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    The Atlantic is going to publish a 20 part series remembering WW2 in photographs. The first installment is excellent, with 45 photos, many new to me, showing Japan in China, Italian Fascism, and the birth of the Nazis, including an interesting picture showing American Nazis at their NYC headquarters.

    Future installments should be good.

    The Atlantic WW2 in photos part 1 of 20

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    Index for the entire series
    Last edited by Chogy; 01 Jul 11,, 14:20.

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    Good stuff. The one of the Spanish insurgent tossing the frag into the loyalist MG nest--and right at the photographer--is pretty remarkable. Most of the others I've seen, but well worth a re-visit.

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      Have met a few men in my days that served the Atlantic during WWII on DD's. Some are friends that know my father from our hometown others I have had the pleasure of working alongside. One of the most unforgiving areas to serve in during WWII if you were at sea. Between the cold, wind, waves and the temperatures that drop to freezing very quickly a nastier place as far as sea conditions go you wont easily find.

      One of these men mentioned the movie "Master and Commander" would come close in "some" scenes as to what it was really like at sea in the Atlantic during WWII.
      Last edited by Dreadnought; 21 Jun 11,, 18:16.
      Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.

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      • #4
        Good series of pics, seen a lot of them before but never as a group.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Dreadnought View Post
          Have met a few men in my days that served the Atlantic during WWII on DD's. Some are friends that know my father from our hometown others I have had the pleasure of working alongside. One of the most unforgiving areas to serve in during WWII if you were at sea. Between the cold, wind, waves and the temperatures that drop to freezing very quickly a nastier place as far as sea conditions go you wont easily find.

          One of these men mentioned the movie "Master and Commander" would come close in "some" scenes as to what it was really like at sea in the Atlantic during WWII.
          Actually, Dreadnought, the photos are from 'The Atlantic' magazine, but yes, anyone in the Navy or Merchant Marine (the huge Canadian escort presence needs to be mentioned too) really earned their keep in the war.

          Good link, Chogy!
          Last edited by clackers; 22 Jun 11,, 21:39.

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            Originally posted by Red Seven View Post
            Good stuff. The one of the Spanish insurgent tossing the frag into the loyalist MG nest--and right at the photographer--is pretty remarkable. Most of the others I've seen, but well worth a re-visit.
            I was wondering about that one. A small glimpse into an era... charging entrenched guns with a frag, knowing there's little chance you'd survive. And that's what is interesting, we don't know what happened next. Did the guy live? Did the MG nest get fragged? Was the camera picked up after the battle from among dead bodies, and the film showed the last moments of the photographer?

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            • #7
              If the frag left the guy's hand...looks like he's about to get nailed by rifle & MG fire. Incredible photo. Reminds me of Robert Capa.

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                Originally posted by clackers View Post
                Actually, Dreadnought, the photos are from 'The Atlantic' magazine, but yes, anyone in the Navy or Merchant Marine (the huge Canadian escort presence needs to be mentioned too) really earned their keep in the war.

                Good link, Chogy!
                Yes I was under the impression that those would have been implied as well. DE (Destroyer Escorts, Supply ships, Patrol ships, Tankers etc etc would also have endured the very same. The weather and the Uboats on top of that would made things pretty eventful for all parties concerned.

                The DE's and the DD's of those years though were shorter and thus bobbed like a cork as compared to the others.
                Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.

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                • #9
                  Yep, as I understand it, The Cruel Sea is a novel and film based on the unsettling experiences of corvettes that did a lot of the antisub duties, and really, they weren't suited to what the ocean could serve up.

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                  • #10
                    Part II - The Invasion of Poland and the Winter War is out.

                    Here is the Index Page for the series.

                    Photo 8: Interesting extremely light tank mounting what appears to be two MG-34 machine guns. Any armor people know what this is? It looks like the type of thing designed to crack an WW1-type of infantry trench, but not much else.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Chogy View Post
                      Part II - The Invasion of Poland and the Winter War is out.

                      Here is the Index Page for the series.

                      Photo 8: Interesting extremely light tank mounting what appears to be two MG-34 machine guns. Any armor people know what this is? It looks like the type of thing designed to crack an WW1-type of infantry trench, but not much else.
                      One in the foreground is a Panzer I. The other one is a Panzer II I believe. Fairly common german armor during the early stages of the war.

                      Also, another interesting bit is that in picture 9 the soldier on the right is holding an mp28.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by ace16807 View Post
                        One in the foreground is a Panzer I. The other one is a Panzer II I believe. Fairly common german armor during the early stages of the war.
                        Yep, a lot of nations started the war with numbers of this sort of AFV ... about 500 Panzer Is took part in the 1940 blitzkrieg, and France themselves had about 500 WWI vintage Renault FT-17s.

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                        • #13
                          Picture #4

                          Who is the man standing on Stalin's left(appears to be holding papers)? He seems terribly familiar, but I can not place the name.

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                          • #14
                            The guy who looks like James Spader? Not sure, KB, but the German ambassador was an older man, and secretly part of the Resistance.

                            This fellow seems young, and that he's in the photo holding files or whatever suggests he's a junior, and that any journalists in attendance shouldn't really give him a microphone for his opinion! :)

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