A lot of historians have questioned the need to take Iwo citing various factors. I personally think it's a matter of 20/20 hindsight as the the first night raids from the Marianas occurred after Iwo had been invaded.
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A lot of historians have questioned the need to take Iwo citing various factors. I personally think it's a matter of 20/20 hindsight as the the first night raids from the Marianas occurred after Iwo had been invaded.
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syscom3
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I have never seen this picture. It is amazing! A B-25 Mitchell of the 77th Bomb Squadron under attack by a Japanese fighter in the Aleutians.
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No one expected the battle to be a blood bath.
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More likely over Paramishiru.
The Aleutians had been recovered by mid-'43. This is a much later photo.
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Aaron Brooks Wolters
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JFK on PT-59. No photo credit available.
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A gunner squeezes into the belly turret of a B-17. Copyright LIFE magazine.
Good shots!
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Destroyed Panzer IV, possibly by internal explosion, judging by how the side armor has been pushed away from the tank. No photo credit available.
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Column of Soviet T-34 tanks at Konigsberg, East Prussia, 1945. No photo credit available.
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The machine guns of Hawker Hurricane Mark I, P2627, of No. 274 Squadron RAF, are tested in front of the butts at Amriya, Egypt. https://wrhstol.com/2TFQxBf
The vehicle the picture was taken from appears to be 251/9 Stummel version with the 7.5cm gun.
Don't know if many of you have had the chance to sit the driver's seat of a T-34 but it takes a considerable amount of contortions to drop in!
Right, nobody had foreseen the night raids either when the invasion was planned. That partially relieved the need for escort fighters.
