Tag: world war ii
Willow Run
Willow Run bomber plant. B-24’s rolling down the assembly line. The plant was so innovative, that it had a turntable that would turn the planes 90 degrees to avoid them crossing into the next county, avoiding paying two taxes. Willow Run produced 9,000 bombers for the war effort. #WWII #Aircraft #History [via peerintothepast.]
B-24 Gunner.
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Snipers in Paris.
“Crowds of Parisians celebrating the entry of Allied troops into Paris scatter for cover as a sniper fires from a building on the Place de la Concorde. Although the Germans surrendered the city, small bands of snipers still remained. 08/26/1944.” [via National Archives Identifier 531206. Series: Signal Corps Photographs of American Military Activity, compiled 1754 … Continue reading Snipers in Paris.
Nurses and Nuns Wearing Gas Masks
Rights-managed photo from Corbis. [via peerintothepast.]
Boy on a mine.
[via p-sykoboy.]
Bookstore, London, 8 October 1940.
[via tacitfawn.]
World War II: London in Color
London, 1940. [via LIFE.com.]
World War II monument, Yugoslavia
[via Amusing Planet.]
VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945
http://vimeo.com/5645171 [via Richard Sullivan.]
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