Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

Japanese American troops, France

 

[Wurger]

A shoemaker in Paris ?

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[michaelmaltby]

.... as we see in various pictures, Paris remained a fashion/shopping center throughout the war .... food perhaps not-so-much

 

[yulzari]

A shoemaker in Paris ?

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I have a suspicion that this window display is about the shoes being rationing free as they use wooden soles. The arrows pointing to a hinge point. The Germans were taking all the leather that they could off the French to maintain their horse based army. I note also how little leather is in the uppers either.

I leave it to the more literate to make comments about sabotage.........

 

[Wurger]

Stalingrad 1942 ...

 

[Shinpachi]

Awesome pic, Wojtek

 

[Wurger]

My pleasure. And here is a pic for you. Although not the WW2 shot but is very interesting IMHO...

 

[michaelmaltby]

"....the shoes being rationing free as they use wooden soles."

"Fashion" can be successfully fashionable without "real" materials ... and France remained fashionable for the Germans throughout the war .... that's all I'm saying. The sabotage can be attributed to the 'entertainment' industry.

 

[michaelmaltby]

... above the Arctic Circle

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Wurger]

A damaged Finnish Bf 109G ...

 

[Shinpachi]

I thought Chinese hated Nazi.

Kung Hsiang-hsi, husband of Soong Ai-ling, on the left.

Chiang Wei-kuo, Chiang Kai-shek's son.

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff.
That first pic showing the waves in the Arctic Circle is the epitome of the phrase "The cruel sea" - certainly not a place I would like to be !

 

[Old Wizard]

Chipping ice off your ship was a matter of life or death on some ships.

 

[johnbr]

That is what my dad said too.

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

... rather be on land?