NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 25 JANUARY 2010
Hi there and welcome to what’s new on Miliblog this week.
Again we’ve been very busy on the scanner and so this is another catch up week ! Over 200 photos have been added to both our Normandy 1944 Collection and the Eastern Front Collection. We’ve added some samples below again to tempt you to have a look at these lovely galleries.
So straight into our samples, starting with Normandy. The first one shows a nice colour photo of a jeep and a Dodge Weapons Carrier driving through a liberated town, that appears to have almost returned to normal. Next we have a Stuart Light Tank driving through a village. Note the added sandbags on the front of the hull for extra protection against German Panzerfausts. Following on we have another Dodge Weapons Carrier that looks like a near miss from enemy action. A column of GMC 6×6 trucks are next showing how hot and dusty the Summer of 1944 was. If you own a VW Kubelwagen and found US Army Olive Drab paint when you renervated it, now you know why ! Now under new ownership, the photo should say.
We now move onto the Eastern Front and a staff car having it’s markings attached. Interesting to see it was done with a wooden ruler ! Next we see the fate of a British Matilda Tank that had been sent to the Soviets as Foreign Aid, well and truly flipped over on it’s back ! A Stug IV is next, with it’s hog’s head gun mantle shown driving at speed with support troops on board. Following on we can see the mud that both sides had to endure in this campaign. Here we see an SdKfz 250 Half Track trying to pull a Horch 1A Field Car out of the muck. Finally we have another, if not the same vehicle with the driver asking the photographer for a push out. Note all the horses in the background, which of course were used extensively by the German Army on the Eastern Front.
So I wish you all a very good week ahead and see you soon
Cheerio !
Simon
Normandy 1944 Collection No 515
Normandy 1944 Collection No 539
Normandy 1944 Collection No 560
Normandy 1944 Collection No 566
Normandy 1944 Collection No 567
Eastern Front Collection No 606
Eastern Front Collection No 625
Eastern Front Collection No 653
Eastern Front Collection No 678
Eastern Front Collection No 739
