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Posts tagged "world war":
19 April 2010. 17:49
Gen. Erwin Rommel with the 15th Panzer Division between Tobruk and Sidi Omar. Sdf. Zwilling, Libya, November 24
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Major General Erwin Rommel, then commander of the 7th Panzer Division, with captured British officers in Cherbourg, France, June 1940.
12 January 2010. 13:39
between the acting of a fearful thing
and the first motion, all the interim is
like a phantasma or a hideous dream
14 December 2009. 20:58
The Rescue of the USS Squalus (SS-192)
The submarine the USS Squalus (SS-192) suffered a catastrophic valve failure during a test dive off the Isle of Shoals at 0740 on 23 May 1939. The partially flooded submarine sank and came to rest keel down in 240 feet of water. The 32 surviving crewmembers and one civilian were trapped in the forward section. Rescue operations began the next day. The USS Falcon (ASR-2) lowered the newly developed McCann rescue chamber, which was designed for the purpose of rescuing crewmen trapped in a submarine. Over the course of the day all 33 surviving crewmen where brought to the surface alive.
irradiated faces and splattery marine life. i wish i could find his illustrations from all quiet…
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previous bomber coverage:
http://thewaytokilladeadfeeling.tumblr.com/post/80404177
http://thewaytokilladeadfeeling.tumblr.com/post/90933955
http://thewaytokilladeadfeeling.tumblr.com/post/90934038
http://thewaytokilladeadfeeling.tumblr.com/post/86672534/dedicated-to-x-planes
4 July 2009. 12:48
Hero of the Soviet Union T. Kuznetsov survived the crash of his Il-2 in 1942 when shot down returning from a reconnaissance mission. Kuznetsov was able to escape from the wreck and hid nearby. To his surprise, a German Bf 109 landed near the crash site and the pilot began to scrounge around the wrecked Il-2 for souvenirs. Thinking quickly, Kuznetsov ran to the German fighter and used it to fly home, barely avoiding being shot down by Soviet fighters in the process.
