Cool WWII Pix
 

Here's a thread on a Russian BBS featuring pictures by the Russian photographer Eugene Chaldeans

russian picture thread

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1364308575.jpg

It's amazing just how many Russians died during World War II Good thing that we sent them all of the food and supplies that we did.

Damn - I can't make it work on my pc.

Try now - the cyrillic URL may have been screwing you up

Thank you for your help. I just don't know what to do when I get to the bbs - all I see is a photo of him with a camera and the rest is blank.

Fascinating. I recalled seeing this picture before in a different context:

http://os1.i.ua/3/1/10444903_4fa9eb78.jpg

It was an article about photo tampering. Here is the text and picture comparison:

A World War II photo published in the Russian magazine Ogoniok shows several Russian soldiers raising the Soviet flag atop the German Reichstag building. At the request of the editor-in-chief of the magazine, the photo was altered prior to publication to remove what appeared to be a watch from the right arm of the solider supporting the flag-bearer. Though in reality the object on his right arm was most likely a compass, there was concern that viewers would conclude that he had watches on both wrists, and take that as evidence that he had been looting.
http://www.fourandsix.com/storage/ph...-Reichstag.jpg

Site with more examples here: Photo Tampering throughout History

Probably because whatever browser you're using can't render the Cyrillic font

Pre-Nukes.................incredible what incendiaries/fire can do.
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Mini sub or semi-submersible?
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Really interesting pictures. I did manage to recognize Budapest which I will have to show to my f-i-l. Although, he was in a camp in the Ukraine by the time this was taken.

http://os1.i.ua/3/1/10406920_8054ea79.jpg

Danube River with the chain bridge (collapsed) & the Matthias Church visible on the Buda hill.

Ian

Woman soldier aiding GI. Navy seaman is hurt but not out. Nazi is no match for a tank. He's has enough.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1364343869.jpg
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Chilling and fascinating at the same time. To think over 22 million Russian souls lost is mind boggling.

Its been estimated that Joe Stalin imprisoned or killed about 25,000,000 Russian civilians. Most simply disappeared never to be seen or heard from again.

History like this is hard for us to understand.

[QUOTE=kach22i;7351913]Pre-Nukes.................incredible what incendiaries/fire can do.
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I was going to comment on this too, un-real destruction, haunting photo, if you know a vet, any vet, call them and say thanks, I did.
Finn

Somewhat related, I stumbled across this on Youtube today:

Unknown WW2 in Color - YouTube

~460 videos uploaded so far by this user, most of which I have never seen.