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 | You can see landingships for Operation Sealion, the invasion of England. |  | 10/20/2005 | 428 | 
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 | In 1939 the Belgian government decided to built a military airbase near Chièvres. The preparatory work starting at the end of the same year.
After the German invasion of Belgium on May 10 1940, the Germans occupied the area on May 19 1940 and install the JG 26; that will remain until early June.
In June 1940 started the construction of the buildings of the German airbase.
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 | The Battle of Dakar, also known as Operation Menace, was an unsuccessful attempt in September 1940 by the Allies to capture the strategic port of Dakar in French West Africa (modern-day Senegal), which was under Vichy French control, and to install the Free French under General Charles de Gaulle there. | | 11/09/2009 | 60 |
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 | I kept finding pictures of sea lions sunning themselves on these bait barges in San Diego while researching other barges. They're laying out on those barges so much there are tours that include viewing them. |  | 07/29/2008 | 301 |
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 | Very clear shot of a tug pushing 26 barges along the Mississippi river in Memphis, Tennessee.
Zoom out for a great view of the 3 bridges, including the mis alignment | | 08/24/2005 | 252 |
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 | Operation Brushwood was a part of Operation Torch, Allied landings in Africa during World War II.
Taking place on 8 November 1942 they were intended to capture the port of Lyautey as part of a larger operation to capture Casablanca in Morocco.
The landing troops were uncertain of their position, and the second wave was delayed. This gave the defenders time to org... | | 06/07/2006 | 326 |
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 | Invasion vessels massed in the port of Dunkerque. | | 10/30/2005 | 362 |
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 | Mittelland Canal (near Minden), after 8th Air Force attack on 26th Ocotober 1944. Five barges were washed through the 80-feet breach in embankment cut by 851-ton load. Canal and adjected aqueduct were both drained. More barges are seen stranded on canal bottom. |  | 03/09/2009 | 1,703 |
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 | barges of the unloading
WW II june 44 |  | 08/24/2005 | 262 |
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 | Roosevelt Raceway was a ½-mile harness racing dirt then later synthetic (1957) track located in Westbury, New York, which operated from September 3, 1940 until July 15, 1988. It was the original home of the Messenger Stakes, part of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers. The raceway hosted the event until it closed. It was also the first track to use the now universal "mobile start... | | 10/03/2009 | 30 |
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 | RAF Bottisham is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located 5 miles E of Cambridge, S of Bottisham village in Cambridgeshire.
Bottisham airfield opened in March 1940 and was first used by bomb-armed Tiger Moths transferred from 22 EFTS to be prepared for possible anti-invasion duties. Then beginning in October 1940, the airfield was used by 22 EFTS Tiger Mot... | | 05/30/2008 | 251 |
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 | The crash site of aircraft L4189, a British Handley Page Hampden Mark I bomber, which crashed on 30th September 1940 at Black Edge. It belonged to 106 Squadron, based at Finningley. It was on a navigation exercise at night when it crashed. In the opening years of the 21st century some small fragments of aircraft wreckage were still noted on site.
Please note that a licence to ex... | | 11/16/2007 | 541 |
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