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06-02-2008, 11:11 AM
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| the deadliest b#tch ever   Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Russian Federation
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 |  Celebration of end of Battle for Stalingrad. Celebration of end of Battle for Stalingrad. Found some interesting pics from Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd (former Stalingrad).            
__________________ I DRIVE HONDA. HONDA - POWER IN YOUR ARMS. Grandfather: front medic, caught by nazi in defence of Moscow 1941, placed into POW camp, ran away from camp, got a gangrene, lost left leg, survived war, now RIP. INTERACTIVE BOOK of EASTERN FRONT from 22 june 1941 to 9th may 1945 (5+ hours of show with videos, photos, audio notes from soviet veterans etc.): http://english.pobediteli.ru FEEL FREE TO CORRECT MY ENGLISH! FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.    マキシマムザホルモン [Makishimamu Za Horumon] Last edited by deadb_tch; 06-02-2008 at 11:14 AM. Reason: ;) |
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06-02-2008, 11:24 AM
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| Top Moose   Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs
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 | Alex, Thought this should have it's own thread. I was looking at this webpage last night. The 65th anniversary of the Stalingrad battle… |
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06-02-2008, 11:27 AM
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| Ostfront is where its at!  Join Date: Apr 2004
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| Great Pics Dead! Up to your usual standard!
__________________ "The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse." - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino) |
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06-02-2008, 11:30 AM
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| See also mock battle to mark of end of Leningrad seige. Quote:
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06-02-2008, 11:47 AM
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| Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004
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| Well they all lok like they're having fun. i take it that the tiger tank is a mock up?
__________________ "The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse." - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino) |
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06-02-2008, 12:10 PM
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| the deadliest b#tch ever Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Russian Federation
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Great link, Owen!
__________________ I DRIVE HONDA. HONDA - POWER IN YOUR ARMS. Grandfather: front medic, caught by nazi in defence of Moscow 1941, placed into POW camp, ran away from camp, got a gangrene, lost left leg, survived war, now RIP. INTERACTIVE BOOK of EASTERN FRONT from 22 june 1941 to 9th may 1945 (5+ hours of show with videos, photos, audio notes from soviet veterans etc.): http://english.pobediteli.ru FEEL FREE TO CORRECT MY ENGLISH! FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. マキシマムザホルモン [Makishimamu Za Horumon] | |
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06-02-2008, 01:57 PM
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| They are very good indeed. But I was wondering if those German tanks were mock ups.
__________________ "The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse." - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino) |
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