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 HQ Batallón) August 16, 2016

Real colour footage of VJ Day in New York - The End of WW2

Real colour footage of the celebrations at the end of World War Two, starting with VJ day in New York and then VE day in Britain and across europe. I thought these images were amazing, as we usually only get to see this period of history in black and white.read more

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 HQ Batallón) August 13, 2016

Amazing color footage of VJ Day in Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945

August 14, 1945: Waikiki erupts in joyful celebration as the first news of the surrender of Japan comes over the radio.read more

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PB2Y-3 Coronado 'Gunga Din' Found in Kwajalein Lagoon

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On September 14, 1944 a PB2Y-3 Coronado’ nicknamed 'Gunga Din' was practicing landings at Kwajalein Atoll, near the seaplane base at Ebeye Island, when the plane crashed and broke in half directly behind the wing. 

The two sections of the plane floated on the water for about 30 minutes...read more

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US WWII P-47 Thunderbolt unearthed 70 years after it was crashed (Video & Pics)

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Remains of the US P-47 Thunderbolt fighter bomber were unearthed on August 8, 2015 in Ottersweier, in the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. The plane crashed on February 14, 1945 on the outskirts of the town of Baden killing a 25-year-old French...read more

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Japan's War in Colour - Documentary with never seen before films

Japan's role in World War II gets a whole new perspective in this consisting entirely of full color footage, including color films from Japan that were recently discovered. As the visuals of the world war take on a new vivid immediateness, the story of the rise of the militarists in Japan is...read more

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Two Impressive Videos Uncovering an American P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter of World War II

On Jan. 18, 2014, German volunteers led by researcher Uwe Benkel excavated the remains of an American Thunderbolt fighter that went down southwest of Darmstadt, Germany, in World War II.

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 HQ Batallón) August 05, 2016

P-47 Thunderbolt Aircraft Wreckage Lifted from Hudson River

This P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft was one of three that had departed from Republic Airport at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, New York, on Long Island, which is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the P-47.

It was crashed on may 2016 into the water, between New York and New...read more

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Japanese Army executed and killed many captured Allied airmen, among them three Doolittle Raiders

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U.S. Army Air Force Lt. Robert L. Hite, blindfolded by his captors, is led from a Japanese transport plane after he and the other seven flyers were flown from Shanghai to Tokyo. Hite was co-pilot of crew 16 (B-25B s/n 40-2268 Bat out of Hell, 34th Bomb Squadron) of the "Doolittle Raiders"....read more

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Soviet T-60 Tank recovered from a swamp

Recovery of a Soviet T-60 tank from World War II, this one has seen some pretty harsh fighting with the turret missing.read more

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