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66th Anniversary of D-Day

June 6th marks the 66th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Normandy in WWII. The Big Picture at boston.com remembers D-Day with a selection of high-resolution photographs from 1944 and 2010: Remembering D-Day, 66 Years Ago.  

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PzKpfw II Ausf L “Luchs”

The PzKpfw II Ausf L “Luchs” (Lynx) was a light reconnaissance tank developed on a modified Panzer II chassis. Approximately 100 PzKpfw II Ausf L were built from September 1943 to January 1944 and issued to the reconnaissance detachments of the German … Continue reading

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U.S. Army Air Force WWII Films

Public.Resource.Org is a non-profit established to digitize government public-domain material for online use. The following two full-length U.S. Army Air Force films have been digitized by the organization and uploaded to YouTube. Normandy: The Airborne Invasion of Fortress Europe (50 … Continue reading

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