The cemetery is located on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach (one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion) and the English Channel. It covers 172 acres (70 ha), and contains the remains of 9,387 American military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing...read more

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This Jagdpanther doesn't reflect any individual machine but it represents M.N.H assembled Jagdpanthers between December 1944 and the end of WWII. All of them produced at this time were painted this way. 

This particular vehicle is a survivor of the 12 Jagdpanthers issued to the 116th Pz....read more

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The ISU-152 was armed with the same gun as the SU-152, but it used the hull of the IS-1 tank instead of the KV-1S. Later in the war the ISU-152 was further improved. It used the hull of the IS-2 or IS-2 model 1944 tank, the armour of the mantlet was increased, the gun was replaced by newer...read more

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 HQ Batallón) October 25, 2016

USS Alabama (BB-60), a South Dakota-class battleship, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy named after the US state of Alabama. She was commissioned in 1942 and served in World War II in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. Alabama accumulated nine U.S. Navy battle stars for her World War...read more

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 HQ Batallón) October 23, 2016

HMCS Haida is a Tribal-class destroyer. During World War II, Haida sank more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian warship. She is also the only surviving Tribal-class destroyer out of 27 vessels that were constructed between 1937 and 1945 for the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and...read more

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 HQ Batallón) October 23, 2016

USS New Jersey (BB-62) is an Iowa-class battleship. New Jersey was awarded nine battle stars for combat actions during her World War II service. During World War II, New Jersey shelled targets on Guam and Okinawa, and screened aircraft carriers conducting raids in the Marshall Islands.

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This German Panther Ausf. A tank was found in a bog near the town of Spola (Ukraine) in ... (date unknown). It still has its original paint and markings. Blown up by own troops next to Tscherkassy now is on display at the Technikmuseum Sinsheim (Germany) nearly unrestored, minor faults in the...read more

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 HQ Batallón) October 12, 2016

If you are a World War II geek, surely you have been in Normandy and visited many of places which are shown in the following videos. Normandy is an emblematic place for everyone what love the history of World War II. Like Stalingrad, Midway, El Alamein, ..., Normandy will be remembered for being...read more

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Throwback Thursday at NACM: Last year at this time, the Restoration Shop was in overdrive. When the cast and crew of the film "Fury" made plans to hold an exclusive premiere for the Armor School, the Museum was asked to provide vehicles for display, including a German tank. The panzer selected...read more

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The Virginia War Museum has acquired a set of World War II anti-aircraft guns that once were on the battleship USS Missouri. The quad-barreled 40mm Bofors from the USS Missouri was currently part of the Pearl Harbor memorial in Hawaii. They been out of public view...read more

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