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greatestgeneration | picturesofwar:
War correspondent Lee Miller taking a bath in Hitler’s own bathtub, inside his abandoned apartment.
The photo was taken on the same day that Hitler committed suicide.
Munich, Germany - April 30, 1945.
The National War Memorial (also known as The Response) is a tall granite cenotaph with acreted bronze sculptures, that stands in Confederation Square, Ottawa, and serves as the federal war memorial for Canada. (x)
(Source: eveningowl)
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(Source: altonmored)
An American sailor being inked by a shipmate aboard USS New Jersey on their way to the Pacific, December 1944.
Group of torpedomen relaxing beneath rows of torpedoes in torpedo shop, c. May 1945
“Operation Torch” – an Allied invasion of the western flank of North Africa – was destined to change the complexion of the war against the Axis. The sharp arrows on the battle maps which had for so many months been pointing from Germany toward the western shores of North Africa were suddenly blunted. The campaign was also important for another reason: on the coasts of Morocco and Algeria, green American soldiers had their first experience with large scale landing operations under heavy enemy fire. The word “amphibious” was taken out of the military textbooks and into history.
Working against the clock, the planners of the invasion sought to anticipate every need, to make sure that not a single one of the million items necessary for invasion would be missing on the morning British and American troops splashed ashore. Never before in history had so large a mechanized army attempted to land on hostile coasts. The very size of the operation made it necessary to reach quick decisions of tremendous importance.
The US army in England and Northern Ireland had been built up to nearly a quarter of a million men. A 126,000 of these men would be taken for the invasion of Africa; 65,000 others would come from the United States. The British, landing to the east, would have a force of nearly 100,000. These numbers, however, would only cover the initial landing; other thousands would pour in after, serving as reserve before finally taking their own place in the battle.
On the morning of November 8, 1942 at dawn, the Allies landed in North Africa.
(Source: womenatwar)
A group of women army officers, date unknown.
