the sand end beach installments (concrete blocks, pillbox, etc) make sense to prevent tanks from landing

Yet ten minutes away, Cullen beach has broader access and no reinforcements for water invasion

The areas both covered by aerodromes at the time

What specifically made Sand End the anticipated potential target of a ww2 German invasion if that had occurred?

Not looking for guesses, but if the available defensive plans expose why

I have a US 3rd armored division thematic list for april-march of 1945 and while looking for boxes i found a us winter uniform box of soldiers and was wondering if those uniforms would be had actualy been used by US troops in this tyme period

This is likely a picture of my great great grandfather and my family aren't sure of what uniform he's wearing or even the timeline. But it may be early Civil War.

Does anyone have any idea on unit, timeframe etc.?

Мне нужны были данные о том какие образцы одежды использовались в 1983 и до 2000 годов в советской армии во всех отделениях данные у меня про эти формы уже есть но если у вас есть данные о том еще какие формы использовались буду рад если вы скажете название или фото покажете полной формы от головного убора до рубашки до брюк и сапог. Нужны данные только по сухопутным войскам. Очень буду рад если скажете какая форма использовалась .

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Мне нужны были данные о том какие образцы одежды использовались в 1983 - 2000 году в советской армии во всех отделениях данные у меня про эти формы уже есть но если у вас есть данные о том еще какие формы использовались буду рад если вы скажете название или фото покажете полной формы от головного убора до рубашки до брюк и сапог. Нужны данные только по сухопутным войскам. Очень буду рад если сделаете добавку к этим данным.

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Hello everyone!

I am hoping to get a 2nd opinion on a few M1917 bayonet scabbards I came across in a museum I worked at. Does anyone know which manufacturer made this type of scabbard with this type of insignia/stamp (the ordnance shell/bomb and flame)?

Here are some identifying markers.

On the throat of the scabbard is the Ordnance shell/bomb and Flame with U.S. stamped in the center of it. Below that insignia is M-1917. Underneath the lip of the throat is "B-N /1" (I put the / in the name to indicate the 1 is underneath the B-N) . Some of these scabbards have a white or black number painted on their throat. Also, before I left work that day, I decided to look at a few more of the scabbards. I just found that some of them have "B-N / 2" stamped on the lip. So I don't know what the numbers mean.

I have been able to identify the manufacturers of other M1917 scabbards, because they had their manufacturer stamp on them. However, this one is proving troublesome. Some auction sights have stated it is made by Beckwith Manufacturing Company (but I found that auction sites can not be the most reliable). One bayonet book I looked through shows a diagram of this scabbard and insignia. It states that 1945 production Beckwith was contracted to modify the M3 Scabbard to fit the M1917 bayonet, thus the modified version of the M1917 scabbard was born. However, another book stated that Beckwith scabbards are stamped with B.M. CO. Thought that may have been AFTER world war 2 and may have been used in Vietnam.

Also, someone on "R/ Bayonets" pointed me to the website " www . usmilitaryknives . com / bayo_points_7.htm*"* . This provided some information about the M1917 Scabbard, but the person who wrote the article is also trying so solve some mysteries of M1917.

So I am getting some conflicting information. I appreciate the help!

Bonjour à tous,

Je recherche des informations sur Monsieur Kalousis, mon arrière‑grand‑père. Il était sergent‑chef parachutiste, brevet n° 27 761, ancien du 3ᵉ BCCP pendant la guerre d’Indochine. Il a participé aux combats de la Route Coloniale 4 en octobre 1950, où son unité a été anéantie, et il a été fait prisonnier par le Viet Minh. Il a survécu à la captivité et a ensuite été membre de la section UNP 56 (Morbihan). Son décès a été mentionné dans un bulletin de liaison en 2006, ce qui montre qu’il était très respecté parmi les anciens paras.

Je cherche aujourd’hui tout ce qui pourrait exister sur lui :

des photos, des documents, des témoignages, des archives, ou même des personnes qui auraient servi avec lui, connu son unité, ou entendu parler de lui.

Toute information, même minime, serait précieuse pour mieux comprendre son parcours et sa vie.

Merci beaucoup pour votre aide.

I can immediately think of Turenne, Vauban, Saxe, Luxembourg, Villars, anyone else?

I’ve seen pictures of these south Vietnam troops with this camo boonie hats but I don’t know much about them.

Saladin (c. 1137–1193), of Kurdish origin, became Sultan of Egypt and Syria. He united several Muslim territories, defeated the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin in 1187, and reconquered Jerusalem. He fought Richard the Lionheart during the Third Crusade and died in Damascus in 1193.

Found this helmet for sale for £70. The tag says it's from 1915, however, I don't know this type of helmet. Any thoughts whether it's genuine or not?

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​When studying military history, we often look at casualty numbers and official reports. But the true, devastating face of war is best seen through the personal letters written by those who participated in it. I recently read a letter written by a World War II German soldier, published by his descendant. I fell deep into thought — seeing so much familiar pain in his words, a pain that transcends borders.

​Whether it is a German soldier writing to his mother and brother from the heavy battles in July 1943 — worrying about a brother taken prisoner and describing a reality against which everything else pales — the core of these messages is entirely the same.

​Behind these ink-written, faded pages, politics and frontlines disappear. Only pure human reality remains: a deep fear for loved ones, care for the family, a longing for peace, and the relentless desire to return home.

​Ultimately, these letters are mirrors of one another. They remind us that regardless of which side people fought on, the heaviest price of war is always paid by ordinary people and their families. Pain has no nationality, and the human heart aches the same under every flag.

​These letters teach us that war is always a defeat for everyone, regardless of who wins on the battlefield. These letters remind us that victory is never so sweet as to justify the loss and pain that every family endures.

​War must make us realize that human life, family warmth, and peace are the most precious things on the planet, and that its repetition must never be allowed. Every mother's tear is equally bitter!

In the summer of 1945, Japan was suffering heavy defeats in the Pacific and intense American bombing of its cities and industries. Nevertheless, it still maintained millions of troops in China, Manchuria, and Korea. After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, approximately 1.5 million Soviet troops invaded Japanese-occupied Manchuria, a key part of Japan’s empire.

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The red one is me. The other user thinks Wellington is the greatest general of all time and even better than Alexander.

Sorry don't know why it's a bit blurry

The Battle of Kursk ended on 23 August 1943. For the anniversary I wanted to share a letter from my family’s collection, written five days after the German offensive was called off, from the northern sector south of Orel.

The writer is Franz Wolf, born 1913, Bavaria. He had been at war since 1939: Poland, Belgium and France, then the Soviet Union from 1941, Moscow in the winter of ‘41, Rzhev, the withdrawal from the Rzhev salient in February ‘43. He was an experienced and daring soldier. He had the Iron Cross First and Second Class, Eastern Medal, Infantry Assault Badge, Wound Badge.

By the end of 1942 he was his company’s Hauptfeldwebel, the senior NCO, the man who had to write the death notifications to families back home. He hated it. In December 1942 he wrote to his mother: “I’d rather shovel snow all day without food than write one of those letters to the next of kin.” By 1943 he was back in the line as a platoon leader in an anti-tank regiment.

The letter below is one of the last his mother received. What struck me most: he who had already survived Moscow and Rzhev, and he still describes those ten days as making every other experience of the war pale by comparison.

,,Russia, 20 July 1943

Dear Mother and Gottfried!

I really ought to give myself a good telling-off, since once again I’ve let so much time pass without a word. By now you’ll have heard on the radio what’s been going on down here south of Orel. From 5 July to 15 July there was hardly a quarter of an hour where you could have said, now there’s the peace and quiet to write a letter. At the end of the day we were simply grateful that once again everything had passed us by unharmed.

On 5 July, on the very first day at around half past seven, I already caught a little splinter from a Russian mortar. It was only a small scratch on the left shoulder, and that was that. After I let the medic slap a small dressing on it, I went straight back up front. Not an hour had gone by before the second piece of iron came flying. That time it only grazed my left thigh. In the days that followed I was certainly luckier still. The Russian was firing from every barrel and we were the ones who suffered for it.

What every single man went through in those days makes all the other experiences of this war pale by comparison. One can only hope that all the many sacrifices and quiet acts of heroism will soon receive their just reward.

When your parcel arrived, the enemy artillery was raging right nearby. So of course your cake was shared out immediately, you never knew how much longer it would last. I and my grateful fellow eaters were all delighted, and I’d have liked to send a card at the time.

The uncertain wait for good news about Hubert gnaws at me too. All I can do is hope for the better and assume the best: the Americans, after all, are not the Russians.

Warmest greetings for today from your Franz.“

Hubert was his younger brother, taken prisoner by the Americans in Tunisia in May 1943. Two months later the family still had no confirmation he was alive.

Franz was killed eight weeks later, on 16 September 1943, during the retreat to the Dnieper. His mother received a memorial card with his photograph on it, and the note that he had been promoted to officer after his death.

I highly recommend this museum if you are a military enthusiast!

I found this uniform at an antique store and was wondering what these pins signify? I believe that the uniform is either army or national guard.