Picture of the day.

[michaelmaltby]

"... Can't open that site...'
Engines of the Red Army in WW2

 

[Graeme]

Thanks Michael!

 

[syscom3]

A-20B Havoc #62 41-3430 "Marty I" of 47th BG and Mount Etna

 

[Андрей]

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Anti-tank rifle of the Degtyarev system - ПТРД ПротивоТанковое Ружьё Дегтярёва
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[michaelmaltby]

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[Wurger]

I have edited his post. Now it should be fine.

 

[syscom3]

A dejected Major General Akari of the 18th Japanese Army under the guard of men of the Australian 6th Division at a checkpoint at Makow, Mount Shiburangu, New Guinea. 21 September 1945.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Glider]

What strikes me is how happy the Japanese soldier is in the middle of the photo

 

[vikingBerserker]

I was just about to say the same thing, though having read a lot about the Japanese Army in New Guinea and all the crap they had to go through, I can totally understand.

 

[SaparotRob]

What strikes me is how happy the Japanese soldier is in the middle of the photo

I'd never have noticed that if you didn't point that out.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

Foto Repro kein Zeitgenössisches original Soldat Marine KM U-Boot Tauchretter | eBay

 

[XBe02Drvr]

What strikes me is how happy the Japanese soldier is in the middle of the photo

He's probably just been fed for the first time in three days and realized he wasn't going to be tortured or used for bayonet practice, besides seeing the general's dire predictions proved wrong. General lose face bigtime!

 

[Wurger]

Just he has a gas.

 

[syscom3]

A-20J Havoc In Action. ETO 43-21745 code 8U+S 410th BG 646th BS

 

[Wurger]

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Just he has a gas.

Being fed a meat-heavy K ration after a starvation diet of rice balls and grains of sand will do that to you.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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