Interesting WW2 pictures. (1 Viewer)

[TomNT]

As a Bus Driver I do appreciate the dangers of pot holes, but...............



R.A.A.F of Bomber Command.

Better keep vigilant mate, plenty of sinkholes opening up around the world! {sm2}^&grin

Tom

 

[wayne556517]

Hans Meyer, the former pilot of the Luftwaffe,with his friend the BF 109

 

[wayne556517]

 

[wayne556517]

USS Cowpens rolling in heavy seas in Typhoon Cobra in the Pacific Ocean, 18 December 1944.



Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 February 1944.



Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan after an atomic bombing, mid-August 1945.

 

[theBaron]

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This is a nice image, but it looks photoshopped to me. Don't you agree?

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Brad

 

[bradleyl30]

You can see where the Ruskies got the idea for the AK47!

Tom

And actually, the FG42 was the true inspiration for the M-60 machine gun the US produced. It also borrowed some from the MG-42, but mostly the FG42.

 

[theBaron]

You can see where the Ruskies got the idea for the AK47!

Tom

They were impressed by the Sturmgewehr ("assault rifle"), to be sure, and it did influence the design of the Kalashnikov.

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Brad

 

[wayne556517]

This is a nice image, but it looks photoshopped to me. Don't you agree?

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Brad

Probably mate but it is IMPRESSIVE.

 

[waynepoo]

Ulithi atoll..............1944, Just some of the Third Fleet U.S.N. What were the Japanese thinking when they attacked the Yanks...........:rolleyes2:

 

[theBaron]

...What were the Japanese thinking when they attacked the Yanks...

Some of the cannier men in Japan were aware of that disparity. Some asked themselves that question again, aboard the desk of the Missouri in September 1945. But they were either carried along with the fanatics, or, like Yamamoto, they were gamblers and bet that they could strike a quick blow at the outset, and then hide behind their outer defenses and make it too costly for us to come back at 'em. But yep, there was no way the Japanese were going to win, in the long run, Philip K. Dick notwithstanding.

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Brad

 

[bradleyl30]

I remember when I read that the US executed the invasion of Saipan 8 days after the Normandy landings, and continued to liberate the Marianas Islands. To me, 70 years later, it was mind boggling that these two operations could be executed on opposite sides of the world almost simultaneously (especially since the invasion fleet had to leave Pearl before Overlord.)

This made me think that there was probably a lot of speculation about the US economic capacity, but probably no one could really know how much power truly existed. I have not studied this enough to know, but it seems to me that the amount of material produced for the Eastern Front, Italy, Normandy/Western Europe and then the Pacific was beyond anyone's comprehension.

 

[theBaron]

Probably mate but it is IMPRESSIVE.

It looks very much like the cover of Kagero's number on the Bismarck, which we can see in this auction at eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kagero-The-...gs-7015-/401246310931?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

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Brad

 

[wayne556517]

It looks very much like the cover of Kagero's number on the Bismarck, which we can see in this auction at eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kagero-The-...gs-7015-/401246310931?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

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Brad

BUT shows you just how big these ships where.

 

[theBaron]

BUT shows you just how big these ships where.

I think it shows more the original illustrator's skill with graphic design software. Here's an original photo, maybe even the one that the illustrator used as his model:



As far as size goes, she was about as long as the Iowas or the Essexes, or the Yamatos. The Yamato and Musashi looked more massive, though, from their design. The Iowas look sleeker, I think, and the Bismarcks are somewhere in between.

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Brad

 

[wayne556517]

I think it shows more the original illustrator's skill with graphic design software. Here's an original photo, maybe even the one that the illustrator used as his model:



As far as size goes, she was about as long as the Iowas or the Essexes, or the Yamatos. The Yamato and Musashi looked more massive, though, from their design. The Iowas look sleeker, I think, and the Bismarcks are somewhere in between.

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Brad

Still Impressive mate would of made a awesome sight.

 

[theBaron]

Still Impressive mate would of made a awesome sight.

Yeah, the original photo shows that. That's my point, is that the illustrator didn't create anything new, he just copied an existing photo.

There's currently a line of 1/1200 ship kits out under Zvezda's label, marketed to the World of Warships online game, and they use that same illustration for the box art for the Bismarck kit.

The kits themselves are re-pops of the old Casadio kits, which have been subsequently released by MiniShipes, ESCI, Revell's European office and today, Revell of Germany. It's interesting to see that they still hold up pretty well, for subjects in that scale.

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Brad

 

[wayne556517]

Merry Xmas all

 

[TomNT]

Nice one mate and it looks like a photo shopped Waynepoo inserted into a WW2 era pic! ^&grin

Merry Christmas.

Tom

 

[waynepoo]

One for Toddy..............

 

[waynepoo]

While Doug was sending out Xmas greetings............



The servicemen may have had other things on their minds...........

Lauren Bacall 1944.