Kewl military pic of the day
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wrote on 4 Dec 2020, 04:23 last edited by
Imperial Japanese (Adm. Nakamura), the U.S. (Gen. Walter Short) and the German Wehrmacht (Gen. Boetticker), observing an US army maneuver in upstate Pine Camp at Fort Drum, New York, August 22nd, 1939
Military attaches.
That’s nine days before the war started.
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wrote on 4 Dec 2020, 04:42 last edited by
That's a crazy ass photo, when taken in context.
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wrote on 4 Dec 2020, 04:52 last edited by
Wow. Great find.
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wrote on 4 Dec 2020, 05:29 last edited by
And to think...In those days, the U.S. almost didn't have an amored division, more like an expansion of a Calvary Brigade. By the end of WW2, America fielded 16 armor divisions and we were building tanks so fast, there was a M4 coming off the line every thirty minutes.