WW2 - Norway 1940

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Saturday 13 April 1940 Ships at Narvik at some point during the second battle of Narvik. The photo was taken by the spotter plane from HMS Warspite. Operation Weserubung: Operation Weserubung continues smoothly on 13 April 1940, but Hitler is concerned - frantic, is more like it. He is particularly worried about the situation in Narvik, which is precarious. Hitler issues several orders based on this paranoia, but, for one of the very few times in the war, the officers around him countermand…

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After decades of action and several stints in mothballs, the USS Iowa has found a new home in San Pedro, Calif., where she will become a museum. The Iowa, one of America's last battleships, has a storied past that includes tours in World War II, Korea, a

[Photo] Recognition drawing for German light cruiser Leipzig, published by US Division of Naval Intelligence, Aug 1942 | World War II Database

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El USS 'Juneau', torpedeado por un submarino japonés el 13 de noviembre de 1942, perdió a 687 hombres, entre ellos los famosos hermanos Sullivan

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On the night of February 28th, 1943, an explosion threw the Nazis’ plans to build a nuclear bomb into disarray. The explosion took place in a small factory named Vemork, perched at the top of a…

The USS West Virginia was one of the hardest hit ships at Pearl Harbor but rose from the ashes to destroy Japanese forces in the years after that surprise attack.

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2. WW, campaign of Denmark_Norway from on : Norway - Combat for narvik 09.04.-.German mountain troops on their advance to the north crossing the branch of a fjord on rubber rafts. May 1940

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It reminds me of Lynmouth in North Devon - the houses are built up the side of a cliff there too. There the comparison ceases.

L'Allemagne prend le contrôle politique de la Norvège suite au rejet du roi Haakon VII de poursuivre les négociations avec l'administration allemande. Le gouvernement du Nygaardsvold, par ses proclamations et son attitude ainsi que par les opérations...

Graf Spee, Arado Ar 196A-1 floatplane Admiral Graf Spee German Armored Ship. Seen from astern, while underway in the English Channel. The original print is dated April 1939. Note the armored torpedo tubes on her after deck, triple 28cm gun turret and the Arado Ar 196A-1 floatplane on her catapult, amidships. Date: April 1939 Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Fallschirmjäger in Norway,1940 - pin by Paolo Marzioli

German heavy cruiser Blucher on the way to Norway. In the foreground is a 203-mm main gun 8th April 1940, Blücher was the second of five Admiral Hipper class heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine, built after the rise of the Nazi Party and the repudiation of the Treaty of Versailles. Named for Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, the victor of the Battle of Waterloo, the ship was laid down in August 1936 and launched in June 1937. She was completed in September 1939, shortly after the outbreak…

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RAF Gloster Gladiator camouflaged on a makeshift airfield, Norway, May 1940

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CL 2634. Norwegian children who welcomed British troops after their arrival at Gardermoen airfield near Oslo.

2. WW, campaign of Denmark_Norway from on : Norway - German tanks on a mountain road. April 1940

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Admiral Hipper was a heavy cruiser of the German navy. It received his name in honor of the admiral of the German fleet - Franz Ritter von Hipper. Admiral

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Beautifuly modeled by Waldemar Górlaski Bismarck & Prinz Eugen during their fate mission. Scene & illustration by Piotr Forkasiewicz

'I fired a 4 second burst and there was a burst of black smoke and the undercarriage dropped. Heavy return fire was coming from all four rear upper gun positions and it appeared that the top gunners had twin guns. I had now closed to about 80 yards and broke away downwards to port. As I did so I noticed that my oil pressure had dropped tp zero. I turned towards the aerodrome, gradually losing height and landed.'

Italian Campaign, Volturno River 12-16 October 1943: Guns and vehicles of 48 Field Battery, 146 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, British Army, sink in mud during the advance to the Volturno area. An emblematic image of the Italian Campaign’s roughness above all in autumn and winter. Victor Sierra

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632. HOOD, of course , was accompanied by HMS REPULSE, five D Class cruisers, and joined by the RAN's HMAS ADELAIDE. But it was the world's largest warship that epitomized the supremacy of the Royal Navy in that era, and which was the undoubted star of the show. Allan Green, on hand for all the big nautical events, took this well-known photograph of HOOD, B turret trained to port for the visitors. Photo: Allan C. Green [1878-1954] Green Collection, State Library of Victoria, Accession No…

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Im April 1940 besetzte die Wehrmacht Dänemark und Norwegen. Zufälle und Fehlplanungen auf beiden Seiten begleiteten das „Unternehmen Weserübung“. Deutschlands Marine erholte sich davon nie wieder.

Each time the enemy gave ground he closed in, forcing him outside gun-range of the convoy and towards our own cruiser covering force. After 40 minutes ONSLOW was hit forward and Captain Sherbrooke was severely wounded in the face by shrapnel, losing the sight of one eye.

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