of 2,5 between the villages of Meerholz-Hailer and Roth. The wide was 7m and the deep 3m. In the years after the war, some rifles, pistols, ammo and other pieces was found in the ditch.
Pictures on a german website:
http://www.wmts-gelnhausen.de/HTML/Berichte/Sonstige/Panzergraben_Hailer/Panzergraben_in_Hailer_1.htm
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 | Westland picture from 1944 world war 2 |  | 03/12/2006 | 223 |
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 | In this file, you will find all sunken ships with the information (some with pictures) about these ships. Also a small overview of his live in the german navy. Special thanks for information to u-boat.net. |  | 03/10/2006 | 480 |
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 | In this file, you will find all sunken ships with the information (some with pictures) about these ships. Also a small overview of his live in the german navy. Special thanks for information to u-boat.net. | | 03/10/2006 | 409 |
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 | picture of bombed old Den Helder upper left corner picture taken 10-04-1994 | | 03/06/2006 | 159 |
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 | In this file, you will find all sunken ships with the information (some with pictures) about these ships. Also a small overview of his live in the german navy. Special thanks for information to u-boat.net. | | 03/01/2006 | 656 |
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 | Cliffs near Colleville-Sur-Mer where the 1.US Division landet on D-Day Morning! | | 03/01/2006 | 1,061 |
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 | During World War II, Bletchley Park was the location of the United Kingdom's codebreaking establishment. Codes and ciphers of several countries were deciphered, most famously the German Enigma. The high-level intelligence produced by Bletchley Park was codenamed Ultra. While the exact influence of Ultra on World War II is debated, it is frequently credited with hastening the defeat of Germany b... | | 02/28/2006 | 376 |
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 | Airport owned by the University of Oklahoma (OU). Located in Norman, Oklahoma.
History:
Previously known as the Norman Naval Air Station, it was established by OU as a civilian pilot operation. In 1942 the Department of Defense began using the 270 acre airfield, eventually increasing the airport size to 1650 acres. During World War 2 it was used as a boot camp and primary flig... |  | 02/28/2006 | 187 |
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 | DKM Tirpitz (R.I.P.) last minute on Nov. 12th 1944 (To be added to Germany folder in "W.W.II Sunk ships" file) | | 02/28/2006 | 640 |
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 | Stalag Luft III was a German prisoner of war camp during World War II that housed captured air force personnel and was operated by the German Luftwaffe. It was located near Sagan, now Żagań in Poland, 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Berlin. The site is best known because of two famous prisoner escapes that took place there. The first, in 1943, was recorded in the book and film "T... | | 02/27/2006 | 786 |
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 | In this file, you will find all sunken ships with the information (some with pictures) about these ships. Also a small overview of his live in the german navy. Special thanks for information to u-boat.net. | | 02/22/2006 | 697 |
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 | In 1942, almost 120,000 Japanese Americans were interned by Presidential order. Others were also confined. This file shows the primary centers, many with map overlays:
10 Relocation Centers
16 Assembly Centers
48 Immigration & Naturlization Service
34 Military
2 Citizen Isolation Camps
3 Federal Bureau of Prisons | | 02/15/2006 | 251 |
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 | Colditz Castle dates back to about 1200AD but became notorious during World War II as Oflag IVc (Officer's Camp IVc), a prisoner-of-war camp for "incorrigible" allied officers who had repeatedly escaped from other camps. The Nazi SS made Colditz a Sonderlager (high-security prison), the only one of its type within Germany. Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring even declared Colditz "es... | | 02/14/2006 | 594 |
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 | DKM Prinz Eugen wreck photo overlay in Kwajalein Atoll (to be added to W.W.II sunk ships file)
Photo from John Liddiard (http://www.liddiard.demon.co.uk) | | 02/12/2006 | 1,047 |
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 | DKM Bismarck -4850m undersea overlay (to be added to W.W.II sunk ships file) | | 02/12/2006 | 1,053 |
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 | This site was originally a gas works with two gas holders (built 1875). The holes left by the gas holders were converted in World War 2 for use as bomb shelter 'citadels' - the North Rotunda and the South Rotunda. The Rotundas were designed to survive the impact of a 500lb bomb and had 12 foot thick concrete roofs. In 1943 the lowest level of the North Rotunda (codenamed Anson) was kitted out... | | 02/11/2006 | 362 |
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 | The London deep-level shelters are eight deep level air-raid shelters that were built under London Underground stations during World War II. Each consists of a pair of parallel tunnels 5.3m in diameter. Each shelter was designed to hold up to 8,000 people. Ten shelters were planned, but only eight were completed (St. Paul's and Oval were not built). It was planned that after the war the shelte... | | 02/11/2006 | 543 |
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 | In this file, you will find all sunken ships with the information (some with pictures) about these ships. Also a small overview of his live in the german navy. Special thanks for information to u-boat.net. | | 02/09/2006 | 609 |
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 | This Batterie which overlooked both the Omaha and Utah landing beaches was equipped with six 155 mm type K418 guns. These guns would have had a range of approximately 22 kms and could have inflicted damage to the Allied ships at both the American landing beaches.
Only two of the Casemates were finished by D-day, but the guns not installed..
These were of the type H671. The Fire ... |  | 02/08/2006 | 1,399 |
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 | The Blockhouse of Eperlecques, the largest bunker of the North of France classified historic building.
http://www.leblockhaus.com/ | | 02/08/2006 | 329 |
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 | Situated in the Pas-de-Calais, 5 km from the town of Saint-Omer, LA COUPOLE is a gigantic underground bunker designed by the Nazis, in 1943-1944, to store, prepare and launch the V2 rockets (first missiles to reach the stratosphere), the secret weapon that Hitler was counting on to destroy London and reverse the course of the war.
http://www.lacoupole.com/en/default.asp
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 | Located on the right wing of the fortified area of Haguenau, the 'ouvrage' Schoenenbourg commanded all approaches from the north-east. In fact, in can be regarded as a pattern implementation of the mental image of a rather up-to-date achievement in those days. Indeed, it gathers all the main features arising from the experience acquired during the battles at Verdun (1916 to 1918), namely : the ... | | 02/08/2006 | 443 |
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