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[jaxtun]

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[jaxtun]

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[Hairy]

Photos from The WWII Battle of Normandy And Its Aftermath

 

 

 

 

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[Wyatt Earp]

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Simply sublime in all aspects.

[Hairy]

Interesting Photos of Women in World War II

 

Before the start of the Second World War, women were expected to be 'housewives' or perhaps to do certain 'women's jobs', such as nursing or being a domestic servant or shop assistant. The war changed the world of work for women for ever. When men went to fight, women were called upon to fill their jobs, and this included many jobs that were previously thought of unsuitable for women. Women were called upon to work in factories making bombs and aircraft parts, as air raid wardens, driving tanks, building shops and so on. Life.com published a great collection of photos of women in various activities in the World War II.

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Some 72,000 women would join the Wrens (Women's Royal Naval Service), freeing British sailors for combat duty by taking on home front jobs, like this Wren, an armorer at a Scottish Royal Air Force Base.

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In November 1944, four female Italian anti-Fascist fighters relax as they await orders from their commander during their effort in support of Allied troops on the Castelluccio front.

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n Finland during World War II, some 242,000 women join Lotta-Svard (named for a fictional Finnish battlefield heroine), making the female paramilitary group the largest volunteer organization in the world.

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Servicemen, like these GIs in Germany in early 1945, adored Marlene Dietrich, and openly admired her fearlessness when visiting troops far from the safety of Hollywood. A native German, she became an American citizen in 1939. When asked why she traveled to war zones to entertain and comfort Allied troops, she famously and simply replied, "aus Anstand." "It was the decent thing to do."

[Iwan Kemp]

All of that on a set of Crank Brothers weels that are supposedly sooo crap! Oky no big drop offs to speak of but still plenty knarly bits and jumps. Awesome video, watching these always makes me want to go climb a mountain, but in reality I'd probably kill myself!!!!

Issue was never wheels giving way. Problem is with the hubs. Probably can't tell from the vid, but the "soundtrack" around the 1:36 mark was made entirely of the sound of Crap Brothers parts breaking, bearing seizing, freehubs stripping and what not.

[Hairy]

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Gower, shown at her base in Hatfield, Berkshire, created the Air Transport Auxiliary's Women's Section, a squad entrusted with ferrying planes for training purposes.

 

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Looking out for enemy aircraft in England.

 

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Women are on the front lines of World War II from day one, like these firefighters trying to contain the blaze during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

 

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Reporting the position of enemy aircraft to gun crews

 

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Nancy Nesbit, a pilot trainee in the Women's Flying Training Detachment checks with the control tower from the cockpit of her single engine Army trainer at Avenger Field in Texas.

 

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Phyliss Jarman, a pilot trainee in the Women's Flying Training Detachment, wearing her favorite white baseball cap, writes up a report in her workbook during training to fly for the Women's Auxilary Ferrying Squadron at Avenger Field in Texas.

 

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Pilot trainee Shirley Slade she sits on the wing of her Army trainer at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, July 19, 1943. In September, Slade graduated as part of the Women Airforce Service Pilots Class 43-5.

[Hairy]

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As Britain defends Gibraltar in May 1944, members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (soon to become the Women's Royal Army Corps) train as controllers of gun batteries.

 

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Women's Air Corps

 

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A sergeant drills civilian women, members of the Women's Home Defence Corps, in the use of rifles.

 

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These women, shown at a their barracks, are among the 20,000 who received riflery training in China's army so far during World War II.

[jaxtun]

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[forkie]

Photos from The WWII Battle of Normandy And Its Aftermath

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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is it just me or does this look a bit like Sandra Bullock

[jaxtun]

is it just me or does this look a bit like Sandra Bullock

probably just you... but hey its ok!

[forkie]

probably just you... but hey its ok!

nice

[jaxtun]

nice

sorry - this awful wind is making me crazy!

[forkie]

sorry - this awful wind is making me crazy!

ja its actually beyond ridiculous now

[gummibear]

Russia used many women as snipers during WW2 because of their patience.Most Germans thought women should be looking after the family and be cooking.

Some of them had over 200 kills during the war.

 

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[Hairy]

Russia used many women as snipers during WW2 because of their patience.Most Germans thought women should be looking after the family and be cooking.

Some of them had over 200 kills during the war.

 

http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1CE5813FFC4DA0E9575211601F4C68.jpg

 

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Thanks, a very interesting read!

http://englishrussia.com/2012/03/08/outstanding-soviet-female-snipers-of-wwii/